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Sure, but the search reveals ALL docs to ALL users – this is bad.
We are using this plugin because it allows us to assign downloads to users.
Search will bypass that… which is very very bad.

Sure. What’s it’s purpose?
I assume it is NOT for a website where you apply downloads, set to specific users? Which is exactly what I have been asking about….

Wow…
So what about the Search itself.
Load it on our site. Go to it after logging in with the Test login I sent you.
Then go to that page.
It doesn’t show results for that person, it shows results for ALL users.

Also, can that page be added to the side menu in the Downloads screen? Else, login and see their profile and downloads… and search. But the link to this search page, is not there.

Can it be simply added to it??

Forgive me. So are you saying we need to add another page and pop that search in there?
How do we do that, and link to the page from the side menu in the profile area? As that already has a search.

Im guessing your idea is to add a Search page, in the Dropdown menu we create, and somehow get rid of the default WP DL Manager search?

Can you please advise.

Can you please add it to our Downloads page, so I can see what you mean, as you do have access.
As I am confused.

I know about the Allow Access option. But what do I put in there, so it allows access to all who are logged in?

Simon

I was told on the Livechat on here, that because we cannot search for File Names, we can simply put those file names in the Description, so users can search for it.

You are now saying, this is NOT possible. So if a client contacts them to say “I need that document called xxx, where do I find it”, they have no way to search for the file name, or any keyword. And if a Package has more than one file, it is totally impossible search for that filename.

That being said, if they are logged in, does the Default Search (top right of any page) let that search result find it? But NOT in the main Downloads screen?

It’s just so all over the place. And one doesn’t find out these things til we are using it.
No way to search for Filename.
And if that filename is listed in the Description, the Search in the Downloads screen, does not allow you to find the keyword added to the description.

Oh boy.
Also, with regard to being able to enable a set file to be available in downloads to any logged in user – sorry we need to pay to be able to do that? Really?

Disregard our site’s main search please. That should not be showing any results from the Download Manager at all (tho it doesn’t matter, so long as it doesn’t show results NOW assigned to that user. That’s a security risk.

This is the search in the WP Download Manager Downloads area.

What do we place in there to allow any Logged in User. If we enable All Visitors in Allow Access, it allows ANYONE access. that’s wrong.

Flailing: Sure.
The user will use that keyword or others, in the Download area itself – that is where it doesn’t find it.
We will likely remove the Site Search. But in theory, if we have ALL downlaods availbale ONLY to those who are logged in, Site Search won’t find it anyway!

Do you see what I mean? Put the Site Search aside for now. This is about the SEarch in the plugin itself/.

Thx