[Louis]

I am a cousin of Brad Pitt.

[Louis]

More tips on SSL, I mentioned this somewhere else.

IMPORTANT to note that Amazon S3 has some limitations with SSL.

You cannot use secured downloads/SSL (https instead http) as well as CNAME redirections:

your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

INSTEAD OF

your_subdomain.your_domain.com.s3.amzonaws.com/folder/product.zip

In short, you can do

THIS: http://your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

OR

THAT: https://your_subdomain.your_domain.com.s3.amzonaws.com/folder/product.zip

so

You CANNOT do this: https://your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

I am weighing the pros and cons…

[Louis]

Great tips.

IMPORTANT to note that Amazon S3 has some limitations with SSL and CNAME / redirections.

You cannot use secured downloads/SSL (https instead http) as well as CNAME redirections:

your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

INSTEAD OF

your_subdomain.your_domain.com.s3.amzonaws.com/folder/product.zip

In short, you can do

THIS: http://your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

OR

THAT: https://your_subdomain.your_domain.com.s3.amzonaws.com/folder/product.zip

so

You CANNOT do this: https://your_subdomain.your_domain.com/folder/product.zip

I am weighing the pros and cons…

[Louis]

Are you sure about that?

I followed the tutorial on setting up the “Thank You” page, and apparently the return URL should read something like the following:

https://themagneticlouis.com/thank-you That is is Paypal.com > Website Payment Preferences > Auto Return for Website Payments > On. Payment Data Transfer (optional) = On.

Am I confused? (very possible)

[Louis]

Thank you for the links. I see what you mean about the cart being on the page as the product(s).

I did see the thank you page set up in the end, so the short code takes care of it then.

I received a serious WARNING from Paypal IPN, so will have to look into it (will see if there is another post for that or start a fresh one).

As for the download script and SSL, will have to look into this as well. Thanks for the tips. Any ideas on how to check for server performance easily?

Did you try the rewrite rule?

[Louis]

Yes I understand, thank you. I agree. The thing is, I got a package that came with SSL, as an anticipation, just incase the site becomes very popular, and I suddenly become rich and famous overnight… while setting thing up, it’s always good to have SSL in place for what I call; “phase 2”. Meanwhile, since I already have it, I think I should use it, so at the same time I can learn a bit from it.

You said something that caught my attention;

1) yes, the cart would have a dedicated page, but are you saying that it is possible to have a cart without a dedicated page? If so can you give me an example?

2) I am actually browsing the forum, since this morning, trying to learn a bit about the “Thank you page”, as I have tested a Paypal cart a few years ago, which had a dedicated section for setting up the “Thank you page”, so I am looking into this at the minute.

AS far as Amazon is concerned, yes, I am fully aware and will most likely give it a go, BUT, I really need/want to separate content from products, so, I definitely keep the content on the site.

For the download script, again, ideally, I might want to use SSL, so I will have to look into it.

I have read about “mixed content”, i.e; http coexisting with https on the same page, and that’s why I raises the questions above.

The good thing about SSL, is that it also protects from possible spies, and hackers somehow, at different levels.

A http link could be intercepted more easily than https.

[Louis]

Out of interest, seeing the error/url at the top of this post;

Would the correct return url be, in Paypal Website Payment Preferences, for instance:

Auto Return: On

Return URL: http://www.themagneticlouis.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-cart-for-digital-products/paypal.php

Payment Data Transfer: On

I am interested.

I already read that the plugin will OVERRIDE the Paypal Return URL, but as neat guy. and as I remember setting this up a few years ago on another cart; I am wondering what is the ‘proper’ Return url? There has to be one, no?

[Louis]

How much does this plugin cost, for people who are not famous?

[Louis]

Thanks for the link, I already new about this plugin. I saw your site btw, very nice.

Personally, I am trying to avoid adding extra plugins as much as possible.

If you are interested in a neat rewrite rule, here is one for the .htaccess, the following will take care of everything:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.themagneticlouis.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Thing is, I’d would still like to discuss about option 2 and 3 if possible, as I would be offering video previews – speed is very desirable.

[Louis]

In case my following option work for you guys, make it a sticky or amend it to the relevant post(s):

I am testing… and here is what seems to work for me: folder/directory permission set to 700, file permission set to 400.

Only the plugin can access it.

BUT, please try it in different browsers and see if it works 100% ok.

Of course, adding the .htaccess is good too.

Let me know what you think…

[Author]

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