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[AlexStudio]

Super Download Shop v1.0
for osCommerce 2.2 MS2 Update 060817 or later

Super Download Shop contribution is an enhancement of the osCommerce download module and download file management, including following features:

• Secure download for pending orders based on DownLoads Controller v5.3 by Linda McGrath which was the best solution to secure downloads. Without similar control, customers could get their downloads before they actually pay.
  
• Group files download per product which enable download shops to offer multiple files in a single product. With this ability, shop owners can:
  • Break a large download file into a group of files, to prevent problems like insufficient resource, time out errors...etc.
    
  • Bundle multiple downloads in one package to increase sells.
• Store download files in sub folders under the download directory to improve the file management.
  
• Built-in superior file management interface in admin panel.

[AlexStudio]

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4868

Please report bugs/problems/issues in this thread.

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[cdamianou]

Excellent idea for a contribution as the previous download contribution wasnt good enough.

Any chance of upgrading this to not charge postage on downloads? Thats the only problem im experiencing in selling downloads.

Thanks in advance.

[AlexStudio]

 cdamianou, on Feb 9 2007, 05:25 PM, said:

Excellent idea for a contribution as the previous download contribution wasnt good enough.

Any chance of upgrading this to not charge postage on downloads? Thats the only problem im experiencing in selling downloads.

Thanks in advance.

I don't quite understand your question. Since you assigned a filename to the product attribute, the item in orders should be treated as 'virtual' and skipped all shipping cost on that item. How come you have postage charges on downloads?

[MarthaD]

Great! Lets give this puppy a workout! Feedback to follow

[chooch]

This looks interesting... I have downloaded this and will try it out later tonight.

Is the group structure based on a master/slaves style contribution or did you write that yourself?

I'll give feedback when I get a chance. Thanks

[AlexStudio]

 chooch, on Feb 9 2007, 08:15 PM, said:

Is the group structure based on a master/slaves style contribution or did you write that yourself?

The group file for download is my creation. It replaces the filename assigned in products attributes with the group id and then for the download module to break the assigned file group into multiple files.

[chooch]

 AlexStudio, on Feb 9 2007, 12:20 PM, said:

The group file for download is my creation. It replaces the filename assigned in products attributes with the group id and then for the download module to break the assigned file group into multiple files.

Have you looked at the master/slaves contribution? Just an idea for you to look at it incase it is worth your while using parts of that to add to this contribution (if anything is needed)

[AlexStudio]

 chooch, on Feb 10 2007, 01:43 AM, said:

Have you looked at the master/slaves contribution? Just an idea for you to look at it incase it is worth your while using parts of that to add to this contribution (if anything is needed)

The main purpose of the group files for download is that sometimes the download file could be too large for download.

For instance, if the store owner wants to offer a 150mb file for instant download, it was almost impossible before. Now with this contribution, the store owner can break the file into 10 15mb files, or 15 10mb files and then assign them to a file group.

You can easily pack large download file into filename.rar filename.r01 filename.r02 ..... filename.r15 by setting the maximum volume size while packing.

[cdamianou]

Hi Alex

For some reason my downloads have postage added to them. Im not sure how to fix this problem.

Edited by cdamianou, 09 February 2007 - 08:45 PM.

[Dennis_gull]

Hello AlexStudio, nice contribution I will install this today but I just had one question regarding shops with downloads.
You know the "Buy now" button it will pull the product to the shopping cart if you remove this statement in application_top.php:

 if (tep_has_product_attributes($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) {
								  tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']));

And that will leave me with

$cart->add_cart($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'], $cart->get_quantity($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])+1);

the thing is, it will not get the attribute and Im trying to figure out how to fix this. Do you have any solution on this?

Edited by Dennis_gull, 09 February 2007 - 09:19 PM.

[AlexStudio]

 Dennis_gull, on Feb 10 2007, 05:18 AM, said:

Hello AlexStudio, nice contribution I will install this today but I just had one question regarding shops with downloads.
You know the "Buy now" button it will pull the product to the shopping cart if you remove this statement in application_top.php:

 if (tep_has_product_attributes($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) {
	tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']));

And that will leave me with

$cart->add_cart($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'], $cart->get_quantity($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])+1);

the thing is, it will not get the attribute and Im trying to figure out how to fix this. Do you have any solution on this?

I think that your idea is to add the item directly to cart without redirecting customers to the product info page to select an option. Logically this can lead to chaos if you have products with more than 1 option. It can be done by adding some extra code to check how many options the product has, and then only redirect customers to product info page if there are 2 or more options. However, this has nothing to do with Super Download Shop contribution.

Edited by wheeloftime, 10 February 2007 - 04:38 AM.

[Dennis_gull]

About this contribution:

I installed everything but I ran the SQL files but I didnt have any new files in the order_status_id, theres just the three original once there.
Shouldnt there be updated and Download Now Available there too?

[AlexStudio]

 Dennis_gull, on Feb 10 2007, 08:33 AM, said:

About this contribution:

I installed everything but I ran the SQL files but I didnt have any new files in the order_status_id, theres just the three original once there.
Shouldnt there be updated and Download Now Available there too?

You need to insert those new orders status first.

[Dennis_gull]

ah  

I installed everything now and it works nice, but I was just wondering what purpose "update" has.

I created a group called "movie pack" added three items and then made an order, after I got the downloads I changed the pack "movie pack" to add even more products and then I updated the order but the updated items to the pack didnt show

[AlexStudio]

The "Updated" orders status means to reset the max download days and available download count of an order. It's very handy when the customer's complaining about having difficulty to download or requesting extension of download expiry.

The content of a download order can not be changed once logged in database. You cannot add new files to existing orders like the way you tried. Please check your databse and see how it works in orders_products_download table.

[chooch]

 AlexStudio, on Feb 9 2007, 05:57 PM, said:

You can easily pack large download file into filename.rar filename.r01 filename.r02 ..... filename.r15 by setting the maximum volume size while packing.

Ok, now I get it. Thanks for the clarification.

I think this will only complement sites with downloadable products with large files - thanks for your contribution Alex.

[AlexStudio]

 chooch, on Feb 11 2007, 04:54 AM, said:

Ok, now I get it. Thanks for the clarification.

I think this will only complement sites with downloadable products with large files - thanks for your contribution Alex.

No. It's far more than what you thought.

[Tadream]

This is a contribution I will definitely try.
I have the paypal/downloads controller working on my site (thanks to you Alex!) and am curious how this all works.
I'm in the process of moving to another provider so my main 'concern' will be getting the shop up and running.
If that is working then I'll try out and let you know.
Does it add more then the paypal/downloads controller combo?

btw I have downloads of 130MB (and more in the future) and have experienced no problems with it (nor the customers)

[AlexStudio]

 Tadream, on Feb 11 2007, 08:04 PM, said:

This is a contribution I will definitely try.
I have the paypal/downloads controller working on my site (thanks to you Alex!) and am curious how this all works.
I'm in the process of moving to another provider so my main 'concern' will be getting the shop up and running.
If that is working then I'll try out and let you know.
Does it add more then the paypal/downloads controller combo?

btw I have downloads of 130MB (and more in the future) and have experienced no problems with it (nor the customers)

This new contribution allows you to store downlad files in sub folders. If you utilize the group files for download feature, you don't need to type-in filenames. It will also check if the file exist or not.

The PayPal IPN module is not included in this contribution package.