Download
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From admin go to Configuration → Download to see this:
This enables the shop to sell downloadable digital products.
Enable download
- Click it in the list to select it.
- Click it again to edit.
- Change the setting to true
- Click Save
Download by redirect
- Click it in the list to select it.
- Click it again to edit.
- Change the setting to true
- Click Save
Expiry delay (days)
- Click it in the list to select it.
- Click it again to edit.
- Change the setting as required.
- Click Save
Maximum number of downloads
- Click it in the list to select it.
- Click it again to edit.
- Change the setting as required
- Click Save
- When you have created your digital product, name it using lowercase and no spaces.
- Compress it into a zipped folder.
- Using Windows, right click on the file.
- In the popup menu, go to and click Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder
- Upload the zipped folder to the download folder/directory (found in the top htdocs directory) on the host server using FTP software - see FileZilla
- Ensure the file permission settings for the download folder/directory are set to 0755
- Ensure the file permission settings for the pub folder/directory are set to 0777
- File permissions can be changed using FileZilla by right clicking on the folder/directory and clicking File permissions... in the popup menu.
- Create the new product in your shop in Catalog → Categories/Products - see Categories/Products
- Ensure to set the Products Weight to 0
- Go to Catalog → Products Attributes to see this:
- Product Options
- Enter Download in the Option Name input box next to en: (english)
- Click Insert
- Option Values
- Choose Download from the Option Name pull down menu.
- Enter the file type of your download e.g. PDF in the Option Value input box next to en: (english)
- Click Insert
- Repeat if you have more than one file type option.
- Product Attributes
- Choose the download product name from the Product Name pull down menu.
- Choose Download from the Option Name pull down menu.
- Choose the file type e.g. PDF from the Option Value pull down menu.
- Enter the exact file name of the zipped folder, including the .zip file extension in the Filename: input box.
- The Expiry delay (days) and Maximum number of downloads can be changed from the defaults already set if required.
- Click Insert
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