Approved Product Download Directories confusion

  • Resolved magicpowers

    (@magicpowers)


    2 years, 6 months ago

    hi

    I have noticed a new feature – Approved Product Download Directories – in my WC. I have read the Guide and yet I still have no idea what it is and what it is for, as it is missing the context and instructions.

    Could you please clarify for me the following:

    It says

    The Approved Product Download Directories list has been updated. To protect your site, please review the list and make any changes that might be required.

    How do I know what changes are required and why?

    I have 6 downloadable products. When I created each product, I did not have any option or choice of the Download Directory. I still can’t see in the product editor what Download Directory the product is in. How can I determine that?

    When I opened my Approved Product Download Directories list, it shows 6 pathways: four (4) as…./content/uploads… followed by the year and month, not marked as ENABLED, and two (2) with the suffix …./woocommerce_uploads/ marked as ENABLED with a tick.

    1. How can I tell which one is for which product?
    2. Am I supposed to move those four not marked as enabled into the enabled ones? How can I do that?
    3. what is the difference between an Approved Directory and not approved, in practical terms? is the download/access security improved? I actually have to completely block my product pages from the SEO and change the file names to random, as otherwise it is very easy to download the product for free from the product page if it is publicly accessible and found. (could you possibly address this security issue as well?)
    4. The two Approved Directories are very different. One is a normal URL, which is fine; but one is a path to a folder in my website’s public directory /public-html/ – and I’m not happy about it.

    Why was one of my products created in this directory? how? and which one?

    All this is extremely confusing I must say. Since I’m the site owner and the only Admin, I need to understand this and sort it out. I’m afraid the information about this you gave us is incomplete, has no context, no instructions and raises more questions than it answers.

    I would appreciate your reply addressing my questions.

    thanks

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  • Can I ask for a clarification please regarding this. I have all of my products in a folder called /audio/

    So my domain https://mydomain/audio/ and then it goes:

    /audio/recording1/track1.mp3
    /audio/listenup/track1.mp3
    /audio/listenup/track2.mp3

    So following the /audio/ I have different titles and numerous tracks within those titles.

    In my approved downloads directories I have tried both
    https://mydomain.com/audio/*.*/
    https://mydomain.com/audio/

    It is enabled. If I selected the track url in the product and paste that into a url directly, it plays. So the url is right. The storage directory is listed and enabled.

    However, each time I get an order, I get the “File not found: Go To Shop” warning.

    I am not sure what to look at next?

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by nigelrs.

    Hello @nigelrs ,

    Since this thread is marked as resolved many contributors will skip any new reply.

    Also, to keep the forum threads clean, please open a new thread. You can share a link to this thread so that we have a better idea of what you are referring to.

    Thanks for your cooperation.

    Thanks, I did open a new thread 3 days ago when I realised it may have happened. I haven’t had a single reply to that as yet. Thanks.

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