Terms & Conditions

The Terms and Conditions extension for Download Monitor requires your users to accept your terms and conditions before they can download your files.

Installation

• Unzip and upload the plugin’s folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
• Activate the extension through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

For more information on installing and managing plugins see here

Usage

1. Lock the download
   
   A new download option is added to your Download called Terms & Conditions Required. After checking this new option and saving your download, your visitors will no longer be able to download this file without accepting your Terms and Conditions first.
   
   
2. Insert the Terms & Conditions download shortcode
   
   The Terms & Conditions extension comes with a new shortcode that will display the Terms & Conditions acceptance checkbox and will display a download button to the file after the visitor has accepted your Terms & Conditions. You need to pass your download ID to this shortcode, we used download ID 5 in our example.
   
   Example: [dlm_tc_form id=5]
   
   Here is an example of how it looks on the page:
   
   
3. Unlocking via the No Access page
   
   Instead of displaying the Terms & Conditions form on your page, you can also display the default download link/button by using the [download] shortcode.
   
   When the visitor clicks the link/button, Download Monitor will redirect your user to your No Access page because they haven’t accepted your Terms and Conditions yet. The Terms & Conditions extension automatically appends the Terms & Conditions form to the No Access page so your visitor can accept them and start their download there.
   
   Example: [download id=5]
   
   NOTE: Because you use the default [download] shortcode, you can use all of the shortcode’s attributes like output templates!
4. Display a pop-up
   
   Instead of being redirected to the No Access page, you can choose to open the no access message in a modal window. In order to do so go to your WP dashboard > Downloads > Settings > Advanced > Access > enable the ‘No Access modal’ option > Save changes.
   
   
   
   
   Here is an example of how it would look:
   
   

Customer Usage

If you’ve followed the above steps in the Usage section your download is ready to go. Visitors will have to accept your Terms and Conditions prior be granted access to the download.

After the visitor checks the checkbox the download button will become enabled. We also check on the actual download request if the Terms and Conditions were accepted so visitors can’t share the download URL.

FAQ

Can I require all of my downloads to require my Terms and Conditions to be accepted?

You can! Head over to the Terms & Conditions tab in your Download Monitor settings and check the All downloads require Terms & Conditions option.

Can I change the Terms & Conditions text that is displayed next to the checkbox?

You can! Head over to the Terms & Conditions tab in your Download Monitor settings and change the text in the Terms & Condition Text option. This field accepts HTML so you can also add a link (<a>) to a separate page which contains your full Terms & Conditions here.