trying to setup mp3 music website with ZC

[iconsultant]

Hi Everyone,

I've installed ZC for a music shop that will sell mp3s, let the customer listen before they buy and of course, let them download the song once they have paid for it.

Does anyone know of a good tutorial on this? I've tried to setup the product for download in the public folder so that I can redirect the user there for download, I have pointed the url to /public_html/download/ .

However, when I look in the main shop, the product is out of stock (am I doing something wrong with the quantity settings?) Below are my settings:

Product is Free: No
Product is Call for Price: No
Product Priced by Attributes: No

Tax Class:
Products Price (Net): .99
Products Price (Gross): .99
Product is Virtual: Yes, Skip Shipping Address
Always Free Shipping: Yes, Always Free Shipping
Products Quantity Box Shows: No, Do not show Quantity Box
Product Qty Minimum: 1
Product Qty Maximum: 0
Product Qty Units: 1
Product Qty Min/Unit Mix: No

Thanks to anyone who replies!

[DrByte]

In the Product Quantity field , down below the description, put a value greater than zero if you want it to show as in-stock.
Also, with downloads, it's best to set "Product is Virtual" to No, since a download (as defined by its attributes) is even more special than "virtual".

Related FAQ: http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=71

[larryjacobs]

I would like my customers to be able to download the music as an mp3. All posts that I see suggest that all downloadable files must be in a zip format. Can someone tell me if direct mp3 download is possible?

[DrByte]

Yes, direct .mp3 download is possible. However, the browser will likely open the file directly in whatever mp3 player software is configured on the customer's computer. The benefit there is that it not only plays immediately, but might even auto-add itself to their iTunes library, if that's how they're playing mp3 files. Some customers don't like that though.

[PauPau]

Hi
I'm also working on a mp3 shop and have trouble pointing to the download librarys new location at the domain root. Get the message that the library dos'nt exist. How do you spell out the path in the configure files?
Cheers

[DrByte]

Originally Posted by PauPau

Hi
I'm also working on a mp3 shop and have trouble pointing to the download librarys new location at the domain root. Get the message that the library dos'nt exist. How do you spell out the path in the configure files?
Cheers

Zen Cart doesn't let you set the download location to be the domain root. Why are you trying to do that?

If you're trying to change things for security reasons, look at this FAQ article, including the links it has to other related articles: http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=121

[jimosity]

If you edit the .htaccess file in your shop/download directory and include this:

AddType application/octet-stream .mov
AddType application/octet-stream .avi
AddType application/octet-stream .mpg
AddType application/octet-stream .jpg
AddType application/octet-stream .mp3



It will prompt you if you want to "Save" the MP3 instead of automatically just streaming it; which is very annoying for some users.

(I have other types listed there, but you should get the idea)