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Hi.

Funny thing - we were looking for a good plugin to create a download area on a municipiality website. Honestly, I didn't even think of checking what you offer in that regard. But when I found this plugin and saw it was from you, I was pretty sure, my search is over :) However, some questions pre-sale:

1. Is there a way to have a single page that lists just all the downloads grouped by category?

2. How far can I customize list output? I'd prefer simplistic layout; no big icons, no tables with headers, just files with some info grouped by categrory. Something like what I have attached as a code example (yes, a picture, wasn't sure how the forum takes html source ^^) Could I maybe get the theme folders "wpfd-tree" and/or "wpfd-table"? I mean, what I want is basically some kind of simplified amalgamation of those two and I could just try to figure out what's possible on my own :)

3. Do I understand it correctly that this plugin's license permits installation in multiple wordpress instances?

Best reagrds
Floutsch
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Hi,

Thanks!

1. Yes sure, you can list only categories with their files inside
2. The best way for that if you're familiar with HTML/CSS is to create your custom theme from an existing one: https://www.joomunited.com/documentation/wp-file-download-documentation#toc-3-2-create-your-own-theme

You can also configure a theme and remove all unnecessary elements.

3. Yes that's correct, all the website you want, like all our extensions

Cheers,
M
7 years ago
Coming around to actually do some testing...

1. Okay - how? As far as I can see, I need to select a specific category. I have tried [wpfd_category] without an id, with empty id, with id 0, id -1, ... If there's any hint how to list everything, I haven't found it.

2. The part in the documentation is not helpful at all. Yes, I can clone a template. Then I'll have a folder containing other folders and several files. I'm not even sure what actually produces the list output - which would be where I'd try to apply the structure I had shown in my screenshot. But I have a bad feeling just tweaking parts of the stuff that gets generated. Just "familiar with HTML/CSS" as a requirement is a wild understatement. Partially the template even looks as if it were using Smarty. But nothing is commented, I'm not into just fumbling around.

You mentioned I could also customize the output of preset themes. Well, kind of. For example if I use table layout and set "Show category title" to "no", not only the category title is hidden but rather the whole tree I had before. Just with that one setting. Two screenshots of that attached as I cannot give you access to the system this is running on; only change is the one setting mentioned. Honestly, I think, this plugin may have some issues.

I thought, we could just manually input the categories one after another on a single page and just live with that. So I tried that, gave the files some description and... well... screenshot of that attached as well. Even the button breaks. Don't get me wrong, I know, why this happens. But I don't want to deal with that. Can we please have a refund for WP File Download and our license revoked?

Best regards
Florian
A
7 years ago
Hi motivmedia,

1. You should Enable Display short code in category feature at configuration; then you will see the shortcode on the bottom of right panel in WP File Download. (see an attached image)

2. In order to have a deeper look at your technical problem, please drop us a ticket (menu Support > Ticket support). The developer in charge will help you

Cheers,
M
7 years ago
Hi.
I have already removed the plugin including its settings and all uploaded files. So nothing to try and nothing more to write tickets about.

Best regards
Florian Hartig
M
7 years ago
Also, just for the record, I know where to get the shortcode for a category from. What I do not know (my initial question seems to have been misunderstood as well) is how to output all the downloads on a single page. I would expect this to be either another shortcode, the shortcode without an id set or the shortcode with a special value for id.

But that's more just FYI. As already stated, I have removed the plugin.
A
7 years ago
Hi motivmedia,

I'm sorry, to display all the downloads with shortcode on a single page is something impossible now.
Anyway, could you drop us a billing ticket (Menu Support > Ticket support > Billing - General questions), our admin will check and refund you.

Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
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