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Thanks for this, However if you create a menu items and the download folder is not named "downloads", you may run into some problems,

To fix this you need to also set the parameters (component) to the same directory value

Thsi si what you need in order to allow your users to download either pdf or other files. Thanks for this nice component

This is exactly what I was looking for. First the security warning in the beginning scared me away but after messing with other extensions and trying to write my own plugin I tested RD Download.
It does what it says and it is simple (just read the authors how-to - I know it is hard ;-). It even works with right_mouse_click/save_as.
The only thing that I miss: Joomfish support (for the download title).

Review for everybody:

I've looked for this type of extension for some time. I mean protection of the copyrighted content is always a big issue. Thing is... Any web-savvyy guy can look at the source code and bookmark the URLs, so when his subscription runs out he can still get access to images/videos or whatever else.

This extension solves that by having a download PHP file, which fetches the files by their ID. Files do need to be uploaded manually and inside RD Download you need to create items with file paths, but thats minor issue.

Little bugs on Windows System, but i found a way to solve them. I'll send the details to the developer, 'cause listing of source code is prohibited now.

But all-in-all already excellent extension with even more excellent potential (huge potential really).

Good luck everybody.

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Comment for this Extension's developer:

Robert, I've wrote couple of fixes i discovered when running on Windows based system, but just noticed that Codes & Bug Reports are specifically not allowed here anymore.

So i sent them to your contact email listed on your RDBS site. I hope you'll receive them and can make use of my comments.

Thanks for all the time you spent on this product.

Good luck.

This is a simple easy-to-install, easy-to-use extension! Its cool but watch out for the following:
1. Make sure the name of the file isnt too long - make it as short as possible, otherwise it wont 'find' the file.
2. Make sure you keep the characters to letters and numbers - characters like '&' wont work.

Very easy to install - after a single installation, both component and plugin are installed, and the plugin is published automatically.

Simple and easy to use, works perfectly.
My need was to add an attachment to an event (which is not a standard joomla article), and to count its downloads.
RD Download appeared to be the most suitable extension for that purpose.

Thanks to the developer!

It will be great if the component could operate with files outside of Joomla directory. Now if I set some directory outside of Joomla then the server sais 404 File Not Found.