Download Records

Overview

Each download requires a record in the Downloads table to define it. This explains those records, and how to add them.

Click the Downloads menu link in the control panel
Click the button.
A new Download form will open. Fill out the form using the record overview below as a guide, and click .

Record Overview

Name
This is the name of the download, and will be shown on the Downloads page.

Release Date
This is not shown on the Downloads page by default, but can be added to the download.tpl.php template file as follows:

<?=$Release_Date?>

Description
This is the description of the download. HTML or plain text are supported. If you have the Rich Text Editor module installed, HTML in this field can be modified with it.

Show Agreement
This determines whether or not a license agreement will be shown for this download. You can also set this on the Download Section that this download is in.

Agreement
This is only shown when Show Agreement is set to yes. It allows you to choose the agreement to display.

Enabled
This field gives you a quick way to temporarily disable a download without having to delete it.

This section controls the files that will be offered for this download. Multiple files can be added to support different formats. For example, you may want to offer ZIP files and EXE files, or one file for Mac and one for Windows.

This controls which Download Section(s) this download will appear in. Download Sections are discussed in detail further down in this section of the documentation.

This section is used to specify when a customer can download the files associated with this download. By default, if no Rules are applied, the download is offered provided that it is not restricted at the Download Section level. This is explained in the Security topic in this section. This uses the Rule System described in the Managing Your Store > Rule System section of the documentation.