brett
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I downloaded the digital download store script and have implemented it at my label site (www.lowstring.com). I am really enjoying this site so far, but still have to filter through all of your posts. I think your site is pretty unique in the fact that you’re a blogger as well as a musician, and have combined the two…..and it seems to be working for you! I have always been a musician and have been blogging for about 3 years now. I just started lowstring.com a few months ago to kind of bridge the gap between music/blogging and do what you have done here, as well as start at indie label to release my original music. Anyways, just wanted to post and say thanks and let you know you have a new reader!
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Brad
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Hey brett, thanks, glad the store’s working out for you. You mention on your blog about some bugs and a lack of documentation. What were the bugs and what would you want in the way of documentation that would have helped you?
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brett
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Brad, the main bug I found was when the user returns to the site from paypal. The url that gets sent back to completed/index.php contains a txn_id which the script is supposed to grab and then use to compare against the database to find user available downloads. I found the script was looking for “tx” and not “txn_id”. All I did was change “tx” to “txn_id” and the script started working.
Also in that same completed/index.php file, the “download your purchases” link path is /?userid=<?php echo $buyer_id; ?>. This looks to the root directory of my site and not my “store” directory. So I had to add “store/” to the path to make it store/?userid=. Or use the global URL the user set in the config file.
Again nothing major, but it breaks the script. The btn_xpressCheckout.gif icon img was broken as well, so I had to fix the path in cartclass.php.
As far as documentation, I’m not sure lol. I realize that most people customize this to work with their site, so support and documentation must be tough. The config file was pretty straight forward but I still can’t some things to work, like the free download links, and also the email after the sale is not getting generated. I couldn’t find the mail function in the code so maybe that was left out?
Thanks again for sharing this script, you saved me a lot of time!
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Brad
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Check for the mail function in notify.php, it may be commented out as I was having some problems on my dev server.
Free download links as in non-S3 expiring downloads? Use the ‘location’ variable in items.ini.
Thanks for the bug reports, I think I’ve fixed all those issues now and a few others, much appreciated. Sweet!
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brett
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Ok cool, I will check the notify file.
I am not using S3 for hosting. I used the location variable in items.ini and the links work for people who have purchased the file. What does the “freefile” variable do? Maybe this is the one I was confused on. Is it supposed to show a download link next to the purchase link?
Thanks
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