Sybille van Zuylen

I’m not sure, in the end it’s mostly CSS, which I can manage I think.
I haven’t seen dashboard shortcodes that fit the thing I’m expecting. I was just wondering if there’s more.
Thnaks

Thank you,

I can’t find what I’m looking for in those pages, nor in all the add-ons I’ve looked at.
I’m actually asking if there’s a way for me to assign a package to a user without having the user actually going through the process of buying/downloading it?

If not, I’ll just give the user 100% discount on the pack.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Sybille van Zuylen.

Hello again,

I have a hard wrapping my head around all the possibilities offered by WPDM…
I have more question (sorry) !

If I understand everything correctly : templates are meant to be used to display packages (package page + packet link). Is that right?
However, if I use packages to upload my images I’ll end up with 3000 packages. That seems a bit counter productive to me…

Ideally I would upload my image with the help of the asset manager in a secure folder, like “download manager files” (tell me if that’s not a good idea).
I end up with 2 possibilities: https://snipboard.io/DtKLVj.jpg
1. I can copy the shortcode. But then I have to change the default template so that it displays the image itself. But my theme only allows me to input links for galleries…
2. I can generate a link, this gives me the option of setting the authorized user roles (the shortcode doesn’t give me that option). Great ! But when I copy and paste the link in my gallery, I don’t see the image. I see what the default link template allows me to show.
I figure I have to change that template (the way you detailed above). But I would ask the template to display the featured image…And is there one in this case?

I figure this leaves me with one last option : I upload the image through the media library, secure it thanks to WPDM, delete the thumbnails so they can’t be accessed. This way I don’t have any trouble displaying it in galleries and featured images, where and how I need.
Is there a reason why I shouldn’t do that?

Also I’m wondering: is WPDM compatible with plugins that allow me to add folders to the media library? That would make things less cluttered.

Sorry, I’m getting confused with this plugin. There is so much to understand.
I have the feeling things aren’t as simple as I thought.
Here’s a summary of what I know :
-I have images that I want protected : they can be seen by authorized user roles.
-These images have to be displayed on a page like any regular image (in galleries, lightboxes, etc.) No need to make a downloadable package. –
-I don’t want people to be able to access them through direct link ; I don’t want Google to be able to see them either.
-I can’t upload them to my media library because that triggers the thumbnails generation and it seems there’s nothing I can do to stop it. I can protect the master image, but not the thumbnails.
-I want to use them as featured images, but it seems that’s impossible if they are not in the media library (or is there another way?)
*edit* I found a plugin that allows me to enter a URL for featured img BUT the URL generated by WPDM doesn’t display an image…

If I upload the image in a secure WPDM folder, the link I generate (with user restriction) doesn’t work in galleries : I don’t see the image, I see the download link…

I’m lost…

Thank you for the help!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Sybille van Zuylen.