Digital Download

[shift838]

I need a bit of help offering a digital download once a order is placed and paid for.

I know basically how it works.  I have a software suite I am selling that is fairly large.  Instead of uploading it via the web interface, can I FTP the file, and where should it be placed?

TIA

[Basara]

Hello.
You will need to add the download file under Products Files for the product. After adding it, click the Push button so that customers with existing eligible orders can also see and download the file.
https://abantecart.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AD/pages/29131023/Sell+Digital+Products

You cannot simply upload the file by FTP and have AbanteCart automatically recognize it as a product download. However, there is a third-party extension that may help with it https://marketplace.abantecart.com/auto_downloads

[shift838]

Actually, I found a way to do it.  I used the web portal to upload a small file with the same name.  by doing it via the web portal AbanteCart will update the database, pointers and all.  I then found the file in the directory via the FTP, althought it was renamed to like 1.zip.  Delete that file and uploaded in the same directory the large file (in my case over 3GB).  Now it works.

Another question.

If I flag the file to be available as 'immediately', does this mean immediately after payment has processed the download option will activate or will i need to select 'on order status' and when I change the order status to 'completed' it will then be available.  But then that poses another question, will i need to push it to the orders? 

I want it really to be done all automatically that when a payment is completed the Download option appears for the customer.

[llegrand]

Here is how it works:
Activated: Select the event when the download will be activated. e.g. Immediately. Download is activated after order is placed, regardless of the order status.

If you set the Activated to on Order Status you can control when the download is available to your customer based on the status -  eg,  activated is set to on Order Status,  Order status is set to Completed -  once the order process set to Completed is attained by your customers action the file will be available for them.