Downloadable Product

[Ajeh]

NOTE: Downloads are NOT marked as Always Free Shipping ...

just as they are NOT marked as Virtual Products ...

Downloads know there are no shipping costs automatically due to the Download file added to the Attribute ...

[blind1]

Whoops I got that out of the book. Is it an error?

[Ajeh]

It is a common mistake in that there is a counter for Products that are Downloads and depending on your shipping methods this could offset the counts if you mark it as an Always Free Shipping or Virtual Product and there is a Download attached ...

This will show itself most on sites that have physical, virtual and downloads mixed amongst the products ...

But on Download sites, this is not a major problem ... it is just good practice to configure the Products specifically ...

[signature16]

I still can't get it working. I think I got everything setup properly but when I test an order submission, I never get a link to download the product.

Thanks for the help so far!

[winky3d]

I'm also having trouble with this... and I have the book.

I'm getting the same result as signature16.

I'm trying to test an mp3 product.

Questions:

1. Does it have to be in a zip file? Currently is not.

2. Does the "Attributes Controller > Downloadable products: Filename" need the file extension, ie test.mp3. Currently does not.
also - just tried setting it to 'test.zip' -- still no download link on 'Success'

3. If the product is only available as an mp3, then is there any need for an Attribute Option Name / Value?

[blind1]

I am only basing my knowledge on reading but I hope it still of value.

The book recommends you do compress the files so I would zip them
Filenames are just that and I would also put the full file name and extention.
When naming your files, aviod spaces, special characters, extra periods, quote marks etc - can cause problems.

You said you tried setting the Attributes Controller to zip but your product wasn't zipped? Or did you zip it first?

[winky3d]

Got thi8s working... not sure how... sorry.

I deleted the product and started from scratch after reading some other threads in this forum.

[blind1]

Great
Did you need to set up options or not?

[MDEE]

Hello

Ive been reading up on all your posts and everything worked well, thanks 4 the info, accept i didnt understand where to upload the file to

when i click on the download button it tells me it couldnt find the file

could it be that im using an .rar zip format instead of .zip

when i entered filename i put the ext. .rar

not shure if i uploaded to wrong folder or what