upload file excel

[pixel1987]

I want to upload an Excel file and when i ll click in Catalog I download the file

I do not know how to do it

[kobra]

zip it and upload via FTP to your /downloads folder
add it as a download to a product or create a standard html link to it in the product description

[pixel1987]

zip it and upload via FTP to your /downloads folder
add it as a download to a product or create a standard html link to it in the product description

thanks :
upload via ftp understand, but as I do the rest for example Catalog by clicking the user automatically download it

[kobra]

as I do the rest for example Catalog by clicking the user automatically download it

A link to this rest

[schoolboy]

Do you know how to construct basic HTML? This is what is being inferred. If you don't know how to construct a basic hyperlink then it would be a good idea to learn, as a knowledge of basic HTML can help solve many issues. W3Schools has some good tutorials.

[lat9]

thanks :
upload via ftp understand, but as I do the rest for example Catalog by clicking the user automatically download it

Where on your website will the customer/user click to download the Excel file? Is the file a product (that is, the customer must pay before they download) or does the file contain additional information that the customer might want?

[pixel1987]

the user should not pay anything is just an excel my website to download

[lat9]

You'll start out by storing (via FTP upload) your Excel files in your store's /media folder.

To be able to successfully download those files, you'll need to edit the file /media/.htaccess to allow those file types to be accessed (see the changes in red):

#
# @copyright Copyright 2003-2010 Zen Cart Development Team
# @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
# @version $Id: .htaccess 16954 2010-07-21 22:55:30Z drbyte $
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# The following blocks direct HTTP requests to all filetypes in this directory recursively, except certain approved exceptions
# It also prevents the ability of any scripts to run. No type of script, be it PHP, PERL or whatever, can normally be executed if ExecCGI is disabled.
# Will also prevent people from seeing what is in the dir. and any sub-directories
#
# For this to work, you must include either 'All' or at least: 'Limit' and 'Indexes' parameters to the AllowOverride configuration in your apache/conf/httpd.conf file.
# Additionally, if you want the added protection offered by the OPTIONS directive below, you'll need to add 'Options' to the AllowOverride list, if 'All' is not specified. 
# Example:
#<Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
#  AllowOverride Limit Options Indexes
#</Directory>
###############################

# deny *everything*
<FilesMatch ".*">
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

# but now allow just *certain* necessary files:
<FilesMatch ".*\.(mp3|mp4|swf|avi|mpg|wma|rm|ra|ram|wmv|epub|xls|xlsx)$" >
  Order Allow,Deny
  Allow from all
  
  # tell all downloads to automatically be treated as "save as" instead of launching in an application directly
  # (just uncomment the next 2 lines by removing the '#'):
#  ForceType application/octet-stream
#  Header set Content-Disposition attachment
</FilesMatch>

IndexIgnore */*


## NOTE: If you want even greater security to prevent hackers from running scripts in this folder, uncomment the following line (if your hosting company will allow you to use OPTIONS):
# OPTIONS -Indexes -ExecCGI

Once that change has been made and the file is present in the /media folder, you'll add the following HTML code wherever you want the customer to download a file:

<a href="media/yourexcelfile.xls" target="_blank">Some Text Describing the File</a>