Kite Theme

Edition: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor · Latest version: 1.0.0 · Compatible with: CS-Cart & Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, PHP 7.4 – 8.3 · Changelog: view

Kite is a classic, conversion-first storefront theme for kids, toys and baby stores: toys and games, baby gear, kids’ clothing, school supplies and gifts. Every standard e-commerce element sits where shoppers expect it, and the theme answers the questions parents and gift givers ask first: “what suits this age?”, “what can I get for my budget?” and “is it safe?”. Shoppers browse by age on a growth chart, find gifts by age and budget, and see the age range and the safety information of every toy at a glance.

What you get

• The Kite theme, a child of the standard Responsive theme, so every add-on keeps working.
• Four styles:
  • Playroom (default): warm cream, a sunshine top bar, a navy category band with a scalloped awning edge, sunshine-yellow buttons and six pastel toy-box colours.
  • Nursery: soft white and blush with a wave edge, deep teal pill buttons, airy borderless cards and lighter headlines.
  • Woodland: oat and forest green with a terracotta accent, stitched card outlines and narrower headlines, for wooden and eco toy stores.
  • Bedtime (dark): midnight blue with starlit product wells and star-yellow buttons.
• Shop by age: a growth chart of rising age columns (0-12 months, 1-2, 3-4, 5-7, 8-11, 12+ years) with the number of toys in each; the same age colours appear on product cards, on the age bar above category and search lists and in the gift finder.
• Gift finder: age chips, budget chips (under $15 to $100+) and an optional interest; the result is the standard product search, filtered.
• Age chips and safety badges: every product card shows the age range on its well; product pages add an age and safety panel (Safety tested, Non-toxic finishes, BPA free, Sustainable materials) and a small parts warning when the product has one.
• Gift wrap hint on product pages (with the Kavio Gift Wrap & Messages add-on it points to the gift options in the cart) and wish list emphasis: a heart on every card, a labelled Wish list icon with a counter, a big Add to wish list button on product pages and a Make a birthday wish list band on the homepage.
• Header: top bar with your promises and quick links, logo, a wide rounded search, labelled Account, Wish list and Cart icons with counters, and a category band with a mega menu (subcategory columns and an illustrated department tile) and a Sale pill.
• Homepage: a hero slider (eyebrow, headline, text, two buttons; edited as banners), a promise strip, Shop by age, Shop by category round tiles, Best sellers / New arrivals / On sale tabs with offer countdowns, the gift finder, two promo banners, Shop by interest tiles, Baby essentials, the wish list band, brand wordmarks (on Multi-Vendor: maker cards), parent reviews, Play ideas (blog), the newsletter and a full footer.
• Product cards: pastel toy-box well (six colours along the grid) with the second image on hover, sale / New tags, wish list heart, quick view, age chip, brand, name, rating, price, low stock line, offer countdown, seller line and the add button.
• Category pages: age bar, subcategory chips with images, product filters restyled (age, interest, brand, price), sorting, grid and list views, a promo tile in the grid.
• Product pages: gallery in a pastel well, brand and age eyebrow, price and saving, option chips (colours, sizes), the age and safety panel, delivery / gift wrap / returns rows, the stock tabs, Make it a gift set (this toy and two popular toys of the same department, added in one go) and popular toys; a sticky add-to-cart bar.
• Multi-Vendor: maker cards on the homepage and a shop header on every vendor page.
• Phones: compact header with the search below, a bottom bar (Home, Shop, Search, Wish list, Cart), swipe rows, a filter sheet, a swipe gallery and the sticky add-to-cart bar.
• Installs with complete demo content: the store looks finished right after activation.
• Self-hosted fonts (Fredoka and Nunito, SIL Open Font License); no external font requests.

Compatibility

• CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x (tested on 4.17.2 and 4.21.2).
• PHP 7.2.5 to 8.3, depending on your CS-Cart version.
• Works with the full page cache of 4.21: theme output holds catalogue data only; the gift finder and the bundle totals run in the shopper’s browser.

Licence

Kite uses a domain-bound licence like every Kavio Labs product. Without a valid licence (after the 14-day period of a new installation, or 14 days after the licence server became unreachable) the storefront shows the standard Responsive look instead of the Kite design; cart, checkout and orders keep working and visitors see no message. See Configuration.

Next steps

• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage: ages, safety, the gift finder, interests, the hero and the gift set
• Developer notes
• FAQ