Update to my previous message
For those cases in which the form does not appear on the page, it DOES APPEAR on the pop-up box. This is OK for my purposes. Is there a way to modify the pop-up template to make it wider?
The download works fine when the PDF is on Box.Net. Unfortunately, I do lose the PDF stamping feature. I do realize that you disclosed this on the PDF Stamp documentation. This feature would be nice to have, but not absolutely necessary for my purposes. I still would like to know why I am getting the server error when the PDF is stored locally (which would provide the Stamping feature). I suspect that the link in the e-mail is malformed. I can successfully download the PDF when I paste the ID with the directory and Masterkey into a browser tab. The ID/File Download Link that is displayed in the Edit Package page DOES NOT WORK.
Example of a non-working download: (see attached screenshots)
https://oysterriverfinancial.com?wpdmdl=315&ind=1550112481402
As an example of a working download from an earlier installation:
https://oysterriverfinancial.com/download/ddib_download/?wpdmdl=317&masterkey=5c64dc51133b6
(though I forgot how I found this — can you advise?)
I see the problem. When you tested it, I had two packages with the same PDF file. Your screenshots were for the “Data Driven Investing (Book)” package. My screenshots were for the “Get the Book” package — the menu is linked to the form, not the package, so behavior is apparently different.
But there is still the problem:
1. When I tested with the “Data Driven Investing (Book)” package, I receive the email as you have shown. However when I click the download link included in the email, I receive a server error (see the screenshot)
2. When I tested with the “Get the Book” form, I receive the emails, but without the download link. As shown in the screenshots I sent earlier
3. As a test, I added a third package. “Get a Copy of Data Driven Investing” and form locked it. However the form does not display — only the package information which I do not want to display anywhere on the — how do I prevent display?
4. As a test, on the menu, I added “Get the Book (Package)” which is form locked. However the form does not display.
5. As a test, on the menu, I added the “DDI Book (Box)” package, the PDF located on Box.net. However the form does not display.
As a test, I added these five options to the menu under “DDI (Book)”. Please look at the behavior and tell me what I am doing wrong.
See the screenshots of my current setup and the server error. I also wish to prevent display of all of this file information. I cannot find a way to do this.
Thanks for your help.
The email shown in your screenshot is sent by the Form Plugin which just sends a predefined “Thank You Message.”
But if you use Form Lock add-on and apply the Form Lock as shown in my screenshot you will get the email shown in my second screenshot. You can customize the email template and email content from Downloads Templates Email Templates page.
Form Lock uses the email-lock template, so edit that email template to customize content. There are some template variables listed on the right sidebar of editor. Those are used to add dynamic values ( e.g. download link, package name etc ) as email content.
Looks like the issue is similar to the one reported here https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/support/topic/download-link-only-refresh-page/
However, please send temporary wp-admin login info in private reply to check the issue. Or you can try to apply the patch suggested there.
I have made some minor changes in your shortcode. Remove the tags and download_link_blank because these aren’t valid parameters. Also changed a left double quote to double quote.
https://hans-josef-fell.de/dokumente_tabelle
You are using an older version of Download Manager there. You should install the latest version to get the latest features.
Thanks Shahriar, I can’t get the link templates to take effect.
Changing this, in Downloads–>Settings, does nothing: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nlxw03pwfb1fzth/Screenshot%202019-02-15%2010.56.17.png?dl=0.
Also, changing this, in the individual package file, has no effect: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p85glrc8zu0vz10/Screenshot%202019-02-15%2010.58.35.png?dl=0
Can you advise? Thank you!
Hi,
I have installed the Form Lock addon on your site. Using this add-on you can lock a package behind a form. Just enable the Form Lock and select the form when creating or editing the package. Please check the screenshot below.
https://www.evernote.com/l/AUfK_nc67SNO3KTvrpw1EnzF-Fsoot4AhNEB/image.png
After submitting the form you will get an email with download link. The email looks like the following screenshot.
https://www.evernote.com/l/AUelXA6ZXU1EZLWNyrDCiQ7B_xE6rMRcmIUB/image.png
The email template is customizable from Downloads Templates Email Templates page.
Let me know if you have any further query.
Thanks.
Use a page/link template with [file_list] template tag. There are lots of built-in template with this tag. For example, you can use the “Single Column, Image Top” page template.
Or if you want you can build your own custom template from Downloads Templates page.
There is JS error in console. Please send temporary admin login info in private reply. The issue may be related to the error. Although the publish date works fine in my setup. Did you customize the all downloads table template? There is no built-in support for “download_link_blank”.
Did you try the [download_link_extended] tag? That should work on IE too. I see you are still using the popup.
Hello Shahriar,
thank you very much for your answer! Unfortunately, I already read that and used it in my code, but it still dosen’t work:
[wpdm_all_packages items_per_page="20" categories="beschluss-und-positionspapiere, documents-in-foreign-languages, grafiken, initiativen, reden, studien-und-analysen, vortraege-und-praesentationen, weitere-themenbereiche" jstable=1 order_by="field_name" order="DESC" cols="title,tags,download_count|excerpt|categories|publish_date|download_link_blank“ colheads="Title|Excerpt|Categories|Publish Date|Download::155px"]
Instead of publish_date it shows the update_date and excerpt isn’t displayed at all… See here the second table: https://hans-josef-fell.de/dokumente_tabelle
Could you please let me know, what I’ve done wrong?
Best regards
Siglinde
It doesn’t work when they download from the grid. Only if they click on the link to open the card.
Do you want to use single download link for multiple pacakge and apply the email lock on that link? File Cart add-on allows a user to add files from various packages and download all file later from the cart using a single download button. It does have the email link option but doesn’t apply the email lock.
Sorry, it is not possible yet.
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Great! its working. Two quick questions:
Q1: how can i share a temporary download link to my customers, in case they miss to download the item or want to re-download it?
Q2: To make it keep working, is there any specific setting i need to tune every time i update the plugin? or is it a permanent fix?
Thanks.
Even if the popup auto closes, if the user wants to get another link, they can click download button again and request another link with email.
Hello,
we have used the pro plugin for a table on this page: https://hans-josef-fell.de/dokumente_tabelle
by using this code:
[wpdm_all_packages items_per_page="20" categories="beschluss-und-positionspapiere, documents-in-foreign-languages, grafiken, initiativen, reden, studien-und-analysen, vortraege-und-praesentationen, weitere-themenbereiche" jstable=1 order_by="field_name" order="DESC" cols="title,tags,download_count|categories|publish_date|download_link_blank“ colheads="Title|Categories|Publish Date|Download::155px"]
We would like to have the publishing date instead of the updating date displayed in the table. Furthermore, we also would like to display the excerpt of the package in the table if this is possible. How should we write the code?
Thanks and best regards
Siglinde
Hi,
Master download link is working fine now. FYI, only master download link will be able to download premium items directly if you authorize it.
Download Manager Pro latest version + your custom Form Lock add-on works fine. Just tested the email link option on my demo setup. Got email after form submission.
Hi there,
Question for this evening, i am using Download manager since many many years and i’m completely satisfied.
Using the 4.1.3 since i installed it with another plugin to order download by alphabetical order, i decided to update it with the lastest version of WPDM.
Badly, i had to postpone the update due to some graphic changes/issues with my template that was not supported anymore with the lastest wordpress.
during the time i need to investigate to modify WPDM template to fit my old wordpress template, is there a way to order download by name? i saw few times on google some short code or other things, but there is actually no short code to input. I add a category, add downloads to it, and i add the link of the category on my menu. thats it (unless i missed something)
Which file should i modify for ALWAYS having all my downloads, from any category to be orderded by alphabetical order?
My goal is to remove the other plugin that was re-ordering downloads on top of WPDM.
Thanks!
actually using : “Alphabetic Pagination” plugin otherwise it’s always by date
Hi,
Use a custom link template to customize the look. You can clone the link template you are using now. Then remove the [file_size] tag from there to remove the size indicator.
Access the template edit from Downloads Templates page. Send login info in private reply if you need help with the custom template.
Thanks.
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Hello–
My client is using WPDM to manage a variety of file types, including links. I’d like to update the display so that “Download” changes to “Link” and to remove the size indicators: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjk5nehhi6b4bpl/Screenshot%202019-02-08%2013.48.42.png?dl=0.
I am using both the base WPDM plugin and the Archive Page plugin, but I can’t figure out where to adjust these. Can you help me understand where to look for that?
Thanks much!
-Jeff
When I turn on Email Lock, and someone is entering their information to download the file, the prompt for their email address is messed up (see attached).
Right now it says, “Send Download Link To:”, and then the prompt says: ‘.$eeml.’
How can I change it to say Email?
