Thanks. I understand the part about including a subscription link, but how is the download button generated for those people that already have a subcription and would like to download the file. As of now, the download button changed into a payment button as soon as I associated a price to the package.
Is there a way to use two different shortcodes? For example one shortcode that will display the download button and then have a separate shortcode that can display the payment button? That way members that have access can download from the first shortcode and guests that would like to purchase the download can use the second shortcode?
Please advise.
Now you have to edit template files directly from /acive-theme/download-manager/link-templates/ and /acive-theme/download-manager/page-templates/
I have used template files instead of template editor ( saving in option table ) to avoid similar issue in future.
Hi Shahriar,
I’ve had to give up with the cart on my site. Members can’t deal with it. I’m editing all my downloads to remove role discounts and applying role access to each download. Also, a package with a PDF and zip doesn’t work because they get put into a new zip so the PDF doesn’t get stamped in that case after a cart purchase. This will only be a problem for guest orders now, I’ll live with that.
This means that most PDFs won’t go through the cart anymore, which means they won’t get stamped.
Can you please find a way for all PDF downloads from my site to be stamped, without going through the cart, as long as the user is logged in? Thus:
– Member is logged in and has a subscription plan.
– Member’s role has access to download the PDF.
– They click the Download link, the stamped PDF downloads.
– If they can access the PDF via the Dashboard, it gets stamped there too.
Basically, whenever they download any PDF I would like the stamp applied.
Give me a quote by private message if necessary.
Many thanks,
Mike
Hi,
Please check the Archive Page add-on demo here https://demo.wpdownloadmanager.com/wpdmpro/archive-page-compact/ It has a category filter option. And you can also search for packages and sort by different parameters.
You can use own link template to control the view of each package.
Let me know if works for you or you want something different.
Thanks.
I have tested Yoast breadcrumb with one of our themes ( http://prntscr.com/prnhm4 ). We used yoast_breadcrumb function to render breadcrumb. The breadcrumb should render the archive page URL in that part of Breadcrumb.
But in your case it is just links to /download There is nothing in the download page, so it is just displaying the matching content which is an image in your case. Maybe your theme implemented the breadcrumb in a different way.
Please check if the download archive- is active on your settings http://prntscr.com/prnith and then check the single.php of your theme to find out how it is showing the breadcrumb.
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Did you add the template tag [membership_levels] to your custom link-template? The code implements the template tag but you have to use it on your template to make it visible. You also have to write CSS to adjust the position of the level.
If you are not familiar with template customization please check this post https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/building-a-wordpress-download-manager-link-template-from-scratch/
Hi,
After submitting the email address Download Manager did send the email with a download link. The spinning never ends because WP Super Cache is modifying the AJAX response sent by Download Manager. It is adding the following message with WPDM response which is breaking the expected JSON format of WPDM response.
<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->
http://prntscr.com/prk4z8
Fixing this issue will automatically fir the email lock spinning.
Thanks.
Download limit message is coming from Download Limit Message: option but you had no login link there. I have updated the option with the login link. Now link should appear with the message.
http://prntscr.com/prj5g9
Hi Aly,
You can change the download button label ( text ) from the package settings meta box. The text comes from the “Link Label” option. So, just set your custom text there.
https://www.evernote.com/l/AUcPrMhQWWBE57vLe-McbypCiQ2O6Tu_lv4B/image.png
Thanks.
Hello. When viewing a package, I see the breadcrumb at the top (under Blog Latest News). However, if I click the “download” link in that breadcrumb, it just presents me with a download.png image. I have breadcrumbs enabled in Yoast and they work fine on the rest of my site (i.e., blog posts). Is there something else special that I need to do to get the breadcrumbs working properly with WP Download Manager?
Thanks
I did some searching, but couldn’t find any conversation on my issue. I’m looking to this page: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/download/wpdm-directory-add-on/ for support. It says “— category: use any category slug here if you want to create an archive page for that specific category or don’t use the parameter” However, the shortcode generator only allows a single category to be selected and it inserts it’s ID, not it’s slug.
I currently have 6 top-level categories. [wpdm-archive cat_view=”extended” showcount=1 button_style=”info” link_template=”5db8acc6b6246″ order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” items_per_page=”10″]
as seen here: https://www.screencast.com/t/oYM4O4fE
I’d like to have a page that has all but one of them.
If I use the shortcode generator, I can only pick 1 category and it creates: [wpdm-archive category=”114″ cat_view=”extended” button_style=”default” link_template=”link-template-audio” order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” items_per_page=”10″]
Category 114 is Letters.
If I use all the ID’s of the categories I want it breaks: [wpdm-archive category=”121,272,119,117 ” cat_view=”extended” button_style=”default” link_template=”link-template-audio” order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” items_per_page=”10″]
If I try to use the slugs of the categories I want, like mentioned in the doc [wpdm-archive categories=”articles,letters,master-messages,scripts” cat_view=”extended” showcount=1 button_style=”info” link_template=”5db8acc6b6246″ order_by=”post_title” order=”asc” items_per_page=”10″]
it has no impact: https://www.screencast.com/t/9cIuubfkc
What am I missing or messing up?
Yes, login form should be showed to visitors to download the files after the limit. Can you describe the steps you followed I m not able to replicate the same from my end.
When I m trying it show like this without link or form https://prnt.sc/pqy3j4
and sometimes when I click on download it shows this error – https://prnt.sc/pqy3q7
I tried adding an ID column but when I do the import does not work. I see the plugin reports success and no error but afterwards the item is not found when I look under All Downloads.
Here’s is a link to the csv: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_YgupNMxbyBhrHQcEwS07j3q0BEPAme/view?usp=sharing
when I try to modify a download I cannot link it to categories, the category choice box is not displayed
the category choice box is displayed only in “quick edit” when downloads are in list mode
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Hi,
in this Thread: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/support/topic/open-pdfs-in-new-browser-tab/ I have already asked, because it doesn’t work for me. All my pdf should open in a new tab. This also worked until I added password protection to some pdfs. How do I make sure that the password is requested first and then the pdf opens in the new tab? It doesn’t matter if it’s wpdm_all_packages or link-template-default.php. Do you know what I mean?
You can modify the link to open in a new tab when there is a package-lock. Do you want to open the file in the browser? If not after unlocking package you can just download the file and your page will still be there with other downloads.
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When using the main download button:
To open file in new tab replace [download_link] with [link_label] in your custom page/link template.
However, this only works for me until I use a password protection. Then a new window will open but there will be no popup for entering the password.
I use for single file downloads link-template-default.php and for [wpdm_all_packages….] wpdm-all-downloads.php. What do I have to change to make it work?
Sorry, my mistake. It’s because I changed a link template and wpdm-all-download so that the Divi theme opens the file in a new tab and not in the same one. Now I just have to figure out how it’s basically possible except for password-protected files.
Thanks for the reply. The demo link looks great.
I am using a third party membership program that controls access to different things depending on their WordPress user role, so I am just assigning different wordpress user role levels to my packages. For example, “Basic” role (free membership required), “Premium” (paid premium membership required), etc.
Is it possible to do what you have described in the custom template tag if I am not using your the WP Download Membership Addon? I would like to do what you have described, but just have it be based on the name of the WordPress role that is assigned to that product. Please let me know.
Sorry for the delayed reply.
Dynamic Excerpt is working fine. I have created a custom page template “Dynamic Excerpt” and applied it here https://cioindex.com/reference/sample-it-governance-implementation/ Try changing the number in [excerpt_200] tag. Please read this post to understand template customization.
Bulk Import issue could be related to CSV formatting. Please send me the CSV file to check. You can upload it somewhere and share the link in reply.
I am not getting any stats for downloads, either in the “Stats” section or when I look at the packages list in all packages. I have tried disabling/enabling the Download Manager plugin (as I saw this suggested in another forum post), but still nothing.
My site, and the download links, can be seen here: https://www.pclexperte.de/digitale-downloads/
Any help would be great.
Hi,
I checked the Database table wp_options table for _fm_link_templates and _fm_page_templates records but found no custom template code there. I am not exactly sure which plugin modified these entries. In most cases, this kind of change is made by a plugin that does backup/restore or bulk DB changes ( search& replace etc ). Really sorry about the inconvenience but I couldn’t find any reason that points the issue being originated from WPDM.
Now best option is creating template files for your custom link/page templates as the issue may occur again if you use the template editor. You have to put the files in /active-theme/download-manager/page-templates/ and /active-theme/download-manager/link-templates/ directory ( I have already created those directories in your child theme ). The file name will be used as the template id in this approach. And you have to set a template name at the top of the file. Please check any existing template file from /download-manager/tpls/link-templates/ directory.
Here is a custom link template https://www.dropbox.com/s/upop791l1slse20/alameensoft.php?dl=1 Download the file and place it in /active-theme/download-manager/link-templates/ dir. This template is the same one used here http://prntscr.com/pq3h3e but without the download button.
Let me know if you have a further query or I can help you in any other way.
Thanks.
