Setting downloads to 7 day expiration with unlimited downloads

[Chestnut Junction]

Hello!

I am in the final phase of finally getting my site up and running and have a question in regards to downloads. I wish to have an unlimited amount of downloads available to customers with an expiration of 7 days per download. Here is my concern, I have concluded that the only way to have unlimited downloads is to set the number to an unreachable limit such as 99,999 and setting the expiration to 7 days, but I do not want the 99,999 figure to show up in the checkout process. I have found the controller "define('TABLE_HEADING_DOWNLOAD_COUNT', 'Remaining')" and my intent is to disable this altogether so it no longer shows in the download process, my question being, how/where do I turn this item off??? Another option would be if there were a way to actually set the download count to "unlimited", either option would accomplish the task

My site it www.epatternjunction.com and it is not live yet, so only the check/money order option of payment is enabled.

Thank you in advance for any help!
~Chestnut Junction

[Ajeh]

And if you customized the tpl_modiues_download.php around:

      <td class="centeredContent"><?php echo ($downloads->fields['download_maxdays'] == 0 ? TEXT_DOWNLOADS_UNLIMITED_COUNT : $downloads->fields['download_count']); ?></td>

[Ajeh]

NOTE: still set it ridiculously high, just don't show it ...

NOTE: using your templates and overrides, of course ...

[Chestnut Junction]

Thank you sooo much for your help Ajeh, I'm off to edit it now

[Chestnut Junction]

Ok, I have found the line to edit in the tpl.modules.download.php, now, newbie question, how do I edit it to either turn off or set the Download quantity to unlimited lol!

Thanks for any help!
~Chris

[Chestnut Junction]

Ok, I managed to get the remaining download count to vanish, but now I have a very frustrating and unresolved problem. My files are instant download .pdf patterns and every time I try to download the .pdf it comes across as being corrupt and cannot be opened. I have read several forum posts in regards to corrupt files and have tried several resolutions to solve this problem. I have renamed my files to eliminate any characters that may be bad and I have also zipped my pdfs then tried to download. When I download the zip then try to unpack it, they say that they are empty and will fail to unzip. The really odd part is that if I clear my internet properties then retry the zip download, it downloads fine and even unzips without a problem, but I do not think my customers will wish to go through the trouble of doing this, and furthermore, I would really like them to be able to download the pdfs directly without zipping them. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Chris Sharp
www.epatternjunction.com

[Ajeh]

What happens if you turn off the Redirect on the Attributes? Configuration ... Attribute Settings ...

Download by Redirect
Use browser redirection for download. Disable on non-Unix systems.

Note: Set /pub to 777 when redirect is true

[Chestnut Junction]

I have download by redirect off and the permissions on my Pub folder set to 777 as per a previous thread and still have the corrupt pdf/empty zip problem Question though, the servers I am hosted on are linux/unix therefor, should'nt the download by redirect work? Another question, could this be a shared server problem that may be fixed by moving to a dedicated server? I have tried a number of fixes but the problem still periodically happens. I can attempt it once and find the pdf corrupt, but turn around and try again only to have it be perfectly fine, but then I try again, and corrupt again It is very frustrating seeing as how this is one of the last hurdles to overcome before going live with my site.

Thanks for any help!
~Chris
www.epatternjunction.com

[Ajeh]

There Redirect will work if it is setup correctly by your hosting provider to work with the symbolic link ... the .htaccess file contains in:
/includes/pub/.htaccess

#prevent directory browsing -- for security
IndexIgnore */*

  Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes

You would need to talk to your hosting provider to see what the problem is ...

Also check what the size of the file limit size is for your site ...

Test this by making a tiny zip, such as the test.php zip that comes with Zen Cart to see if there is a problem with size ...

[DrByte]

My files are instant download .pdf patterns and every time I try to download the .pdf it comes across as being corrupt and cannot be opened.

*every* time?
You're contradicting yourself:

The really odd part is that if I clear my internet properties then retry the zip download, it downloads fine and even unzips without a problem

and also:

I have tried a number of fixes but the problem still periodically happens. I can attempt it once and find the pdf corrupt, but turn around and try again only to have it be perfectly fine

So, you're saying it's *not* EVERY time, right?

You even started another discussion in another thread saying:

The issue is that 90% of the pdf downloads I test will come through as corrupt

I have read several forum posts in regards to corrupt files and have tried several resolutions to solve this problem. I have renamed my files to eliminate any characters that may be bad and I have also zipped my pdfs then tried to download.

Those can be helpful steps to take.

When I download the zip then try to unpack it, they say that they are empty and will fail to unzip.

ARE the files empty? How many bytes is the zip file after downloading?
How many bytes was it *before* downloading? ie: on the server

I have download by redirect off and the permissions on my Pub folder set to 777 as per a previous thread and still have the corrupt pdf/empty zip problem

777 permissions won't necessarily fix a corruption problem. It may help if files won't download at all, but usually is unrelated to corrupt content.

Question though, the servers I am hosted on are linux/unix therefor, should'nt the download by redirect work?

Your question suggests that the download-by-redirect doesn't work. What exactly do you mean by that? Is there a particular symptom?
How do you know it doesn't work? Maybe it does. If it didn't, it would be telling you the download couldn't be offered.
A corrupt file doesn't mean the symlink required for the redirect can't be created.
A corrupt file merely means that what you received on your PC wasn't what you were expecting to receive vs the original file.

Another question, could this be a shared server problem that may be fixed by moving to a dedicated server?

Maybe. Maybe not.