Does Download work right out-of-the-box?

[ChrisGreaves]

Does Download work right out-of-the-box?

 

In my second day; I know just enough to be dangerous, so I thought to keep it simple.

 

{a} I deleted and re-created the MySql database on my ISP server, deleted and re-created the folder on my web site, deleted the unzipped folder, and re-unzipped the oscommerce-2.2rc2a.zip. I decided not to shred my many pages of handwritten notes, but I was at about as clean a re-install as I could get.

{b} I re-installed afresh. I decided to make minimal changes.

 

By now I *know* there's a $0 d/l product. I am determined to make d/l work out-of-the-box.

 

I set Enable Download=True, but left Redirect=False.

I have a \download\ and a \pub\ folder with permissions set to 755 and 777 respectively.

I checked the congig.php and yes, they have trailing backslashes.

 

I read the Product Attributes on page 2; ProductId=26

"Unreal Tournament" is set as "Download Windows/English", price $0, filename unreal.zip, and I see it there in \download\

 

As a user I choose a product from manufacturer "GT Interactive", but am shown only three items, all non-zero price.

As a user I choose "software" and see only four items, all non-zero price.

 

At this stage I think I'm losing it. I've been trying to get a download button for free d/l for the past 24 hours or so.

I'm wading through voluminous threads, and yet I can't seem to get the out-of-the-box demo to work.

 

I'll be happy enough to figure out all the extra modules and patches, slowly, one at a time, but thought that I ought at least to be able to get the "raw product" to function before I start tinkering. (I've been tinkering with computers for 40 years, and have lost the hair to prove it.)

 

 

Am I supposed to be able to install oscommerce-2.2rc2a.zip and download the product that has a $0 price?

 

(I should add that I looked at three On-Line Store products Fri-Sat, and came back to OS-Commerce. It looks and feels terrific, but the minor logjams are quite daunting).

[web-project]

working here without any problems and without any extra contributions.

[lindsayanng]

It seems that SOME people can get it to work, and some cant. I was one of the ones who could NOT get them to work out of the box.. i added the super download contribution, but that messed up my split page links.. HOWEVER, i did get it fixed, and if you decide to download the super download store and have RC2a, let me know, i will send you the right product_attributes.php file.. that is the only thing that needed fixing

[satish]

With proper configuration it does work.

 

 

enable download to true.

Make sure no weight in cart.

 

Associate a download file with the product.

 

Satish

[lindsayanng]

yea.. satish, i did ALL of that, and it still did not work for me... i know that a few peopel did have the same issue.. the super download store fixed it, but gave me other issues, which ultimately were fixed.

[bkellum]

Does Download work right out-of-the-box?

 

Yes, it does but you have to make some configuration changes in your admin to make it all work properly.

 

See my step by step on the osCommerce Download Feature:

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=236224