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DrByte:

Yes, adding multiple files to the same Option Name + Option Value pair will cause them all to be available by choosing the same attribute selection during the shopping process.

Well Here is What I did.

Created a Optin Name of "Downloadable File"
I assigned MP3 as the Option Value.

Then In the Attribute controler I Assigned them
to a product. 1st time went fine with /file1.mp3

IOn the same product, I repeated the same steps with/File2.mp3
and got this error.

Duplicate Attribute - Attribute was not added - Downloadable File : MP3

I obviously did not do something correctly.

Bob

If you have installed a copy of Zen Cart with demo products installed you can see product #133, "Multiple Downloads", which is in the "New v1.2" category.

Going to the Attributes Controller for that product will show you how multiple files were added.

In this case, you have:
Option Name: "Version"
Option Values:

• Download MAC English
• Download Windows Spanish
• Download Windows English

and

Option Name: Documentation
Option Values:

• PDF English
• MS Word English

When the customer is shopping and selects choices, each of the files associated with the option name/value pair selected will be available for download after successful payment.

DrByte:

If you have installed a copy of Zen Cart with demo products installed you can see product #133, "Multiple Downloads", which is in the "New v1.2" category.

Going to the Attributes Controller for that product will show you how multiple files were added.

In this case, you have:
Option Name: "Version"
Option Values:

• Download MAC English
• Download Windows Spanish
• Download Windows English

and

Option Name: Documentation
Option Values:

• PDF English
• MS Word English

When the customer is shopping and selects choices, each of the files associated with the option name/value pair selected will be available for download after successful payment.

Ok I got that, maybe I did Not Explain my need well enough.

Lets Say My Product is an audio ebook. It has 5 volumes
(5 different MP3 files). Would I then Need an attribute
for each "Volume"? What I was looking to do is have a single
radio button (Attribute) with multiple files available At the
poing of purchase.

Hope this is clearer.

Bob

Okay ... to make multiple downloads on the same product ...

For each download file, you need an Option Name

For each Option Name, you need 1 to many Option Values depending on the choices needed ...

If you have 5 downloads on 1 Product you need 5 Option Names and 1 Option Value per name:

Option Names:
Download 1 Option Type Radiobutton Sort Order 10
Download 2 Option Type Radiobutton Sort Order 20
Download 3 Option Type Radiobutton Sort Order 30
Download 4 Option Type Radiobutton Sort Order 40
Download 5 Option Type Radiobutton Sort Order 50

Now ... for each Option Name you make an Option Value ...

Let's say you just need 1 Option Value per Option Name ... this means you just have 5 downloads to go to the Product

The reason usually is ... each download is big so it is broken into parts ...

If you have many multiple downloads, say each Product has 5 downloads you can pattern this so the names make sense when read on the screen

Example for 5 Downloads it would read:
Download 1 of 5
Download 2 of 5
Download 3 of 5
Download 4 of 5
Download 5 of 5

For 3 Downloads it would read:
Download 1 of 3
Download 2 of 3
Download 3 of 3

Make the Option Values as needed
Option Values:
Option Name pick from dropdown Download 1
Option Value Name: of 1
Option Value Sort Order: 10

Option Name pick from dropdown Download 1
Option Value Name: of 2
Option Value Sort Order: 20

Option Name pick from dropdown Download 1
Option Value Name: of 3
Option Value Sort Order: 30

Option Name pick from dropdown Download 1
Option Value Name: of 4
Option Value Sort Order: 40

Option Name pick from dropdown Download 1
Option Value Name: of 5
Option Value Sort Order: 50

Then make a set for Download 2, 3, 4, 5

Note: when making these, only make patterns that match

Download 3 of 1 doesn't make sense so don't make an Option Name: of 1 for the Option Name: Download 3

Now you can make the Attribute read correctly based on how many downloads ...

Note: You make find a better pattern of text so you don't get lost in making the Attribtues ...

NOTE: There is also Bunyrip's Attributes enhancer that has a nice peice of code to filter your Option Names and Option Values ...

But for now, when making the Attributes, just match the right Option Name to the Option Value ...

Attributes Controller:
Option Name: Download 1
Option Value: of 5 [Download 1]
Download filename
Number of Days and Downloads

Option Name: Download 2
Option Value: of 5 [Download 2]
Download filename
Number of Days and Downloads

Option Name: Download 3
Option Value: of 5 [Download 3]
Download filename
Number of Days and Downloads

Option Name: Download 4
Option Value: of 5 [Download 4]
Download filename
Number of Days and Downloads

Option Name: Download 5
Option Value: of 5 [Download 5]
Download filename
Number of Days and Downloads

Don't worry on the Sort Order as you set the defaults when these were made ...

When done adding the Downloads ... just click on the Update Sort order button and all will sort nicely ...

I followed the instructions on the reply that dealt with adding a media collection and then adding files (mp3's in this case) and assigning them to an album.

From looking inside the tpl_modules_media_manager.php (v1.27d) it looks as though the clip titles should be showing up in addition to the "Play Selection" text.

I am getting the Play Selection text, but not the clip titles.

Also is there a way to replace the "Play Selection" with an image?

Finally, is it possible to turn the media clips into items for purchase to download?

I know how to assign attributes to download single songs, however since I am dealing with dozens of different Cd's I am trying to see if there is a way to not add every song title for the cds as attributes, and instead find a way for it to pull the titles up automagically.

Thank You,

Betty
:cry:

You would need some fancy coding for that one ...

It is not part of Zen Cart at this time ...

Thanks Ajeh,

I figured that would be the outcome. In the meantime we've done some fancy work using the wimpy player and some template re-writing to get a nice clean combination of player, downloads and song samples in 1.27d.

We raised the description up even with the image and everything else sites nicely under the image and description. Then made the player so it gets called just like all the other template items.

My other half (genabit) came home last monday for his weeks vacation just in time to do the code work that I couldn't do.

Of course (totally OT) he also made me his fiancee last monday :wub: :jump:

b

Congrats B !

Thank You Dr. Byte -

I know I can only respond once or risk an OT warning, so in case anyone else wishes congrats...thank you!!

b

Hey, I made a collection of uploaded mp3s, and assigned them to a product of "music" type. Unforunately the list of media is not showing up on the product page. Is there some additional trick settings?

Hello,

I'm brand new here, a matter of fact this is my first post. Thank you for your post, but I'm using version 1.3.5 and I don't see a Options Manager option anywhere?

I don't know what version you wrote those instuctions for, but I could use a little help please.

Hi John and welcome to the best shopping cart you'll ever find!!

Option values and option names are for the Attributes. In v 1.35 in Admin, go to the catalog dropdown and you will see the option name and option value managers.

betty

Thank you betty!

I'll try that:)

bettysue:

Hi John and welcome to the best shopping cart you'll ever find!!

Option values and option names are for the Attributes. In v 1.35 in Admin, go to the catalog dropdown and you will see the option name and option value managers.

betty

I'm trying to add digital product for the first time and I'm having problems.

I created the option: download (radio button), then value: pdf

I made my item entry, the when I went into attributes I selected 'download, then pdf'. I then scrolled down and entered the path of my download product and when I hit insert, I get this error:

Attribute Option and Option Value Do NOT Match - Attribute was not added - : TEXT

What does that mean exactly? What do I need to do?

The Option Name should have the Option Type set to either Dropdown or Radiobutton ...

Then, you need to add Option Value(s) for the Download ...

Next, when adding the Download Attribute you should FTP the file to the /download directory and put in the filename of the Download ...

If you get an error on the match of the Option Name and Option Value, then you do not have these configured correctly ...

I guess I'm a visual person, it seems you just paraphrased my problem, but I'm not understanding your solution. Could you possibly type an example out?

Here's another question I have that might be my problem.... Is the 'value' the actual pdf name? Is that why it's not matching? Because my file is already in the correct folder, it was uploaded before I made my attributes.

Try reading #24 again ...

This breaks down making the Option Name and Option Values ...

Does that help any?

Can anybody help please, I have uploaded my pdf files to the download directory and have set the attributes and so on and have the green dot showing, I can go to my web site and log in, pay for the download and the button appears in My Account? but when I click on it an error message comes up saying basically the file could not be found, I have checked and checked and the file is definitely there, I can download it from the cpanel for my hosting package but not using Zen Cart. I have contacted the hosting company about the symbolic link between the download and pub directory, but they did not have a clue what I was on about. Do you?
Please help
Cornishmaid

Hi, I am also a newbie to zencart.

I need a cart that can handle multiple downloads. but my need is not as straight forward as the above examples.

I will be providing backing tracks as mp3 downloads.
A track will be a product.
each product will have the following options
Option name: Key
option values: female hi
female lo
male hi
male lo

Option name: Backing Vocals
option values: with
without

Option name: Lead Instrument
option values: with
without

As you can see this will create a combination of 16 different files. eg
songname_fh_bv_li.mp3
songname_fh_bv.mp3
songname_fh.mp3
songname_fl_bv_li.mp3
and so on...

fh=female hi, bv = backing vocals, li = lead instrument.

Do you know if zencart can acheive this?
I've had a good play with it but as far as I can see zencart only assigns 1 download file per option attribute.

Any help would be appreciated.

Al

You would need to really do quite a bit of customization as it sounds like you are trying to build a filename from the choices ...

Zen Cart currently has an Attribute set to hold 1 download where the filename is assigned to that Attribute ...

You might try posting in the Commercial Help Wanted to see about building something like this ...

Otherwise, you would need to create an attribute for each possible filename for the customer to choose from ...