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[Scott Wolpow]

There are quite a few ways to do this.
One way is to use RSforms and a hidden menu item. This would allow any 
person who has the url to download it.
A second method would be to use a cart that allows downloads. Tienda 
offers that.

But you are making a mistake demanding that people fill out a form 
first. Many people use throwaway emails for this purpose.

I would send  the white paper as attachment after they give me first 
name and email address (make sure you have a recaptacha) .
Use a forms module to get the basic info.
On the confirmation page I would then ask if they could provide more 
details. This works better as they know feel that have gotten what they 
wanted
Last thing is to place a link in the last page pdf asking what they 
thought of the white paper. This way you know if tehy really read it or not.

Scott.

On 6/11/2011 5:05 AM, David Roth wrote:
> I want to be able to offer a White Paper on a Joomla website. This is 
> how it would work. Visitors to the website (non-registered guests) 
> would be encouraged to fill out a form with some basic information and 
> then be able to download a PDF White Paper.
>
> Ideally, it would not only allow the visitor to download the White 
> Paper PDF, but also send an e-mail message with a link to download the 
> PDF too. But don't want the URL to the PDF used without visitors 
> filling out the form. So maybe it would create a temporary URL that 
> would expire soon like 24-hours? I'm thinking a PHP script executed to 
> send the PDF to the visitor's web browser would be good, because this 
> way Google Analysts could report on the download. Need some method to 
> store the collected basic information too.
>
> If there is already a module to do this in Joomla, please be so kind 
> to share it with us, I imagine others may have a use for this.  I 
> don't want this to be annoying for the visitors to use, but there 
> needs to be data collected.
>
> If folks have a better suggestion as to how to handle this I'm open to 
> suggestions. I realize there might be something that does part of what 
> I'm asking and I might have to adapt it. I wanted to keep this all 
> within Joomla. It wouldn't be too difficult to link to a PHP program 
> to do this, but I'd like to keep it all within Joomla so it flows with 
> the rest of the website. Thanks!
>
> David Roth
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