[ic] softgoods

[Mike Heins]

Quoting music@labyrinth.net.au (music@labyrinth.net.au):
> > Quoting Paul Jordan (paul@gishnetwork.com):
> > > Is anyone out the an expert on IC regarding downloadable goods. Our
> store is
> > > fully functional, and you can shop, purchase and download goods, (with
> the
> > > test CC of course). A friend and I have been talking and he has been
> saying
> > > I may want to change my delivery method. He said IC may give you
> problems
> > > when multiple people start buying/downloading these .zip files.
> >
> > This is true.
> >
> > If you expect to sell lots of softgoods, the best thing to do is make
> > your enabling procedure provide a symlinked directory for a separate
> > HTTP download.
> 
> We have a client who also wishes to set up a downloadable goods store with
> many thousands of products.
> The concern is that with http download, even if the base download directory
> changes every 30 minutes, what strategy should be used to stop the customer
> attempting to download products by guessing similar SKU codes?

I don't think you read the code I provided. It links a single resource into
the target directory. Obviously that resource can be a directory if you
wish, but you can link individual files or subdirectories instead of one
root download directory.

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