Secure your webinar giveaways PDF, ZIP-files ...

keep attendees and downloads inside webinar

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Last Update há 2 anos

Problems

  • Files like PDFs often open directly in browser tab, attendee starts to scroll and is not inside your webinar.
  • Download link can be seen and shared

PS: accessing the file directly is not solved:

https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/Quick-Start.pdf

A solution can be custom developed for you, we have ideas how to do it.

With the help of the free "Simple Download Monitor" plugin (WP.org link)

you can

  • Force to download only
  • Hide download link https://domain.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=5900
  • Make sharing not possible because user needs to be logged in to view file
  • Add unlimited download links for all different kind of Files MP4, MP3, PDF, PPT, ZIP, ...

Add this code to the sidebar or in video overlay (suggest to add a max-width) see related article below

Shortcode parameters on Plugin developer site

Share the link in notifications like registration confirmation email

To count downloads
Hide direct file: https://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/Quick-Start.pdf

Download URL That Can be Used in an Email or in a Link

If you want to share a direct download URL of an item via email then use the following format to create the URL:

http://www.your-site.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=X

X is the ID of the download item (you can get it from the “Downloads” menu of the plugin). Also, replace “your-site.com” with your actual site URL.


PS: Please tick in plugin settings: 
Ignore "Only Allow Logged-in Users to Download" global setting for this item. 
So user can also download if he is not logged in for example in a different browser.

PPS: give the extensions of the download monitor a look

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