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1. iHuman
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I had a problem with downloads not working correctly on multisite installations. Instead of the files downloading, they would open in a new browser tab.

   From other posts, selecting 'force download' should resolve the problem.

   But in multisite installations, this does not work, and instead returned "Download path is invalid!"

   So I got in the code and tried to debug it. This is what worked for me:

   1. edit download.php
   2. around line 524 you will see:
   

   $patterns = array( '|^'. get_bloginfo('wpurl') . '/' . '|');
   $path = preg_replace( $patterns, '', $thefile );

   3. add the following lines directly below this:
   

   //for multisite	installations
     if ( is_multisite() ) {
      $path = '/wp-content/blogs.dir/' . $blog_id . '/' . $path;
    }

   This resolved the problem for me. Hope it works for you - and I hope the developer adds this as a permanent fix!

   good luck,
   elaine

2. digitalconcept
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   thanks for this solutions :)

3. Johan van der Wijk
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Thanks for posting your solution iHuman! I had the same problem with my Multi Site install.

   Unfortunately I still have an issue with the Custom Download URL, when I try to use that option I get a 'page cannot be found' error.

   Have you managed to get this working?

4. Victor Font
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I've used download manager for quite some time without issue. I did a presentation today for about 100 people and told them they could go to my website to download the PowerPoint file. Then I received emails from the attendees saying the file wouldn't download. It exists, the entry was correct, I checked .htaccess and was pointing to my master domain. I'm running A WordPress multisite system with 6 sites and six different domain names. The master domain worked without incident.

   I compared the configuration of the master domain and secondary domain. The secondary domain was configured a little differently, so I configered them identically. I even added the code recommended above to download.php.

   Now here is where it gets strange. All the files that were listed in both domains would download. The file that I had entered into the database on my secondary domain only would not download. When I entered the record into download manager on the primary domain, the secondary domain downloaded just fine.

   I want to have different files available for download on different domains. I don't want to add them to my primary domain every time I add a new file to my secondary domain. Is there any workaround to this?

5. meyer@threedotinc.com
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks so much for the multisite solution iHuman!

   I'm happy to owe you a coffee!

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