Support/Comments for FileDownload

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PaulGregory Reply #11, 20 years, 1 month ago

Please note that FileDownload uses directory commands that access the local filesystem, and is thus restricted to listing download files on the same server as the snippet. This may be obvious, but I’m stating it here for the record.

MODERATOR NOTE:
A discussion started here in which a non-coder enquired about extending FileDownload to work across two domains on different hosts. This has been moved to the Wishlist thread
Something Like FileDownload But For A Remote Server. This is not to say that such a thing is not possible, but it is outside the current remit of FileDownload and such discussion is potentially confusing to people trying to use this snippet in the manner that it was intended.

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Avander_be Reply #12, 20 years, 1 month ago

Hi all,

I’ve installed FileDownload v1.7 but for some reason when i click on the generated link i get a download dialog for download.php in stead of my zip file... counter gets increased.

I dropped the following code in my document, disabled WYSIWIG, content type text/html, Inline...

[!FileDownload?getFolder=`assets/myDownloadables` &chkDesc=`chFileDownloadList` &tplList=`chFileDownload` &downloadCount=`1`!]

chFileDownload chunk

<br /><br />
<hr>
<ul>
  <li><strong>[+filename+]</strong> - [+description+]
  <ul>
    <li>Taille du fichier: [+sizetext+]</li>
    <li>Date: [+date+]</li>
    <li>Nombre de téléchargements: [+counter+]</li>
    <li><a href="[+link+]">Télécharger</a></li>
  </ul>
  </li>    
</ul>
<hr>

chFileDownloadList chunk

2006-08-05.zip|Les photos du BBQ Almez-Marchal.

The result can be admired ( ahum) here: www.avander.be/index.php?id=84

The file that should be downloaded is a zip containing some pictures from a bbq I attended, i’d like to share them with all other attendees using my modx site, but no luck so far...

Any ideas? TIA

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bunk58 Reply #13, 20 years, 1 month ago

I’m having trouble getting any images to display.
PHP isn’t my strong point I’m afraid.
Everything else is working fine but no images!
My call on the page is...

[[FileDownload?getFolder=`assets/files/Foundation Stage` &tplList=`FileDownload` &chkDesc=`fileinfo` &useHlt=`1` &imgLocat=`assets/icons]]

I’ve only altered the snippet here....

// Location of images to use - leave blank if you do not want images
$imgLocat = isset($imgLocat)? $imgLocat : 'assets/icons';

// Array to set image to use for different file types
$imgTypes = array(
                'swf' => 'image_JPG.png',
                'jpg' => 'imagen_JPG.ico',
                'png' => 'file-image.png',
                'gif' => 'file-image.png',
                'php' => 'file-source.png',
                'js'  => 'file-source-alt.png',
                'pdf' => 'file-pdf.png',
                'txt' => 'file-document.png',
                'zip' => 'file-archive.png',
                'parent' => 'up.png',
                'folder' => 'folder.png',
                'default' => 'file-generic.png'
            );

// Allows to browse through directory structure
$browseDirectories = isset($browseDirectories)? $browseDirectories : FALSE;

I haven’t bothered with all the filetypes until I knew it would work.
The chunk looks like this...

<table cellspacing='10'>
  <tr class='dwnhead'>
  <tr><th colspan='2'>Filename</th><th>Link</th><th></th><th>Description</th><th></th></tr>
    <hr>
    <tr>
        <td>[+image+]</td>
        <td>[+filename+]</td>
        <td><a href='[+link+]'target='_blank'>Load</a></td>
  <td colspan='3'>[+description+]</td></tr>

<hr>
</table>

Any thoughts anyone ?, be gentle with me!
I also wondered if, assuming I get the images working, could I do away with the text link and incorporate it into the image ?
Also could I strip out the file extension of the filename when being dispalyed ?
David

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Garry Nutting Reply #14, 20 years, 1 month ago

Hi bunk58, welcome to the community

Check your snippet call, you’ve missed a backtick at the end of the &imgLocat parameter.

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bunk58 Reply #15, 20 years, 1 month ago

Hello Garryn,
I take it you mean in the snippet call.
Must have been because of the number of times I’d changed it.
Unfortunately it hasn’t helped!
Still no images.
Any more ideas?
As a by the way should I have the imgLocat set in the snippet and then in the call?
Cheers
David

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doze Reply #16, 20 years, 1 month ago

Quote from: Avander_be at Aug 11, 2006, 09:51 AM

I’ve installed FileDownload v1.7 but for some reason when i click on the generated link i get a download dialog for download.php in stead of my zip file...
...
Any ideas? TIA

Here’s a fix for this.

Quote from: bunk58 at Aug 31, 2006, 05:19 AM

Any more ideas?
As a by the way should I have the imgLocat set in the snippet and then in the call?

The settings in the snippet are defaults what you can override in the snippet call.. if the default image location is ok for you, you don’t need to define it in the snippet call. So you have copied your file type icons into assets/icons/ folder, right?

Do you have friendly alias paths enabled by any chance? If so, maybe that’s why the images are not showing because they use relative paths what then points into wrong directory. In that case, change the following lines:

line 334 to:

$fileImage = '<img src="'.$modx->config['base_url'].$imgLocat.'/'.$imgTypes['parent'].'" alt="" />';

line 356 to:

$fileImage = '<img src="'.$modx->config['base_url'].$imgLocat.'/'.$file['image'].'" alt="" />';

line 370 to:

$fileImage = '<img src="'.$modx->config['base_url'] . $imgLocat . '/' . $imgTypes['folder'] . '" alt="" />';

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bunk58 Reply #17, 20 years, 1 month ago

Doze,
Thanks for the suggestions.
I have checked and I did upload the images to assets/icons, but I have done things worse than that!
I don’t have friendly url’s enabled yet because I couldn’t get it to work!
I created the FileDownload snippet again and only altered the first image in the array but it still won’t display.
By the way I love MaxiGallery, I got that to work!
Cheers,
David

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doze Reply #18, 20 years, 1 month ago

When you view the source of your page, do you see the <img> tags? and how do they look? how is the path generated? if you put the path to your browser, do you see the image..?

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bunk58 Reply #19, 20 years, 1 month ago

Hi there Doze,
What a genius you are, I should have looked at that.
All looked fine, tried to load it through the browser, no go.
Looked at my array and realised the first letter of the image file should be a capital!!!!!!!
What a complete dunce I am.
I’m sorry to have bothered getting out of bed this morning.
You go round and round in circles until someone stops you.
Many thanks again.
David

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Boby Reply #20, 20 years ago

Hello,

kylej, would be nice if you can add the filesize header in a future version.

<?php
header ('Content-Length: ' . @ filesize ($path.$filename));
?>

This will show also the size of the downloading file in the download window, like in the attached screenshot.

Thanks!
Boby

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