Broken Download Links In Email

[leonurus]

So, sometimes the download link they get looks like this:

http://www.idea.net/downloads/download.php?file=tbhgdQQZT8cMe8Nd

And sometimes the download link looks like this:

http://www.idea.net/downloads/download.php?file=tOzsnghtT8cNe8R5lX4FnldgRb5ApD5%2BLMugxIc%2BLxW58%2Fm7iuSn7sJVLPEAIDYAu1wnK0ZhHuFzGEyvngs3rQt62Sao0MOnwgg2aLPUIBba5rJn8H4F41ImhcqWjYvNHMk%2FxpNL7bn2B7is

So one of them is nice and small, and the other one is massive and ugly.

Moreover, the massive one has a tendency to break, meaning, the first part

of the URL will be hyperlinked in blue (i.e., clickable) while the rest of the link

is just plain text.

To be clear.. this part is in blue: http://www.idea.net/downloads/

…and the rest of it is just normal text: download.php?file=tOzsnghtT8cNe8R5lX4FnldgRb5ApD5%2BLMugxIc%2BLxW58%2Fm7iuSn7sJVLPEAIDYAu1wnK0ZhHuFzGEyvngs3rQt62Sao0MOnwgg2aLPUIBba5rJn8H4F41ImhcqWjYvNHMk%2FxpNL7bn2B7is

Therefore, the only way to download it is to copy/paste, since clicking

the link results in a “404 not found.”

So my question is, how do I make it so that it uses only short links,

instead of the super long one’s?

Also, is there a way to use some kind of shortlink method, like with

TinyURL? That would be the optimal solution, in my case.

Thanks!

[wzp]

It is the email client that is “breaking” the hyperlink. As for shortening the links, please have a look at this…

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/link-shortener-feature-request

[leonurus]

Alright, so I edited the “eStore_advanced_configs.php” file and changed the

line to “true”, i.e., define(‘WP_ESTORE_AUTO_SHORTEN_DOWNLOAD_LINKS’, true);

…and it’s awesome. The download links look like this: http://goo.gl/J3ZK1

…which is great, thank you.

The only problem is that the “Thank You” page (that the customer gets redirected

to after the paypal purchase) still uses long links.

I can live with it, but if there’s a solution it would look more professional

if the smaller (http://goo.gl/J3ZK1) links were both in the email as well

as on the “Thank You” page.

Let me know!

[admin]

Updated the plugin so the link shortening works on the “Thank You” page display too.

[leonurus]

OK, so, what do I need to do on my end? (I just did a test sale,

and the old, super-long links still appear on the “Thank You”

page.)

I need more input; thanks, man.

[Peter]

Hi,

To get the additional link shortening functionality you’ll have to load a fresh build of the plugin.

See this link for instructions:

https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/re-install-or-load-a-fresh-build-of-the-plugins

[leonurus]

OK, I deactivated the plugin, downloaded the latest version, uploaded

and overwrote everything, re-activated, and did a test sale.

Then I had to re-do the edit in “eStore_advanced_configs.php”

and set it back to “true”, i.e., define(‘WP_ESTORE_AUTO_SHORTEN_DOWNLOAD_LINKS’, true);

And now, the shortlinks work in both the thank-you page as well

as in the email. Awesome, thanks guys.

[Author]

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