Jacques What would be the preferred approach for determining the requirement for registration before download.
e.g a new property on the product entity, by product type, by testing for associated resource?? Simon -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Le Roux [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri 9/25/2009 4:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Downloading a digital product as an anonymous purchaser I'd prefer #1 (generic) and would be happy to review and hopefully commit any contribution... Jacques From: "Ruth Hoffman" <[email protected]> > Hi Simon: > #2 is pretty much what I plan to do. All my users, at this point, start out > as anonymous users. My solution: once a user has been > confirmed as purchasing the product, I will create a minimal account for them > using an email address (I assume that if they are > using the web to purchase products, they at least have a unique email > address) as the userLoginId and some arbitrary password. > Then, I will create (a custom) web page that requires login (using the OFBiz > login services) and on that page I will post all the > digital_goods purchased. > > [Since I really don't care if they protect their account, I'm probably not > going to force them to change the password. Not sure > about that yet.] > > I don't plan on using the "Order History" web page to distribute purchased > digital_goods. > > Regards, > Ruth > > Simon Hutchinson wrote: >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ruth Hoffman [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Fri 9/25/2009 2:25 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Downloading a digital product as an anonymous purchaser >> Hi Simon: >> >> I don't think it can be done. I've spent several hours deciphering how >> digital goods work and, although I could be wrong, I don't >> think there is a way using the default setup that a user can access a >> purchased digital good without a login/password. That would >> be because those products are, by default, made available on a password >> protected web page and anonymous users, by default have >> no login/password. >> >> Actually, the user would need more than a login/password. They need at an >> "account" which consists of, at a minimum some PARTY >> and PARTYROLE information. >> >> Be interested in hearing if anyone else has had a different experience. >> >> Regards, >> Ruth >> >> >> Simon Hutchinson wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> If I purchase a DIGITAL_GOOD through ecommerce as a logged in user the >>> purchase is subsequently available for download through >>> my order history page. >>> >>> My question is how a digital purchase is made available for download for an >>> anonymous user. I can make the purchase but don't >>> seem to be able to find where to download it. >>> >>> Can anyone point me in the right direction? >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >> >> >>> Sound logical to be identified to download... >>> >> >> Perhaps, but currently a digital product is available for purchase to an >> anonymous user who is then unable to retrieve their >> purchase. >> >> I suppose the options are. >> >> 1. Enforce registration for product downloads at purchase time. >> 2. Code a custom solution that makes the download available to anonymous >> users >> >> Simon >> >> >
