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14. Entering eMedia in MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop
In this article we will look at how we can use
MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop for entering eMedia.
First let's take a look at the configuration settings which affect eMedia in
MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop.
Configuration settings for eMedia in MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop
Configuration settings allows you customize media files. Go to Components
-> MediaLibrary -> Settings, open tab [Media settings]. Then find [Media
support settings]. There you will see next settings:
Manual eMedia entry in MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop
To enter eMedia in MediaLibrary Software (with the
possibility to offer them for download), do the following. Go to Components
-> MediaLibrary -> Media in the Admin panel, then click
[New]. You will see the following
screen:
Filling in the details is fairly self-explanatory, so we will not repeat all
descriptions (you can find them at articles
Entering Media through ISBN/ASIN in MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop and
Entering Media manually in MediaLibrary 3.5.x Shop). However for eMedia
(PDF) there are some things to notice:
- ISBN/ASIN-10
If the eMedia does not have a real ISBN/ASIN, remember to fill in a fake
ISBN/ASIN preceded by zero's.
If you have enabled ISBN/ASIN duplicate checking in the configuration, you
can use 0000000001, 0000000002, 0000000003, etc. for following eMedia.
- Picture URL
Allows you to point to an URL for the Media cover.
You can fill this in manually if you want. But if you upload a picture from
your local machine (next entry), then the path will be filled in
automatically after you save the eMedia entry.
- Upload picture
Allows you to upload a Media cover image from your local workstation.
The path (entry above) will be filled in automatically after you save the
eMedia entry.
- URL
The URL which will be opened when you click the
[Buy Now] button or Media cover.
You can let this be filled in automatically (after saving the entry it will
point to the uploaded file). But if you should for whatever reason need a
custom URL here (for example if you want to point to a URL for the eMedia on
a remote server), then you can fill it in here.
- Save
Save your entry, and you are done.
Frontend View for eMedia. The eMedia or PDF will now be visible in the
frontend as a normal Media. Clicking on the Media cover will take you
to the PDF details page with the description and other details. A [download
eMedia] link will appear on the details page if you specified that in
Configure Settings.
- Buy Now
The [Buy Now] button will show an
internal Joomla URL, which is subsequently redirected to the URL you
specified in the Configure Settings
(perhaps containing an affiliateID). If you do not want to show a
[Buy Now] button for certain
eMedia, just put them in a separate Media category and then in
Configure Settings specify
for which Media categories to show the
[Buy Now] button. You can select
multiple categories there by using
CTRL + click.
The link will show an internal Joomla URL when you hover over it, which is
redirected inside MediaLibrary to the real URL (for example it will not show
that the eMedia is actually on a remote server if your specified that).
This also protects the real URL from being visible to download managers.
- Download eMedia
This is the eMedia download link. Only visible when you have
specified this in Configure
Settings, and only for the user groups you specified there. Again,
the link will show an internal Joomla URL when you hover over it,
which is redirected inside
MediaLibrary to the real URL (for example it will not show that the
eMedia is actually on a remote server if your specified that). This also
protects the real URL from being visible to download managers.
Download eMedia. When a user clicks the
Download eMedia link, they
will see the following screen if you specified a license to be displayed
first in Configure Settings:
the download button is grayed out when
Accept is set to NO, and
available when Accept is set
to YES.
When the user selects YES and clicks, they will be presented with a FILE
OPEN or DOWNLOAD SAVE window.
And that concludes the eMedia entry procedure.
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