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sami-kazemi - 8/29/2009 1:28:05 PM
   
online flash videos for members only site
I am a user (non developer) trying to set up a site that offers video (Flash format) tutorials for members only.

So my products would be online videos which members only can view. What’s the best way to configure this within the existing corporate template?

I can create individual pages for each video and have those pages requiring authorization. But I wanted to see if there is a web part that I can use for this purpose. I tried using products or news but they are not really designed for this purpose.

Any ideas?

Note I am currently using the free version so I don’t have the capability to have Document-level permissions .

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kentico_ondrejv - 9/1/2009 4:41:52 AM
   
RE:online flash videos for members only site
Hello,

Unfortunately we don't have full support for e-goods or downloadable products yet, we plan to include it in some of the future versions.

The simple solution would be to restrict the access to the document (file) and provide access credentials to the customer who bought the file.
You can use document permissions (described at http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/permissions_for_modules_and_documents.htm)

The permissions can be created and managed automatically using our API, however the concrete solution would depend on the scale (count) of the downloadable products -- e.g. you could have specific role for each such product (created automatically using Data or TreeNode Handler) and add users who bought the product to that one role and later remove them from the role after they download the file. Managing user roles using API is described at http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/managing_user_roles.htm.

Please note it requires at least professional edition to have ability to manage appropriate permissions.

Best Regards
Ondrej Vasil

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sami-kazemi - 9/1/2009 12:33:29 PM
   
RE:online flash videos for members only site
thanks Ondrej ,

is there a trick to get swf flash videos to show up in internet explorer.
I am using CMS Desk, and inserting a Media/Flash web part into a page. then giving it the flash URL (the flash file is also saved in a folder within the site)
I have also tried inserting the flash file into a HTML web part but again I can't see the flash file in the live site.

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kentico_ondrejv - 9/7/2009 1:32:52 PM
   
RE:online flash videos for members only site
Hello,

This is strange. Could you please let us know what version of Kentico CMS do you use?

Do you receive any error message? Or just nothing?

Please make sure you're inserting right URL (You can find it here: 'CMS Desk -> Content -> document -> Properties -> General tab'). Please try put absolute URL.

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Ondrej Vasil

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sami-kazemi - 9/7/2009 2:16:04 PM
   
RE:online flash videos for members only site
I was using version 3, I've now upgraded to version 4 and the problem seems to be solved.. thanks..