Alpha build of 2.2.0 now available

https://github.com/zencart/zencart/releases/tag/v2.2.0-alpha

Please try it and post feedback here.

Only positive feedback. I am using PHP8.4 and MariaDB.

I haven't found any errors. I do not particularly like the new formatting in the admin config pages but I'll get over it.
All of my personal improvements have been applied easily.

I have included 27 plugins and only 2 have issues, mainly with PHP8.4 and MariaDB.

>I do not particularly like the new formatting in the admin config pages

In general, neither do I/I reverted it. It's an advantage on a few pages but I think once you've set your shop up, not of benefit.
I find it intimidating with all options up for grabs at once/more possibility of unintended mistakes.
The previous layout is safer and so I would say better for less experienced users.

Ideally it would be switcheable on the page itself.

I changed admin/configuration.php line 193 from

<div class="container-fluid">

to

<div class="container">

which tightens up the display of the page on the configuration pages only. addition of a background color and some padding on that right column and you get:

I wish we weren't stuck on bootstrap 3 for the admin as the helper classes for padding and margin aren't available, have to inline style...sigh

barco57:

I changed admin/configuration.php line 193 from

lat9:

I think that the majority of the Bootstrap 4/5 padding/margin classes have been added to the admin's stylesheet to enable some going-forward customizations.

great! helps a bunch

I threw in ```
.form-horizontal hr { margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #888;
}

It works with either and compresses the top and bottom, but still meets accessibility while making the separator (hr) more visible.

dbltoe:

I threw in ```
.form-horizontal hr { margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #888;
}

> 
> It works with either and compresses the top and bottom, but still meets accessibility while making the separator (hr) more visible.


I like ```
border-top: 1px solid #bfbfbf;
``` better.

I also added

@media (max-width: 767px) {        
        .form-control {
            margin-bottom: .5rem; 
        }

to push the info box off the bottom of the form fields when on mobile view

OldNGrey:

Only positive feedback. I am using PHP8.4 and MariaDB.

I haven't found any errors. I do not particularly like the new formatting in the admin pages but I'll get over it.
All of my personal improvements have been applied easily.

I have included 27 plugins and only 2 have issues, mainly with PHP8.4 and MariaDB.

which 27 plugins?

barco57:

which 27 plugins?

Sorry - misinformation.
13 plugins in plugin manager; 8 Other plugins; 2 Admin tools =23 + my mods to add aditional fields to products etc = 27.

13 plugins in PLugin Manager:
AbuseIPDB
Access Blocker
Australia Post
Clone a Template
Direct Bank Deposit AU
Display Logs
Edit Orders
Email Archive Manager
Export Shipping + Order Information II
Image Checker
Payment Module Fee
Printable Price List
Sales Report II

8 Other plugins:
ZCA Bootstrap Template
my own template cloned from ZCA Bootstrap
Securepay XML
Zen cart back in stock Notifications
Recover cart sales (Abandoned Carts)
Super Globals
Sitemap xml
Ultimate URLS
User Tracking

2 Admin tools:
Zen Cart Notifier report
Zen_Cart-List_Constants_For_IDE

barco57:

I like ```
border-top: 1px solid #bfbfbf;

Wait till you have tri-focals:P . We old guys need all the contrast we can get.

dbltoe:

Wait till you have tri-focals:P . We old guys need all the contrast we can get.

I won't go near my computer with my bi-focals, I switch glasses.

OldNGrey:

Sorry - misinformation.
13 plugins in plugin manager; 8 Other plugins; 2 Admin tools =23 + my mods to add aditional fields to products etc = 27.

13 plugins in PLugin Manager:
AbuseIPDB
Access Blocker
Australia Post
Clone a Template
Direct Bank Deposit AU
Display Logs
Edit Orders
Email Archive Manager
Export Shipping + Order Information II
Image Checker
Payment Module Fee
Printable Price List
Sales Report II

8 Other plugins:
ZCA Bootstrap Template
my own template cloned from ZCA Bootstrap
Securepay XML
Zen cart back in stock Notifications
Recover cart sales (Abandoned Carts)
Super Globals
Sitemap xml
Ultimate URLS
User Tracking

2 Admin tools:
Zen Cart Notifier report
Zen_Cart-List_Constants_For_IDE

Thanks, appreciate the list

As everybody here, I was not too happy with the configuration pages layout and did some CSS work too:
I started from barco57 modification except for the container that I let as it was, fluid. On a big screen and when the container is not fluid, you get some blank spaces on the left and right, and less settings diplayed per page.

Then I removed the first heading row that displays 'Title' and 'Value'.

After that I added a class config-title to first column defined like this in CSS file:

.config-title {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
}

It increases the title size, making it easier to find the setting you want to modify.

Then I changed classes for second column from col-md-4 to col-md-3 and third column from col-md-5 to col-md-6.
It gives more space to third column which generally contains more text and as a side effect increase the number of settings displayed on one page.

Changing the column widths is good. I have tightened mine up even more and highlighted the column headings.
Ignore the Violet banner. It is how I differentiate my versions and test systems

Uploaded ZCA Bootstrap Colors excel spreadsheet from Zen Cart 2.1
Downloaded to ZCA Bootstrap Colors 2.2

Getting the following Error

[19-Nov-2025 15:47:58 UTC] Request URI:  /admin/index.php?cmd=zca_bootstrap_colors&action=uploadcsv, IP  address: 216.177.186.199, Language id 1
#0 [internal function]: zen_debug_error_handler()
#1 /admin/zca_bootstrap_colors.php(37): fgetcsv()
#2 /admin/index.php(16): require('/home/haremark/...')
--> PHP Deprecated: fgetcsv(): the $escape parameter must be provided  as its default value will change in  /admin/zca_bootstrap_colors.php on line 37.

barco57:

which 27 plugins?

I was thinking the same thing. 27 plugins is a lot.

haredo:

Uploaded ZCA Bootstrap Colors excel spreadsheet from Zen Cart 2.1
Downloaded to ZCA Bootstrap Colors 2.2

Getting the following Error

[19-Nov-2025 15:47:58 UTC] Request URI: /admin/index.php?cmd=zca_bootstrap_colors&action=uploadcsv, IP address: 216.177.186.199, Language id 1
#0 [internal function]: zen_debug_error_handler()
#1 /admin/zca_bootstrap_colors.php(37): fgetcsv()
#2 /admin/index.php(16): require('/home/haremark/...')
--> PHP Deprecated: fgetcsv(): the $escape parameter must be provided as its default value will change in /admin/zca_bootstrap_colors.php on line 37.

Not an issue with Zen Cart; that's PHP 8.4 (?) barking about that deprecated parameter.

Cindy,
You are correct:
PHP Version: 8.4.12 (Zend: 4.4.12)