Hello....I am looking for a solution for the following problem.
1. A university library purchases access to 10 e-books.
2. The university librarian gets a download link to our website and an ID number. And adds this info to their catalog.
3. A student from this university clicks on the link.
4. On our website, the student types his/her email address and the ID number.
5. Our website takes the user info and ID number, and adds this info on every page of every e-book.
6. In a directory with a student-email specific name, 10 new pdf files are created (these are taken from step 5) on the fly.
So far so good....I managed to program all this in Joomla and with some php code.
7. The student now needs to get the download information. The easy option is an email with the download link. But I was wondering if dropfiles can do this specific step more sophisticated. E.g....keep track on how often a pdf is downloaded, limit access and how many students from a specific ID (i.e. library) have downloaded material. And put a time limit on the download period.
From the student's point of view:
A. I see an E-book in my online library...I click on it...I see a link with some instructions (and an ID number).
B. I click on it, and I am transfered to a new website (ours).
C. The website is asking for the universtie's ID number and my email.
D. The website then creates 10 pdf files with my email address on it (so will think twice before sharing it). It does this on the fly. Take the original...add text and save to a new directory..with new pdf names.
E. I get download links.
F. But I can't share the links with my friend....and everytime I download something there is a counter being updated somewhere.
So..can Dropfiles do steps E and F?
Alain
1. A university library purchases access to 10 e-books.
2. The university librarian gets a download link to our website and an ID number. And adds this info to their catalog.
3. A student from this university clicks on the link.
4. On our website, the student types his/her email address and the ID number.
5. Our website takes the user info and ID number, and adds this info on every page of every e-book.
6. In a directory with a student-email specific name, 10 new pdf files are created (these are taken from step 5) on the fly.
So far so good....I managed to program all this in Joomla and with some php code.
7. The student now needs to get the download information. The easy option is an email with the download link. But I was wondering if dropfiles can do this specific step more sophisticated. E.g....keep track on how often a pdf is downloaded, limit access and how many students from a specific ID (i.e. library) have downloaded material. And put a time limit on the download period.
From the student's point of view:
A. I see an E-book in my online library...I click on it...I see a link with some instructions (and an ID number).
B. I click on it, and I am transfered to a new website (ours).
C. The website is asking for the universtie's ID number and my email.
D. The website then creates 10 pdf files with my email address on it (so will think twice before sharing it). It does this on the fly. Take the original...add text and save to a new directory..with new pdf names.
E. I get download links.
F. But I can't share the links with my friend....and everytime I download something there is a counter being updated somewhere.
So..can Dropfiles do steps E and F?
Alain
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