HI there.
My first post. So far loving this package, it seems to be able to do exacltly what I need.
I do the website for a small car club http://www.sunbeamcarclubofnewzealand.org.nz
We want our members to be able to login to our WordPress site, and download (for example) newsletters or our constitution etc – files that are only available if you have a valid login.
We also have an Executive and I want to lock down some files e.g. meeting minutes so only they have access.
I have three issues that i can’t seem to resolve, no matter what i do or how much I search in your forums.
1: I can’t change the way the files look.
I only want to upload files like docx,pdf,xlsx. But no matter what i do, when I’m logged in I simply get a page of file names – no pretty icons, no preview, no sizes, just something like this:
Category: Member Documents
Highlights August 2016
Exec AGM 2020
Weekend Programme – template (2020)
AGM Registration Form – Template (2019 AGM)
June 19 Exec meeting
If I go into each document and change the page template setting to something else, it makes no differnce. If I add a tag of say page-template-doc-preview it makes no difference. I get the same thing every time.
How do I change the way files are displayed?
2: I have setup categories, with a main one called Member Documents and sub categories under that.
No matter what I do, I get the above result re display of files – no sub categories shown etc. I should be able to see each categoiry (eg exec minutes, newsletters) and then drill down to see the relevant files?
One of the screen dumps for the product I saw had a Windows Explorer interface look to it, so you can easily move through folders. I’d love to do this, but no idea how.
You can see above in (1) that all my files are simply showing under Member Documents.
3: Permissions don’t seem to do anything.
I have applied permissions to (for example) the Exec Minutes category, and then saved a file in that category. But if I login as a Subscriber test account, I can still see the files – even though I haven’t given Subscriber any access to that category. This is possibly because I have one main category called Member Documents, and then have all other categories under that? This is the tidiest way to display a link on our menu, which is why I’ve done it this way. Surely that should work?
I’ve tried adding permissions to the category, and even teh file itself under ‘Allow Access’ but the Subscriber can always see all files.
I’d appreciate it if I could get this working. It’s a great product that driving me a little crazy right now 🙂
Cheers
Fred
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