Features of the CM Download manager Plugin for WordPress

User Groups Create user groups to control access to specific files and documents.	Access Control Administrator controls setting for access to permission for viewing files and uploading files.	Moderation Moderate user posts and permissions in the support forum. Pre-approve posts and uploads by specific users.	Notifications The author of a download can receive notifications when support questions are posted.

Categories Support for multiple level browsing categories.	Shortcodes Embeds a specific download or list of downloads on any page or post using a shortcode.	BuddyPress Integrates with BuddyPress to show profile information and download states according to their BP profile.	Social Login Users can login with their social media accounts, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+ etc to get access to downloads and post support questions.

User Profile Each user has their own profile that contains information about their downloads.	Log & Statistics Generates a detailed log report of download statistics according to user profiles. Log information includes also GeoLocation data.	Disclaimer Includes a disclaimer that asks users to agree to your terms when they visit your download for the first time	Customization Easily customize the look & feel of the downloads template page with your theme.

Password Protection Password protect the files you want to be downloaded	User Dashboard Users can manage their downloads in a dashboard that lists information about each download	Support Forum Includes a support forum for downloads that lets users post questions or support answers for each download	Localization Supports UTF-8 characters for translating text into multiple languages.

Search Downloads Internal search functions for locating specific downloads on your website.	Geo-location Each download event is tracked by the GeoLocation API to provide information about downloader location.	Audio Player Embeds an audio player for previewing audio and mp3 files before downloading.	Video Player Embeds a video player to preview video of mp4 and other video files prior to downloading

Google Viewer Integrates with Google Reader for previews of files before downloading (only for supported files)	CMDM Template Customize the style of the CM download manager page template and adjust the plugin’s look and feel.	Index Page Views Choose from between 3 different ways to view the Downloads Index page.	WordPress Multisite Supports WordPress Multisite functionality.

User Gravatar User profiles can include Gravatar icons.

Downloads Manager Use-Cases

Plugin Directory – Creates a plugin directory that is similar to any other WordPress Plugins Directory.
Download Counter – Counts the number of downloads for each download.
Support Forum – Supports your users by letting them vote and answer existing topics that relate to each download.
Customer Support -Support for retail customer’s questions.
File Manager – Support for retail customer’s questions.
MP3 and Music File Directory – Manages music downloads and allow users to listen to audio files before downloading.

Downloads Manager Free Version

Download Free Plugin Edition

Includes a views count.
Includes voting for each download.
Includes download categories
Includes download categories
Built-in support forum for each download.
Template can be customized in several ways.
Image preview for each download.
Filter downloads with an internal search engine.
Administrators can the types of file extensions supported.
User can track his or her downloads from their user profile.
User can receive email notifications on newly submitted support questions.

Downloads Manager Pro Version

30-Day Money Back Guarantee – BUY PRO PLUGIN EDITION Includes all free version features and the following:

General Features & Customization

Search– Filters search results by date, download type and username. (View Demo)
Second level Categories– Support for second level category browsing
Multisite– Supports multisite.
Localization Support – Frontend (user side) is localized
Custom CSS – Ability to inject and control plugin CSS from plugin settings
Gratitude Message – Does not include the CMinds Gratitude message in the footer.
Permalinks – Ability to change permalink from /cmdownloads to a user d directory. (Image from Settings)
Disclaimer – Adds an option to show a disclaimer to first time users. (Image from Settings), (Image from site)

Access Control & Moderation

User Groups Permissions– Set access control based on users groups. Admin can global settings while user can access settings per each download : (View Image 1) (View Image 2)
Log Recording – Record every download by registered and non registered users. View log according to download name, user or dates. Export log to csv format. View log details in graph view (View Image )
View Restriction– s according to each download whether or not it is open to non-logged in users. If only logged in users are allowed, administrators can also whose user roles can view specific downloads. This can be set by Admin or you can give the user ability to custom their view. (View image)
Password Protection– Protects downloads with passwords (View Image), (View Demo)
Upload Restrictions– s which user roles can create new downloads. (View Image)
Ask User for Email– Option to ask user for his name and email before downloading (View Demo)
GeoLocation Support – Support Geolocation information per each download in log

Shortcodes Support

Downloads Shortcodes– Integrate specific download in every page or post in site (View Demo)
Shortcodes/Widgets– Generates top level contributors list, recent updates, and in most cases, a download items list.
Frequent Contributors – CMDM-frequent-contributors Cat=”category-name” sort=”Asc/Desc” count=”5″ ” (View Image)
Downloads List – CMDM-downloads-list Cat=”category-name” sort=”Asc/Desc” count=”5″ ” (View Image)
Related Downloads – CMDM-related-downloads Cat=”category-name” sort=”Asc/Desc” count=”5″ ” (View Image)
Related Downloads– Show Related downloads on the Download page. (View Image), (View Demo)

Download Page Features

[New]Multiple-File Upload– Ability to upload multiple files to download page. Each file can have his own title. The files can be zipped automatic or downloaded separately
Integration with MicroPayments– Ability to integrate plugin with CM Micropayment and set a price per each download or upload
URL / Shortcode-Allows the inclusion of an external URL or a Shortcode in download page instead of uploading a file. This is useful for integration with other plugins for support with checkout shopping carts and for selling downloads. (Example of EDD integration) , (Example of User Selection), (View Demo)
Downloads Page Tabs– Shows more tabs for detailed download descriptions on the Download page, which the admin can control in the settings. (View Demo)
View Count – Shows view count for each download and lets you control how the view count is tabulated (by view or by session) (Image from Settings), (Image from Downloads edit screen)
Slide Show – Ability to turn off the slide show. (Image from Settings)
Downloads Index Views – Option to toggle between a list view, tiles view and category view of your downloads. (View Demo)
Social Share – Includes a social share widget in the question page. (View Demo – Widget on the right)

External Viewer

External Viewers

External Viewer – Adds external links to Google Docs viewer for supported Google Docs document types. (View Demo)
MP3 Viewer – Adds an embedded mp3 player for listening to music files. (View Demo)
MP4 Viewer – Adds an embedded mp4 movie player for viewing video files. (View Demo)

Support Forum

Support and Tabs control – Ability to remove support forum and also other tabs from the Download page. (Image from Settings)
Order Comments – Shows comments on the Download page in either ascending or descending order. (Image from Settings)
Moderate User Comments– Administrators can moderate user comments. (View Image)
Approve Comments and Answers from Users– Administrators can a list of users who do not need any moderation. (View Image)

User Management

Social Media Registration Integration– Integrates with Facebook & Google+ & LinkedIn, Twitter, Microsoft Live profiles: (View Image 1) (View Image 2)
Public User Profile– Automatically generates a public profile page that contains the number of downloads each user has posted with a link to his or her social media profile. (View Image)
Gravatar – Ability to show a Gravatar near the user name and in user profile. (View Image)
BuddyPress – Integration with BuddyPress profile to show user downloads

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Downloads Manager Use-Cases

Downloads Manager Free Version