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Hi there,
I am in the process of almost wrapping up a secure file download area for a client thanks to your plugin, its working very well. The only thing i cannot seem to iron out, and am unsure if possible, is i am showing a list of categories and subcategories to a logged in user, using the following shortcode:
[wpdm-categories subcat=”1″ showcount=”1″ cols=”1″ ]
The only issue i am having is, when a user logs in, even if the user does not have access to the category, subcategory or downloads under it, it still shows the parent category name, which then can be clicked and rightfully shows no files.
I would really like the categories – particularly subcategories – to be hidden from the user if they do not have access. Am I missing something there?
In the basic settings i have set it to ‘hide everything’ for users with no access, but it only hides files, not the actual categories/subcategories.
Thanks
VictorHi,
To show user downloads use
[wpdm_my_downloads]shortcode. Client downloads page now showing all downloads assign to logged in user.Previous shortcode you used was
[wpdm_frontend], This shortcode shows a frontend upload form and other related tabs.Thanks.
Hi there,
My server admin transferred the site using Download Manager Free from one server to another, and in that transfer the database that controls Download Manager was lost. We no longer have access to the old database that had the Download Manager table within it, so I’m trying to find alternative solutions to re-uploading every single file.
Currently the files are still in the Uploads folder, but when viewing “All Files” from Downloads Manager there are zero files showing up.
Is there a way to pick up the files that are already in the file folder without re-uploading every single file, one by one? (There’s over 300.)Thanks!
In reply to: Service Center
Hi,
Please find the answers in same order,
1. It is possible to create a restricted page where all user downloads will be listed. User can only see their downloads after login. Downloads are assigned to user by Advanced Access Control addon. You can also assign downloads to a specific user roles. As user can access downloads inly after assigning to them, sign up confirmation is not required in my opinion. WPDM will show login/signup form in this page when user is not logged in.
2. Yes, this is a core feature of plugin. You can assign downloads based on user role.
Let us know if you have any confusion.
Thanks.
Topic: HTTP Range implementation
Hi,
After launcing a website with a lot of audio downloads, my users found out a few issues:
1) Some big files (> 30mb) whould not play on the iPhone (other mobile browsers I don’t know)
2) The audio files could not be scrubbed/rewinded backwards and forward in Chrome. Other browsers fully load the audio, but Chrome loads chunks of about 3mb as a kind of buffer.I tracked these issues back to the function downloadFile in the /libs/class.FileSystem.php
Unfortunately, the HTTP_RANGE header handling was not implemented well.After some changes and testing I got it working as it should. The code has been tested on the iPhone, Firefox, Chrome and Edge.
The users of my website are happy.I hope you can use the code in an update of the plugin. I commented the code with WH@ so you can see what changes I made.
The attached file only includes the downloadFile function.
NOTE:
It seems the audio player on the iPhone does not send session cookies along with the requests. Because of this, WordPress can not authenticate a logged-in user. When you use the setting ‘Allow access:’ to only allow subscribers to download the package or individual files, subscribers won’t be able to download these files or listen to audio files on an iPhone.
I use an other access manager plugin which I had to alter because of this issue and let those requests pass without an access check.
But I tested and this issue also affects the access management of WP Download Manager.
A good solution, maybe, would be to send the WP authentication cookie value as a url parameter (only when iPhone or iPad is part of the useragent) and do the authentication using the apropriate WP functions yourself.Hi there,
I have installed WP Download Manager Pro with the Custom User Access addon, and the only person any files show up for is my administrator account.
I have tried setting both the direct username as well as the subscriber group to which he belongs, yet still nothing shows up under client downloads.
I have tried disabling all other plugins or different theme, no change. I have attached a screenshot of the download package settings, and the page where the shortcode wpdm_frontend is used.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
VictorIn reply to: Twitter Follow not giving download
I’m currently running testing on one on a test blog to see if its any good, only got as far as researching and installing so far but looks like it might do the job for me. All I really need is the social media locks for my downloads rather than anything else so not sure it would suit your needs, but take a look at OnePress Social Locker – https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-locker/
Topic: Ajax
Seems like ajax is now allowing the archive page to load. http://www.uevolvcenter.com/downloads/
This is now an extremely urgent issue and I’ve now been waiting for 6 WEEKS for someone to get back to me. Ignoring my requests for help is completely unprofessional.
I have had an issue now for 6 weeks but now it is causing me some major problems with our new release of a product and it needs resolving ASAP.
The problem is that we can create a package with no issues and use Facebook likes, Google+ etc and that works fine, however there are two issues that will not work at all:
1) The Twitter Follow button pops up with the Twitter box to allow the person to follow us but it does not allow the download. Instead they get a permission-denied.txt file and within that text that says: “You don’t have permission to download this file”. However, if we use the Twitter Tweet button, that works fine.
Looking at the download link for when the downloader gets the txt error file it is:
This is an extension of the last post made to the website. Every time we post something new, that link changes to the new post with the /wpdmdl…etc at the end of it, but always downloads the TXT file.
A correct download link for it should look like this:
Different link URL, different wmpdmdl number and differentwpdmkey.
2) the second issue is that the button for LinkedIn doesn’t allow you to do anything at all.
Please can you get back to me ASAP as I really need this fixing.
In reply to: Google Drive – Login/PW Required
I found the issue.. You must go into your Google Drive and set the “Sharing” properties to allow “downloads with a link”.
In reply to: WPDM Pro + Access Control: Users can still download
It is not possible to download a file using url if user does not have access to that package.
Please check your package category settings. May be it is set to All Visitors
Go to Downloads Categories page and click edit on the category you assigned to the package in question, uncheck all roles and save settings.
https://www.evernote.com/l/AUckKIva7CZGEqh-GloPE5HtJaE_8blwp2cB/image.png
My client wants to be able to see the list of subscribers (we have an email lock on downloads), but I don’t want to give him Admin access.
I’ve tried using the User Roles Editor plugin, and activated all these permissions:
user_can_add_new_download
user_can_config_downloads
user_can_edit_downloads
user_can_view_downloads_log
But nothing has changed.In reply to: can't get any downloads to work
In reply to: File-Upload fails
Hi there,
You need to set Allow Access = “” or specific user roles you want to allow access.
Check wp-admin► Downloads ► All files(Edit)/Add file ► Package Settings ► Allow Access (Set user roles). ► update
or try clearing your browser cache..
I hope this solves your issue.
Thank you.Hi there!
I purchased wpdownloadmanager pro special yesterday morning and have spent the best part of two days trying to get files to download to no avail. I have checked php log files, apache log files and do not see any errors.
I have a folder of files (zips) that are in directory (let’s call it secret-folder for now) and are accessible/downloadable if one knows the filename by typing in:
https://www.mysite.com/secret-folder/secret-download.zipThis works and the file will download successfully. (Albeit I will block direct links later – but left open for testing purposes).
Obviously viewing the directory is blocked (https://www.mysite.com/secret-folder/) from directory listing.secret-folder is currently (temporarily) set 755 since it’s not working via. the plugin and I want to rule any problems out.
secret-folder has been set with chown -R apache:apache /full/path/to/secret-folder
public_html/ has been set with chown -R apache:apache /full/path/to/public_htmlAll my other plugins work and I see no errors working in the admin control panel with WP Download Manager…
I can find and attach the files within the browser in the package page. It even shows the file size correctly, so it is reading the file, but whenever one clicks Download on it’s page, nothing happens. No errors. Nothing. I have spent about 15+ hrs trying to debug this to no avail 🙁
I can give both admin wp-admin access and also SSH access if needed. I just want to be able to download files successfully via. plugin I bought.
Topic: PDF files showing as Text
Hello,
I’ve been directed here for my question regarding downloads that stopped working.
I have list of PDF’s on a website and they worked fine. Recently they stopped working as downloads and now show up in a new tab as a wall of weird symbols.
Tried solution offered like:Resumable Downloads Disabled
Output Buffering DisabledUpdated addons etc. Nothing works.
I would be very thankfull if this can get solved. I’m afraid i need to create a whole new page for the downloads…Thanks in advance!!
DirkIn reply to: wpdm_tree download options
I wanted to share this even though this is an old thread — in case someone else is looking for this solution (like I was).
I did not find a way to do this within the tool, but it is pretty easy to do if you are willing to edit the wpdm-extended-shortcodes plugin. I normally would never recommend updating a plugin like this (because any change will be lost when the plugin is updated), but it was an emergency for me and may be for you…
Open the wpdb-extended-shortcodes.php file
Find the wpdm_embed_tree() function and scroll down toward the bottom of that function (in the version I’m using (2.6.0), this is around line 470).
find this: “a href='” . get_permalink(get_the_ID()) . “‘ rel='” . get_permalink(get_the_ID()) . “‘”
and edit it to look like this: “a href='” . get_permalink(get_the_ID()) . “?wpdmdl=”.get_the_ID().”‘ rel='” . get_permalink(get_the_ID()) . “?wpdmdl=”.get_the_ID().”‘”
Basically, you’re just adding “?wpdmdl=[the post ID]” to each link.
NOTE: this will likely NOT work with login-protected downloads (there should also be a nonce that is not being included) but if you are just offering publicly accessible files, it should be fine.
It also seems like this would be a fairly easy update that could be made an option in the tool (hint… hint…).
In reply to: Category Question
Topic: Hide Category Column
I have a copy of the free version currently installed on a dev site (see screenshot).
I dont use categories since there are only a few downloads. Is there any way I can get rid of that column?Topic: Download All?
Hello,
Is it possible to create a function that allows users to download ALL files at once, e.g. as one big zip file?
The zip file would have to be created ‘on-demand’ to ensure it contains all latest downloads.
Thanks.
All the downloads are from the package download button. You are missing the point here. I am talking about the download limit plugin and not the download limit per user option in the package settings. We want a user to download only 5 packages per day. Can you please tell me what settings do I need to change to meet my requirement. Here’s a user you can try with.
user: dtest
password: 80min@700MBTopic: Packages & passwords
Hiya,
2 things needing fixed
#1
a) If lock options for a package are enabled then a password for the complete zip package is only ever shown IF i use
the page template “2 columns image right”, “single column, image top, extended” or “single column with doc preview”.. on none of the others!!b) If individual downloads are enabled (and locked) then the password box next to each individual file has no effect whatsoever, regardless
of which page template is used. It’s impossible to download anything.#2
Search results for a tag (tagged to multiple packages) , will only list the 1st result from the 1st category in all the other categories and NOT
EACH result in EACH category.Tested on chrome, ie, firefox & safari.
In reply to: Download Stats Not Updating
In reply to: remove category column from wp-all-packages
Removed marked lines from
wpdm-all-downloads.phphttps://www.evernote.com/l/AUddripbotpGOpffQXEZYB2qArz0ckXcu48B/image.png
Topic: Import
Can’t see to get it right. Importer doesn’t work, Bought your advanced importer.
I would like to import files. The ‘difficulty’ is in importing images. Dowloaded your example file. Could you tell me in plain English:
In which column to put the featured image file filesmall.jpg
In which column to put: filesmall.jpg and filelarge.jpg as separate downloads.
Please be clear in how I should use , ; and ”
” doesn’t work.Please be aware that Excel does’nt; support a , as a separate mark.
Many thanks in advance.
