NYCPHP Meetup

[David Roth]

Hi Scott.

That's a good suggestion, I think e-mailing the white paper as a PDF  
attachment is better. I also like your ideas to gain further feedback.

David Roth
On Jun 11, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Scott Wolpow wrote:

> 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
>>