Restrict Digital Downloads [Support Thread]

[lat9]

FWIW, I've got the changes required for a digital download product that is also marked "Product is free" on my RDD github repository (https://github.com/lat9/restrict_digital_downloads) and will be staging the distribution zip-file (v1.0.2) to my website and to the Zen Cart plugins area later this morning.

[jmsnyder23]

I have an ebook website where we sell books in 5 different formats. Customers can choose multiple formats by checking boxes prior to adding the product to their carts.

Will my EU customers be able to choose their ebook types and also choose to receive the files by email with this plugin? Or will I have to combine all my files into one ZIP file for the download option?

Will this plugin work with checkboxes?

[lat9]

The problem with checkboxes is that they're optional, so a customer could choose/check none of the boxes associated with the product. There's also no way with the checkbox-type options to identify an alternate order-fulfillment method (e.g. email the files to the customer).

[RixStix]

For your free downloads, are they set with the "Product is free" flag?

Yes, they are.

Does the file type matter? We have one MP4 which I don't think was included in the default download filetype list.

I'll make the edits and re-install shortly. TNX for the PM. That issue is fixed.

[lat9]

The changes on github address downloads that have the product_is_free flag set. The file-type doesn't matter for the check, just that there's a digital download option.

[jmsnyder23]

So I can't have both the checkboxes and the radio buttons?

I guess what I'm hearing is that I need to set up my site so that all the ebooks are one download option (one zip file) OR there is an email option for EU customers, and use the radio buttons, is this correct?

[lat9]

So I can't have both the checkboxes and the radio buttons?

I guess what I'm hearing is that I need to set up my site so that all the ebooks are one download option (one zip file) OR there is an email option for EU customers, and use the radio buttons, is this correct?

I'm having a hard time coming up with a configuration where checkboxes could be used (except where a digital download is an optional option for a product). Certainly, one solution for your store is to package all 5 file types into a single zip-file and, in a manner similar to my needlework site (http://www.latitude9needlearts.com/i...&products_id=7), create a "Delivery Method" option that includes the download option and the email-it-to-me option.

The Attributes Controller is your friend in this. When I updated my site I simply added the "Email it to me" option value to the "Delivery Method" option and applied that update to one of my download products. Then, using the Attributes Controller's "Copy To" options (either product or category), I indicated that existing attributes should be ignored and only new attributes added. It was a quick and easy way to add that Delivery Method option to all of my downloads!

[jmsnyder23]

One last question. Can this work with Zen Cart 1.39h?

And before you say it, yes I should upgrade. But I don't know if I can before the end of the year, so this takes precedence at the moment.

[lat9]

It could, but it currently doesn't due to the admin-level changes introduced in v1.5.0. Let me dust off my ZC1.3.9 braincells and I'll post the teeny file update needed to get the IP2Country tool registered on the admin menu.

OK, here you go. Create the file /YOUR_ADMIN/includes/boxes/extra_boxes/tools_ip2country_dhtml.php that contains:

<?php
// Add IP2Country link to Tools menu
$za_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_TOOLS_UPDATE_IP2COUNTRY, 'link' => zen_href_link(FILENAME_TOOLS_UPDATE_IP2COUNTRY, '', 'NONSSL'));

[lat9]

I've submitted v1.0.2 to the Plugins area.