table as file list

  • Resolved anonymized-14293447

    (@anonymized-14293447)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    Hello Tobias, this is not really a support topic but a normal question (or maybe a suggestion for new features).
    I was wondering if it’s possible to turn a table into a list of files to download. In other words, one cell would contain a link (or even a small icon) to the file. Do you think it can be done? If yes, do you think it would be possible to enable/disable the download link according to the users being logged in or not?

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  • Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.

    This should be possible, but you would need to handle the file URLs manually. You could also show/hide rows depending on whether a user is logged in or not. However, if one knows the URL, it would still be active.

    Therefore, you might be better off using a plugin that has been designed for such downloads, like https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/download-manager/.
    You might then have to check if it offers a list view.

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter anonymized-14293447

    (@anonymized-14293447)

    ?? Funny you suggest Download Manager, because I come from that. It has many issues related to theme conflists (and not only to that) and that’s why I was wondering if I could use Tablepress, which is very stable instead. Also having one plugin handling more features is better than having 2 plugins. .)

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    Hi,

    oh, sorry ?? I have never used Download Manager before, which might be why I didn’t know about these problems.
    You could use TablePress, but it will not give you more than a table that you have to manually fill. You’d still have to create those download links through other ways, to get user access control and download statistics, etc.

    Regards,
    Tobias

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