Follow-up…while I figured out the above, the [pdf_gallery] shortcode still isn’t displaying a document preview at all for .xlsx files. It just has the empty dropdown bar to swap between files, but it is empty and there’s no preview at all.
Granting access to our site is quite difficult in following IT procedures. If there’s a chance you can check this on your end first before we open up our site, that would be great.
After further investigation, I have been able to solve this issue, but want to share what I found because it may impact you since these did used to work just fine. This is happening on PDF Viewer previews with both the [doc_preview]
and [pdf_gallery]
shortcodes.
It appears that if the .xlsx file isn’t saved with “view only” permissions, the preview won’t show…it also won’t download or show the preview/download links in the attached files. Instead, I get an error that says “File not found. The URL of the original file is not valid or the document is not publicly accessible. Verify the URL is correct, then contact the document owner” and it links to Microsoft Office help.
Once file permissions are updated, they preview and download fine. Is this completely a file type issue or is there something that can be done on the WPDM side to fix?
Okay, thank you!
I got the plugin updated and it looks great! Any further info on how I can change the message that displays? I need help with that filter hook.
I just updated PDF Viewer…loos great! Thank you so much.
Were you able to provide any further detail on this?
I have looked at this filter hook already and am confused at exactly how to implement: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/filter-reference/wpdm_download_expired_message/. I’m not sure I’m code savvy enough, so any help you could give me to know exactly how to use this would be helpful. The commented out portion is confusing…I’m unsure of what objects I need to target. For instance…if I want the message to say “Resource Expired” instead of “Package Expired” and then “This resource expired on [date/time] and is currently with Compliance for review” how would I do that exactly?
Thank you for the update
I have looked at this filter hook already and am confused at exactly how to implement: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/filter-reference/wpdm_download_expired_message/. I’m not sure I’m code savvy enough, so any help you could give me to know exactly how to use this would be helpful. The commented out portion is confusing…I’m unsure of what objects I need to target. For instance…if I want the message to say “Resource Expired” instead of “Package Expired” and then “This resource expired on [date/time] and is currently with Compliance for review” how would I do that exactly?
Thanks for forwarding the PDF Viewer issue. Again, it is a big process for us to grant temporary access to our site, so if there is any way for you to adjust using your test site and providing code for us to implement, that would be preferred. Or if it can be released in the next update?
I do now see it appears to be working, but it is displaying differently than it used to. Do you know if there is a way to alter the message that displays on the PDF Viewer when a package is expired? Our users tend to notice that red bar that says “invalid or corrupted PDF file” before seeing the expiration message which causes confusion as they think the file is just broken.
Additionally, I’d like to change the message that is displayed when a package is expired. I found this, but don’t understand how to alter it to work in my functions: https://www.wpdownloadmanager.com/doc/filter-reference/wpdm_download_expired_message/. Can you assist me with what exactly the code would need to be?
Is there any chance you can look into this without logging in to my site? It is a whole process to grant access and get approval from our IT team to unblock external countries, so I’d like to avoid opening that back up since we just finished working through an issue together for several months.
I am unsure of when this issue began, but my live site is running WPDM version 6.6.2 and my staging site is running version 6.6.0 and I don’t see an expiration message working on either.
My Pro license just renewed in October. Is there a way to upgrade that license to a Business one without paying for a completely separate business license?
I need the license to remain on my live site, so I cannot move it around. But we must also have a staging/test environment of our live site. This single license key used to work on both. Has something changed? Is there no ability at all to use it in a staging instance?
I have already checked and the issue isn’t there until I reset the limit again following turning off all plugins. This makes it impossible to determine where the conflict exists (if there is one) because the issue does not occur unless all of the plugins are active. If we cannot get further assistance, we will just discontinue the use of this plugin which is very unfortunate.
Nayeem, I do appreciate your assistance, but we are just continuing to have a repeat conversation. This is the same process I have followed twice already at your request on September 26 and again on October 9. When I deactivate all plugins and reactivate it works until I reset the limit and then the issue begins again as documented on October 9: https://ae22.wistia.com/reviews/vawkwvap3k. We have spent 2 months just trying to see the issue and have yet to make any headway toward a solution. I do not know what you want me to continue to kindly check when we have not made any updates. Each time you request this, there is no change in what I’m seeing, so being asked to keep checking is getting frustrating.
Can we please loop in additional support on this issue or get a refund for the plugin?
Additional roles have been added.
The video is no longer available. I wasn’t able to see it before it expired. But yes, I would like to get this resolved. Nothing has been changed since we began this thread so the issue is still persisting. It has not been working properly since installing the plugin over a year ago and I’d really like to get this fixed or get a refund for the plugin. I understand your experience has been that things are working, but as provided multiple times, it isn’t working for me as seen in the evidence I’ve provided throughout this thread.
No, it is still not working. I was working on some other things and viewed packages and the downloads jumped from 2 to 5 without even downloading anything. If we can’t get this resolved, is it possible to get a refund for the plugin as we are not able to use it as advertised?
I see no errors on my side. Please try again.
Is it possible to loop in a team authority? We have been working on this for months, and I’d like a second opinion. It takes days to make any progress and the only progress seems to be us going back and forth about things that aren’t the actual issue. I have provided so much information and am growing very frustrated at the lack of movement being made toward a solution.
No, I haven’t adjusted any settings. I am seeing that box on my end.
I am out of the office for a few days, but will provide this info next week.
I cannot continue to take our site down for “maintenance” to test this. I think what I need to do is clone the site so I can test without impact to the live site. If I do that, I don’t have license keys for our Download Manager plugins. Is there a way to get dev licenses for testing purposes without having to purchase additional licenses?
I’d like to repeat this and record for you exactly what was occurring because all was fine until it wasn’t and there isn’t an obvious action taken that caused it to not work.
Nayeem, that is the testing I did…I deactivated all plugins and the issue wasn’t there. BUT even with all of the plugins activated, the issue wasn’t there either UNTIL I had to reset my limit again. The issue appears to be tied to the download limits plugin because one I reset the limit, it stops working properly. I did what you asked and am really needing some additional assistance here. Is there a team authority we can loop in for a second opinion?
I have completed my testing and it was inconclusive. I turned off all plugins and added them back one by one, downloading packages in between each activation and it counted fine. I did this with all of the plugins with success. I had the download limit set to 10 and hit that limit multiple times during turning the plugins on, reset the limit and continued with no issue. After getting all of the plugins activated it was still working perfectly until I hit my limit again. Once I reset the limit with all plugins on it started counting in threes again.
I don’t understand why I was able to reset the limit throughout the whole process, but once I activated all plugins and then reset, it glitched again. I don’t have the time to repeat this process tonight with resetting the limit between each plugin activation. There definitely seems to be an issue, but I cannot identify the source.