Page expires with downloads

What is a good way to have a page (login or not) expire after a certain date or limit the amount of downloads offered on that page?

I used to use a free site that did this (a download could be limited to time or frequency) but they shut down! I haven’t found another one that has usage I can determine is controlling the download. I need to make this process user friendly.


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There may be other ways but my way of doing this would be to use a
MySQL database and PHP scripts, that way a small system could be built
using PHP and the database information to control the downloads, this
could of course be wrapped up in a Freeway built site.

As far as the implementation is concerned it is basically as suggested
for: http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/44718 so unfortunately it
could be back to square one!

Sorry I don’t know of any services similar to what you mention
although hopefully other members will be able to help there.

HTH

On Jan 3, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Beatrice wrote:

What is a good way to have a page (login or not) expire after a
certain date or limit the amount of downloads offered on that page?

I used to use a free site that did this (a download could be limited
to time or frequency) but they shut down! I haven’t found another
one that has usage I can determine is controlling the download. I
need to


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I guess my ideas are bigger than my toolbox right now!

The services I am referring to are outside links sent to someone. I
used filebuffer.org and the files could be set with limitations (time
or quantity of downloads). I havent found an online service that does
the same for free. I looked at box.net but I am not so sure that the
link isnt public somehow (maybe?). mediafire.com doesnt have the
features to set limits, but does offer embedding, etc on blogs, and
links via email. So, it is the “this download is good for ____” that
I am really seeking.

On Jan 3, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Mike B wrote:

There may be other ways but my way of doing this would be to use a
MySQL database and PHP scripts, that way a small system could be
built using PHP and the database information to control the
downloads, this could of course be wrapped up in a Freeway built site.

As far as the implementation is concerned it is basically as
suggested for: http://freewaytalk.net/thread/view/44718 so
unfortunately it could be back to square one!

Sorry I don’t know of any services similar to what you mention
although hopefully other members will be able to help there.

HTH

On Jan 3, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Beatrice wrote:

What is a good way to have a page (login or not) expire after a
certain date or limit the amount of downloads offered on that page?

I used to use a free site that did this (a download could be
limited to time or frequency) but they shut down! I haven’t found
another one that has usage I can determine is controlling the
download. I need to


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If you want to allow downloads only within a small window of time (30
minutes to 7 days) then you could post the files on http://senduit.com
and then add the link to your page. This is going to be quite admin-
intensive, as there’s no way to automate adding the files there. But
if you wanted to make this the end point of someone purchasing a
product that gets purchased a few times a week, then this would be a
neat and free solution.

Otherwise, I’m with Mike here about using a database and scripting to
automate the process. The investment in building this (or paying
someone else to build it) will be amortized across as many times as
you use it, so if this is a high-traffic problem you’re trying to
solve, then it becomes progressively cheaper each time it gets used.

Walter

On Jan 3, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Beatrice wrote:

What is a good way to have a page (login or not) expire after a
certain date or limit the amount of downloads offered on that page?

I used to use a free site that did this (a download could be limited
to time or frequency) but they shut down! I haven’t found another
one that has usage I can determine is controlling the download. I
need to make this process user friendly.


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