Tips and Tricks HQ Support

Support site for Tips and Tricks HQ premium products

  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Documentation
  • Forum Home
    • Forum
    • Forum Search
    • Forum Login
    • Forum Registration

eStore – Password protection on downloads folder not working

by

Tips and Tricks HQ Support Portal › Forums › WP eStore Forum › eStore – Password protection on downloads folder not working

Tagged: downloads, password

  • This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 3 months ago by amin007.
Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • December 6, 2009 at 9:43 pm #526
    Jane1000
    Member

    I just did a test of the downloads folder (yes, it was the one within the estore plugin folder. :D) on my site. Put in the complete URL for the file and it downloaded no problem. No asking for password, other than the one to get on the domain in the first place.

    I did this on a computer that had not accessed the site before.

    This is on Bluehost, BTW, if that makes any difference.

    Thanks

    Jane

    December 8, 2009 at 9:33 am #16513
    amin007
    Participant

    This link might shed some light:

    https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/download-directory-protection

    December 10, 2009 at 5:16 pm #16514
    TinkBD
    Member

    Hi Amin – I read the above post

    https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/download-directory-protection

    and had a question:

    If we DO have our DLs on a different site and in a different directory, should we copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and the empty “index.php” file from WP eStore DLs folder into them also?

    On my current site, I simply added subdirectories into the DL directory to organize my products and I DID copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and an empty “index.php” file into each of them.

    Just a comment…. the Index seems to be an HTML not a PHP

    Thanks!

    Tink

    December 10, 2009 at 5:24 pm #16515
    TinkBD
    Member

    Hi Amin – I read the above post

    https://support.tipsandtricks-hq.com/forums/topic/download-directory-protection

    and had a question:

    If we DO have our DLs on a different site and in a different directory, should we copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and the empty “index.php” file from WP eStore DLs folder into them also?

    On my current site, I simply added subdirectories into the DL directory to organize my products and I DID copy the .htaccess, .htpasswd and an empty “index.php” file into each of them.

    Just a comment…. the Index seems to be an HTML not a PHP

    Thanks!

    Tink

    December 11, 2009 at 1:58 am #16516
    amin007
    Participant

    Yes, you can do it for added protection. The “index.php” or “index.html” doesn’t matter. When a URL is entered in the browser “Apache” will first look for “index.html” in that directory, if it can’t find it then it will look for “index.php” and so on.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 5 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Forum Related

  • Forum Home
  • Forum Search
  • Forum Login

Support Related Forms

  • Contact Us
  • Customer Support
  • Request a Plugin Update
  • Request Fresh Download Links

Useful Links

  • Plugin Upgrade Instructions
  • WP eStore Documentation
  • WP eMember Documentation
  • WP Affiliate Platform Documentation
  • WP PDF Stamper Documentation
  • WP Photo Seller Documentation
  • Tips and Tricks HQ Home Page
  • Our Projects

Quick Setup Video Tutorials

  • WP eStore Video Tutorial
  • WP eMember Video Tutorial
  • WP Affiliate Platform Video Tutorial
  • Lightbox Ultimate Video Tutorial
  • WP Photo Seller Video Tutorial

Our Other Plugins

  • WP Express Checkout
  • Stripe Payments Plugin
  • Simple Shopping Cart Plugin
  • Simple Download Monitor

Copyright © 2023 | Tips and Tricks HQ