digital download

[uche40]

please i'm new to php ,How is the download feature supposed to work? i would like to enable the download feature but cannot find any instructions on how to do so or even how its supposed to function.

 

what i want to do is allow people to purchase Ebooks and beat samples. after they pay, i assume when the administrator changes the order status to "delivered", either the email they receive has a link to the download file or somewhere in their account they can access a link to the file or right after the transcation is processed correctly. can someone please provide a detailed list of steps on how it can be done?

 

this is what i've done so far trying to figure out how it works:

 

1.) i've set in the DOWNLOAD section of CONFIGURATION, Enable Download = true and Download by Direct = false (whatever this one means, i'm on a linux server so i think it's ok).

 

2.) i placed an ebook file named test.exe in the Shop/Download directory

 

3.) then in PRODUCTS ATTRIBUTES section, i chose the product and in the Filename text box i entered the word test.exe there and then click the Insert button.

 

now after i purchase the product in the shopping cart, i get an email saying my order is "pending". i go to the admin section and change the order to "delivered" and i get the email saying my status is delivered but that's it. how is someone supposed to know where to get the download from? am i missing something? thanx.