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Users Manual

Target group: Editors

Go to the page you want to insert the plugin and add a new content element which you can find under plugins, it is called Download manager.

Tip

  1. Add a subfolder for the file collections and the download counter
collection subfolder

Collection subfolder

Add a subfolder for the file collections and the download counter

Tip

  1. Add file collections to the subfolder
List view with file collections

List view with file collections

List view with file collections which are added to the subfolder
Adding images

Adding images

Adding images to a file collection
Adding description

Adding description

Adding description to a file collection

Tip

  1. Insert the download manager plugin
Insert plugin

Insert plugin

Insert the plugin on the page you want the output
Insert plugin

Insert plugin

Insert the plugin with the wizard

Tip

4a. Configure the list view

List view

List view

Configuration of the list view

Tip

4b. Configure the top downloads view

Top downloads view

Top downloads view

Configuration of the top downloads view

Tip

4c. Configure the file search

Top downloads view

Top downloads view

Configuration of the top downloads view

Tip

  1. Add keywords to the files
Top downloads view

Add keywords

Add keywords to the files (separated by whitespaces), to add more content to search for (needs extension filemetadata installed). The default search is only for the title of the file.

Important

Set the record storage page(s) in the tab behaviour

Set the record storage page(s) in the tab behaviour of the plugin to say the plugin where to store the download statistics or from where to get the download statistics. If this is not set, the data will be saved on the page where the plugin is set.

Record storage page(s)

Record storage page(s)

How to set the record storage page(s)

FAQ

Is it possible to set the ordering of the collections?

Yes, since version 1.0.1. Please use the sorting option in TYPO3 backend to order your collections in a folder. If you have selected single file collections, you can order them in the plugin field.

Get help

If there are any other questions, please contact me (ephraim.haerer@rebnolit.com) or write an issue/request on Github.