(If you belong to the same organization as I do you’ll know what this is for.) This is a work in progress, but right now (October 5) I’m thinking:

General usability

• Menu items should not generate 404 errors

Accessibility

Typography focused

• Contrast ratio should be adequate
• Elements intending to have contrast should have perceivable contrast

Keyboard operation focused

• Each page should be navigable by keyboard alone

Text browing focused

• Each page should render properly in a text browser
• Logging in without Javascript should be possible
• Pages should not contain garbage content when Javascript is not available

Localization

• Dates generated by the template should be in French
• Other content generated by the template should be in French
• Static elements in the header and footer, etc. should be in French
• Hidden elements that can be seen by a screen reader should be in French
• Hidden elements that can be seen by a text browser ideally should be in French