Hello!
After playing with website baker for around a month it is time for my first post.
Needless to say how great product it is so lets carry on:
I am trying to figure out a way to sell digital downloads (safely) without the need of third parties (like e-junkie, cartloom etc). So I found a script in the NET about "protecting a download by using a unique URL".
This script generates unique urls of the same file/location each time you run it and uses a mysql database.
You can define when the URL expires (for example in 24 hours...),
how many times the file can be downloaded in this period,
and you can also put a fake viewable filename!
You can see the script here:
http://www.ardamis.com/2008/06/11/protecting-a-download-using-a-unique-url/And for multiple files here:
http://www.ardamis.com/2009/06/26/protecting-multiple-downloads-using-unique-urls/Of course you can take some further precautions for the webfolder of the script (by placing an index.html file there, url redirect, "robot" tags,...etc)
I want to try to integrate this method for a simple cart module but at the moment I have very basic PHP knowledge
so I am going to have a hard time. I will appreciate (really need!) any help or any directions how to do it!
I think that a cart for digital goods will be a good addition to the modules especially for music band sites or ebook writers. This people sometimes cannot afford monthly fees to e-junkie or similar, especially if they sell one or two products. (I am a musician & sound engineer myself).
This was my introduction post, now I am off for a week vacation!
Looking forward for your feedback!
(... and sorry for my English)
Best regards
