[Closed] FEEDBACK ON BETA of v1.5.5

This thread is for collecting feedback on problems with the v1.5.5 beta code, available at: https://github.com/zencart/zencart/archive/v155.zip

If you're reporting multiple unrelated issues, please post them in separate replies, as this allows us to reply more easily about specific individual fixes.

As fixes are made, they will be committed to the github repo directly.

(If you have fixes you'd like to offer, feel free to submit a pull-request on github, but be sure your github branch is forked from the v155 branch and not the v160 default. More about github and pull-requests here: http://docs.zen-cart.com/Contributing )

This discussion thread will be closed after v155 is officially released.

A couple known-issues we're working on in the new responsive_classic template include:

• Need to fix uneven margins in desktop 3 column layout. Example: right margin of the center column on every page is wider than the left.
• Product detail page has a lot of empty space under the product image in desktop layout
• ...More Info button under product images overlapping in the list view (ie: main_page=featured_products)
• Refresh icons overlapping Qty. box in main_page=shopping cart in 1024x768 view
• Automatically turn on the CSS Buttons

(Yes, I posted these all as one post, but that's because they're being worked on in one batch :) )

Initial install (localhost/XAMPP). Created fresh directory and copied distribution zip-files, brand-new database.

Started the install process. In the "System Inspection" step, I'm presented with the error:

Your configure.php file is an old version and requires updating before we can continue. 

... but this is a fresh install, so the configure.php file was created as part of the installation process, right? The file's there, it's 0-bytes in length.

Admin Setup Phase. Same fresh install as my previous posting. Message appears before the admin directory name that was chosen:

We did not change your admin directory automatically as it already seems to have been changed from the default.

Well, yes, it was changed from the default ... by the installation process. The message should be reworded as it's going to cause confusion for people that are installing for the first time.

Initial admin login! Why was the hit counter started on 11/30/1999?

Initial store view. Fresh install with demo products.

Click the "Test Examples" category link; the product listing page's "Add Selected Products" button is way-too-big.

Storefront: Shouldn't the responsive template use CSS buttons?

Debug-log file created as part of the fresh-install process:

[17-Dec-2015 14:38:46 America/New_York] PHP Warning:  file_put_contents(/includes/configure.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\zc155\zc_install\includes\classes\class.zcConfigureFileWriter.php on line 66

[17-Dec-2015 14:38:46 America/New_York] PHP Warning:  file_put_contents(/admin/includes/configure.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\zc155\zc_install\includes\classes\class.zcConfigureFileWriter.php on line 66

lat9:

Initial store view. Fresh install with demo products.

Click the "Test Examples" category link; the product listing page's "Add Selected Products" button is way-too-big.

Storefront: Shouldn't the responsive template use CSS buttons?
Yes they should have been turned on by default.

Update: They are now turned on by default.

NOTE: The zip has been updated (it's updated in-real-time as commits are made): https://github.com/zencart/zencart/archive/v155.zip

Fresh install.
The first thing I did once installation was complete was to go to Tools - Banner Manager - then turn all banners off. Result was broken site. Error log reads:

[17-Dec-2015 23:15:52 America/Phoenix] PHP Fatal error: Call to a member function RecordCount() on a non-object in /home/XXXXXX/public_html/includes/modules/sideboxes/banner_box.php on line 26

Returned to admin and turned all banners on again. Full site returned. Next step was to turn off the sideboxes. Banner still displaying in main_page.
Once ckeditor is installed, I'll work on changing that and see what happens.

Ajeh:

Yes they should have been turned on by default.

Update: They are now turned on by default.
Won't that, then, mess the configuration up for the Contemporary Green template?

Admin, Tools->Developers Tool Kit. It looks like either the CSS or layout was changed so that a mono-type font is now used for the display:

It's quite ugly (IMO) now and very difficult to read. Can this be changed back?

P.S. I ***do ***like the new highlighting of the searched-for term!

DrByte:

A couple known-issues we're working on in the new responsive_classic template include:

• Need to fix uneven margins in desktop 3 column layout. Example: right margin of the center column on every page is wider than the left.
• Product detail page has a lot of empty space under the product image in desktop layout
• ...More Info button under product images overlapping in the list view (ie: main_page=featured_products)
• Refresh icons overlapping Qty. box in main_page=shopping cart in 1024x768 view
• Automatically turn on the CSS Buttons

(Yes, I posted these all as one post, but that's because they're being worked on in one batch :) )

I just sent over a fix for the margins and more info buttons.

Thanks,

Anne

Now sure this is an error or something specific to my test store but posting it in case it is.

When I am in the orders page if I click on the little "e" beside a customer the next page opens with the customer's order details however, it stops just after the "credit card details". I get the following error;

"an error has occurred, refresh the page and try again"

I've attached 2 snap shots to show what I see.

However, when I click on the "edit" button it opens the customer's order and everything appears just fine

charmedbytina2:

Returned to admin and turned all banners on again. Full site returned. Next step was to turn off the sideboxes. Banner still displaying in main_page.
Once ckeditor is installed, I'll work on changing that and see what happens.

I did not create a banner group for the image in the define main page since it is not a separate banner group in the classic template. Let me know if this should be a new banner and I can add the code.

Thanks,

Anne

lat9:

Initial store view. Fresh install with demo products.

Click the "Test Examples" category link; the product listing page's "Add Selected Products" button is way-too-big.

Storefront: Shouldn't the responsive template use CSS buttons?

What device are you using? If on a desktop, what monitor size and browser are you using?

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

What device are you using? If on a desktop, what monitor size and browser are you using?

Thanks,

Anne
Desktop, 1920x900, all-of-them. FWIW, setting the Use CSS Buttons setting to true made it look a whole lot better!

lat9:

Desktop, 1920x900, all-of-them. FWIW, setting the Use CSS Buttons setting to true made it look a whole lot better!

Yes, the template uses css buttons and I believe that they are now turned on by default ;)

Thanks,

Annecom

picaflor-azul:

I did not create a banner group for the image in the define main page since it is not a separate banner group in the classic template. Let me know if this should be a new banner and I can add the code.

Thanks,

Anne

If the sidebox is OFF (banner_box), and ALL the banners are also OFF (SideBox-Banners) the page won't display correctly the right column. For example if you switch a sidebox from left to right, it won't display.

If you enable at least 1 banner (even if the sidebox is OFF), the right column will display correctly then.