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The reason you are seeing the “Add To Cart” buttons on the APR page is because, in your product descriptions, you have specified a custom button image.
You have two choices:
1. Create a separate product ID for the tracks that appear on the APR pages, that use a different, or do not include, the custom button image. Gives you greater control over button appearances, but requires creation of extra product ID for each track.
2. Do not use custom button images, and allow eStore to auto-generate buttons based upon the specified shortcode actions. You only need one product ID for each track, but you may or may not like the default button appearances.
The reason for using one of your custom buttons was to have an orange button to fit with the theme of the website.
After realising the buttons were images, I assumed using a custom button was the only solution.
Is there a way to change the colour of the standard buttons?
If I maintain a duplicate product for downloads, will this lead issues with database size and/or performance?
TIA
Having duplicate products, with different button images will not impact performance; but will create extra maintenance, whenever you update product descriptions.
For the “standard buttons,” you can try editing the “.download_now_button_submit” and “.eStore_buy_now_button” classes in the wp_eStore_style.css file.
Alternatively, you can try this PHP option, that will force a global “Download Now” custom button image of your choice…
https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/change-download-button-image-globally
Thank you WZP.
I decided using multiple entries was the most elegant solution because it’s upgrade proof without extra intervention and it will provide information on purchasing habits of albums versus singles
I just thought of one potential issue with APR pages and that’s the good old RSS feed. Will RSS savvy people be able to get my APR pages for free as the master page is http:// and essentially a standard page/post as far as WordPress is concerned?
I am faced with the same challenge, wanting to deliver 2 files for each digital variation (mp3 and a PDF). Is the solution detailed in this old thread still the current recommended solution to this problem of not being able to comma separate download urls of digital variations?
It is not a problem; it is simply the way variations were designed. Use a ZIP file, or an APR protected page with 2 Download Now buttons.
sorry for the mischaracterization. Okay, so I’m attempting to follow your advice and experiencing some problems:
1. The after purchase page does not show the link to the APR page, Although the after purchase email does show the shortened encryption link to the APR page?
2. The link that does show up in the email on desktop will download a link i think that is meant to go to the APR page but is not formatted in a regular url manner so that when I double click the downloaded item the PC asks what to do with it. On my ipad, the link does open when clicked and produces the APR page.
Am I meant to have my APR page I created in wordpress in the Downloadable variation url field for the appropriate variation?
1. The after purchase page does not show the link to the APR page, Although the after purchase email does show the shortened encryption link to the APR page?
Please go through this, to make sure you have properly setup eStore for instant product delivery:
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/ecommerce/wp-estore-instant-digital-product-delivery-499
2. The link that does show up in the email on desktop will download a link i think that is meant to go to the APR page but is not formatted in a regular url manner so that when I double click the downloaded item the PC asks what to do with it. On my ipad, the link does open when clicked and produces the APR page.
That is a browser dependent feature called “media disposition.” Usually, the default is for your browser to ask you what to do with that link, the first time.
Am I meant to have my APR page I created in wordpress in the Downloadable variation url field for the appropriate variation?
You can specify an APR page anyplace that you’d normally use a regular download file.
Thank you for your speedy response as usual.
Instant product delivery has been properly setup previously and tested as functional. In this case, I was able to fix this issue by disabling google URL shortening in settings. Once that was done, the link is present every time on the return/thank you page.
The remaining issues is that : on mobile (ipad), everything seems to work the way it’s suppose to with APR page link working to show the page that holds my two download links. One mp3 and the other a PDF. The PDF will show up if download button is pushed, and mp3 button push will generate streaming web player that plays about 2 mins of a 13 min file before continuously repeating.
On a PC thought though, link from thank you page pops up question on how to handle (as you described above), but on APR page, neither button fuctions. Both download buttons will show a spinning wheel for a moment before reprinting the APR page.
What do you think is going wrong on PC?
…I was able to fix this issue by disabling google URL shortening in settings. Once that was done, the link is present every time on the return/thank you page.
Google may not be responding “fast enough.” You have found the only possible solution.
On a PC thought though, link from thank you page pops up question on how to handle (as you described above), but on APR page, neither button fuctions. Both download buttons will show a spinning wheel for a moment before reprinting the APR page.
“Media Disposition” is browser dependent; and the plugin has no control over it. You could try making these server adjustments to see if it helps:
I have copied and pasted the code from Option 3 in the suggested thread above into my htaccess file twice over (once for PDF and then again for MP3, did not know if there was a way to do it all in one occurance). There is no effect on the outcome in either chrome or firefox.
Something I’ve noticed that I’m suspicious is not right is whenever the link on the thank you page is clicked, it downloads to the browser instead of opening, and then when the program to open it is selected (chrome or firefox), it does not generate my APR page url: http://www.theword4u.com/series-1-who-i-am-in-christ-david/
Instead, what shows is:
[file:///C:/Users/theWORD4u/Downloads/series-1-who-i-am-in-christ-David]
Is this correct?
Instead, what shows is:
file:///C:/Users/theWORD4u/Downloads/series-1-who-i-am-in-christ-David
It means that… someplace, somewhere… you have a URI or URL that is pointing to a local file on your computer’s hard disk, instead of your server!
thanks for your patience wzp, I really appreciate it.
I think I have found the problem to the download of the album page being an unidentifiable file the seemed to bring up a file on my local computer when I tried to open it. I needed to deselect under Digital Content Details of my ‘Album’ the Downloadable setting. Since I had it selected WP eStore was attempting to download my link to the album page and that was what caused all the grief. With that deselected, it works faultlessly on PC, but now the mp3 refuses to play on mobile safari or chrome. Any suggestions.
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