Downloads and uploads 
Autor: John S.1 - If you want a single file to be downloadable, you could use the download-object.
https://market.websitex5.com/en/objects/live-preview/ca0b2570-2b30-4351-a139-337898ed2e
This way you can pick a file on your PC and make it available for download on your site.
The object has a download counter, so you can see how many times a file is downloaded.
2 - If you want to have a client to be able to upload a file he wants to publish every time he has edited the file, you could upload a file and make a download link for this file. You can see examples of this here :
http://www.bramminginfo.dk/brm09/side-7.html
The advantage in this, is you can style the download link/button as you wish, and the files is always downloadable - the browser will not try to show the file, but just start downloading.
The client can upload the file via filezilla or another FTP program each time he has edited the file.
You can on the same page as the download, make an iframe showing a pdf or a txt-file that the client also is able to upload. This way your client can himself, put information on the site.
3 - You could make/create a directory where the client can upload files. Then you have a script that shows the files in the folder, as links in a table.
You can see an example here : http://www.bramminginfo.dk/brm02/side-78.php
If a new file is uploaded to the folder, then it will be shown. The filedate/time is also shown.
As the files is shown as links, they are downloadable - but some filetypes will be opened instaed of starting a download.
This example is made with a rather simple script. There is scripts available on the net, that is more or less advanced.
4 - A combination of the 1 4 could be used.
5 - the most advanced form for uploading and downloading can be achieved by using software you integrate via iframes. A good example is ADMIDIO that is a free member-system that has a very good ability to control upload and download.
An example can be seen here : http://c4dshow.com/3d-figuren.html
Here is some items to the left. Example : http://c4dshow.com/animals.html
If you try to download the "Alligator" then you will not be granted access.
If you try to download the "Ameise Ant FBX" you will be allowed the download.
You click on the links and if download is allowed for the user, then download will take place.
The system is integrated by the use of iframes. To a download link can be made some text and images. As you can see the images "thumbnails" are made clickable and will show a bigger image to the right.
If you have questions you can contact me via my calendarsites contact form : http://calendarforum.dk/contact.html
Or/and ask a question here in this thread.
Hope this is helpful for someone.
Kind regards
John S.
THX John,
Very nice.
Thanks for that John. Could this be adapted so that you can use it to enable instant digital downloads after someone has made payment - for an eBook for example - and then be given a download code or be directed to the download link after the payment is authorised? Or have I misinterpreted your solution?
Autor
Hello Wayne
You could create the link on a hidden page, and then in a mail direct to this page. But the link will be the same and a customer could send the link to other people.
As you have the PRO 14 version, you have the possibility to sell didital products. Here you can have a "masked" link that can only be used in a short time. Only thing that is, that you have to manually "accept" the transaction. That means that a customer have to wait for you to check the payment and then accept the transaction, before the customer can download.
There are many users that have asked for an immediate digital download. That means that a customer makes an order - the customer make a payment - and when the payment is accepted, then a download is sent to the customer.
We need the system to be able to automatically check that a payment has benn made.
There is the free OpenCart system, that also allows digital downloads and that has the automatic accept of a payment.
We are still waiting for INCOMEDIA to implement the (automatic ) control of payment - for at least the PayPal, so we can have an instant digital download.
Wow! Thank you John.
Regards
Autor
Just for information.
In a couple of days, I will remove some of my examples.
Actually it goes for the : http://www.bramminginfo.dk/brm09/side-7.html
And the : http://www.bramminginfo.dk/brm02/side-78.php
I have in another post suggested INCOMEDIA to have a place for examples of common "objects" that could easily be clipped, and put in a html-object.
If this will never be the fact, then maybe I will make a site with examples of accordions, MegaMenu, calendars and other stuff, that could be of common interest.
I will now close this post.