Password-protected Member Downloads Page?
Development and Programming
New EE user here. I’ve been asked to convert our public downloads page to a private downloads page. Access should be granted only to members of a particular group and files cannot be accessible to the www.
The existing page utilizes “downloads” for the page content, which links many resources connected to individual files. I don’t see anywhere on the files themselves, or the resource entries, or the entry itself that allows me to lock down access.
The files will need to be uploaded to a non-accessible folder so no one can just share the link to the file.
Is this request even possible with EE? If not, is there a plugin that you can direct me to? (We’re on 6.0.0)
Thank you.
No. I’m just beginning my research. The closest thing I’ve found is a module called Channel Files (https://eeharbor.com/channel-files).
I’m setting up a demo server today to begin some tests.
Hi Adam,
Thanks for getting in touch about this.
I believe you could just wrap a page in a check to confirm they have the right member role.
ex
{If member_role ==‘can_access_files’}
Files here
{if:else}
Login.
{/if}That wouldn’t stop someone from copying the link and passing it along.. for something like that you would really need to use an add-on like Protected Links
https://devot-ee.com/add-ons/protected-links
Thanks,
-Tom Jaeger