There are quite a few ways to do this.
One way is to use RSforms and a hidden menu item. This would allow any
person who has the url to download it.
A second method would be to use a cart that allows downloads. Tienda
offers that.
But you are making a mistake demanding that people fill out a form
first. Many people use throwaway emails for this purpose.
I would send the white paper as attachment after they give me first
name and email address (make sure you have a recaptacha) .
Use a forms module to get the basic info.
On the confirmation page I would then ask if they could provide more
details. This works better as they know feel that have gotten what they
wanted
Last thing is to place a link in the last page pdf asking what they
thought of the white paper. This way you know if tehy really read it or not.
Scott.
On 6/11/2011 5:05 AM, David Roth wrote:
I want to be able to offer a White Paper on a Joomla website. This is
how it would work. Visitors to the website (non-registered guests)
would be encouraged to fill out a form with some basic information and
then be able to download a PDF White Paper.
Ideally, it would not only allow the visitor to download the White
Paper PDF, but also send an e-mail message with a link to download the
PDF too. But don't want the URL to the PDF used without visitors
filling out the form. So maybe it would create a temporary URL that
would expire soon like 24-hours? I'm thinking a PHP script executed to
send the PDF to the visitor's web browser would be good, because this
way Google Analysts could report on the download. Need some method to
store the collected basic information too.
If there is already a module to do this in Joomla, please be so kind
to share it with us, I imagine others may have a use for this. I
don't want this to be annoying for the visitors to use, but there
needs to be data collected.
If folks have a better suggestion as to how to handle this I'm open to
suggestions. I realize there might be something that does part of what
I'm asking and I might have to adapt it. I wanted to keep this all
within Joomla. It wouldn't be too difficult to link to a PHP program
to do this, but I'd like to keep it all within Joomla so it flows with
the rest of the website. Thanks!
David Roth
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