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The latest in our series of simple guides explaining essential elements of operating an osCommerce store.

Creating Downloadable Products - added 04/05/06

Downloadable products can be transferred directly to the customer via the Internet, allowing merchants to sell them without packaging, printing, or shipping.

This guide tells you how to create products that customers can download from your osCommerce store. It covers:

• Uploading files to the store's download folder.
  
• Creating products.
  
• Changing configuration settings.
  
• Creating product attributes.
  
• Using product attributes to link products with files in the store's download folder.
  
• Testing downloadable products.
  

Downloads are not the easiest part of the osCommerce
system, so we hope this PDF will save you time and hassle when
learning to use the osCommerce download system.

NEWS: Attitude is working on a simpler downloads system suitable
for some sites called Attitude Simple Downloads. Contact Us for information.