Topic: Problem with /downloads/ and permalinks

[iMiKE]

Hello all!

I have such a problem: can't access Downloads page.

I have installed WP-DM 1.5 on my WP2.8, tuned option of WP-DM, created page "Downloads" with "[page_download]" content. New page with downloads content appeared at list of my pages - awesome! But when I try to access to this page via http://www.site/downloads - 404 error appears.

My settings:
WP Permalinks:
Default     http://www.site.ru/?p=123

WP-DM:
Download Page URL: http://www.site.ru/downloads
Download Nice Permalink:       Yes
- http://www.site.ru/download/1/
- http://www.site.ru/download/filename.ext

Use File Name Or File ID In Download URL?       File ID
- http://www.site.ru/download/1/
- http://www.site.ru/?dl_id=1

In list of all pages link to Downloads is like http://www.site.ru/?p=457

On "add new page" when I write "Downloads" in page title, generated permalink with edit link do not appears. I can see permalink when I save and edit this page.

Please, help me to use very nice plugin WP-DM properly.

[GaMerZ]

If you are using ?p=something, your downloadpage will not be http://www.site.ru/downloads and you cannot use nice permalink.

[iMiKE]

So, there are 2 possible solves:
1. Use WP permalinks like
Day and name     http://www.site.ru/2009/06/30/sample-post/
or Month and name    http://www.site.ru/2009/06/sample-post/
or Numeric    http://www.site.ru/archives/123
or Custom Structure

And then use NICE WP-DM permalinks with /downloads page

2. Use ?=123 WP permalinks WITHOUT nice WP-DM permalinks, with
- http://www.site.ru/?dl_id=1
- http://www.site.ru/?dl_name=filename.ext
In that case my downloads page would me smth like ?=457

But I can make a index.php file in manually created /downloads directory with including ?=457 page (iframe) and all should ne fine, isnt'it?

[GaMerZ]

I have no idea on that iframe part as I did not test it, maybe you can test it and let me know. But I don't think it will work.

[iMiKE]

it's easy as 1-2-3

1. Create /downloads directory in root of your site directory
2. Create index.php file with content:

Code: [Select]

<?php $data = file_get_contents('http://www.site.ru/?page_id=11'); echo $data; ?>

where page_id = id of page with downloads content (you can get it from page permalink)

P.S. All links/images/etc in http://www.site.ru/?page_id=11 page must be with abs.path

It would be nice if you include such a feature in next releases of your plugin

[GaMerZ]

Nice hack =)

[iMiKE]

Yepp, thanks 
Maybe I can be somehow useful in addition such a feature in next releases of your plugin?

[GaMerZ]

Hmm I think this is more of a hack/workaround to emulate the download URL instead of using nice permalink. I don't foresee how can this be implemented into the plugin. And not many host allows file_get_contents from a URL from what I know.