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Details: Category: Joomla Extensions; Published on Thursday, 14 June 2012 13:34

Password 2 Download is a compact module for Joomla! 1.7 and 2.5 that provides password protection for your download links.

I've written this module as a part of one of projects that I working on. The idea about it was to create simple environment to prevent downloading some specific contents by random website visitors. Another idea was to create it independent from Joomla! Registration Component.

In my case, I had to create a possibility to enable download of particular files only to participants of a certain conference. Only thing I had to do, was to create a password and send it via email to a certain group of people. And it worked pretty great.

So there it is.

And how does it work? Follow these instructions:

First download the module. ( Link to the Downloads section )
Install it.
Go to Module Manager and find Password 2 Download module
Setup password you want your links to be protected with
Setup up to 10 download links
Publish it
Test it

Basic Features:

Easy to install and implement
Simple, still effective password protection
Restrict download for registered users ( if needed )
Prevent direct downloads

Example / Demo:

Example prepend text. Type 'password' in the field below and press 'Submit password!'

Exampel append text...

Important notes:

Needs JS (jQuery) to work! (it shouldn’t produce any conflicts. If so, you can turn jQuery off from the module options)

Download files are passed through php to hide real urls and prevent direct downloads. It means this solution is not fitted to handle large files!

Download module:

Go to DOWNLOADS Section

Następny: myFlickr - Plugin Description

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0 #17 Joop 2013-02-11 16:51

Perhaps an idea for the next version: the possibility to use P2D also for opening an URL, f.e. to view a video on a streaming server, or to go to another site.
I like your module and it seems to be the only one.
Cheers!

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0 #16 Ben F 2013-02-04 07:30

Good package but can be improved.
1. Missing Advanced Options in Module, thus can not make more classes
2. Must click Submit button before anything happens (simply pressing ENTER key does not work). A little annoying.
3. No CSS for styling.
But very useful module. Thanks.

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0 #15 Lars 2012-12-07 10:52

The Module works fine in FF, Chrome, Safari, ... but IE complains about "object expected" in the following line of the ajax call:

var jsondata = JSON.parse(jdata);

Can you please help? Thank you!

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0 #14 Sebastian 2012-11-12 16:24

To change the language output, go to your root folder, open the languages folder. Open English and change the text in the language file belonging to password 2 download. (joomla 2.5)

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0 #13 sunny 2012-11-12 16:14

Hi,

I turned the language to german but it is still english. how can I change this?
And I´d like to put a link into "Append text" but this doesn´t work. Can you help me?

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+1 #12 Ivan 2012-10-24 11:18

Hm, what do I do if I need to protect more than 10 files?:) I need to password-protec t 16 .ppt presentations for a conference website...:)

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-1 #11 Angela 2012-09-18 16:17

I installed the "Password 2 Download" module on my Joomla 2.5 website and in the Module Parameters section it says "There are no Parameters for this Module". How to you set the passwords and links to download?

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-1 #10 Sebastian 2012-09-06 17:09

Sorry, my mistake. I has .PDF in my link rather than .pdf which obviously doesn't work. /folder/file.pd f works like a charm now. Thanks

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-1 #9 Sebastian 2012-09-05 12:48

Hi,
I'm also getting: You're trying to download a file, that doesn't exists!

How does the link need to be formatted?
I've tried http://www.domain/folder/file.pdf
www.domain/folder/file.pdf
/folder/file.pdf
folder/file.pdf

I can't think of any other way to link to it...
Thanks

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0 #8 Piotr 2012-09-05 08:31

Quoting J:

I am also getting this message:

"You're trying to download a file, that doesn't exists!"

the file is available if i type the URL into the browser directly, but not if it goes viea this module.

assistance please.

running:
Joonla 2.5, the file is very small- 20kb.

and too all having similiar issue.

Hi, the filesize shouldn't matter at all. A have already a few roports regarding similiar issues - working on a solution right now.

Possible solution:
1) Please try entering absolute and relative paths to the file and experiment with those a little bit. The problem with file access usually appears when apache server is not configured correctly and retrieving relative root directory is somewhat funky and unpredictable.

2) Plese wait on the release of the next version of this plugin. I'm little short on time lately, but expect it in the next 7-10 days or so.

Best regards

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