How To Edit The 7 Dollar Scipt – Download Page

The second template we must edit in the 7 Dollar Script is the download page. If you remember, to sell products in our WordPress blog, we will only be using the direct method. As we are only selling something that will benefit our readers and not doing it as an Internet Marketer per se, there will be no back end sales and each purchase is a “clean” one with no further upsell from us. Thus after the squeeze page. whether the buyer wants to subscribe or otherwise, they are taken straight to the product’s download page.

The download page does not need much editing. The most important thing is to get the download link right. The other important thing is you should give clear instructions on how to save and extract the zipped file. If you have been doing this long enough, you will realize that there will be total newbies who are buying an item online for the first time in their lives. They do not even know what WinZip is and how to use it to extract the files. So if you want to save yourself the trouble of having to reply to stupid accusations that you are trying to cheat them, you had better make your download instructions clear. Include some screenshots if you have to on where to download Winzip and how to use it.

However, even after doing so, you will still somehow get those smart alecks who never reads instructions. Just be patient about it when you receive emails complaining that they can’t open the downloaded files. In my case, I first thank them for the purchase, apologies for the inconvenience, then if the files are not too large, I just send them the files raw, without zipping it. Then I thank them again for their support and hope they will come back for more.

In all instances, there will never be a second complain from them. Just remember to keep your frustrations to yourself and not start calling them morons or anything for their ignorance. You will gain nothing by doing so other than losing a customer. Normally these people thinks they are smart, so just make them feel smart even though we know they are a dumbass. LOL.

Right. to edit the download file for the 7 Dollar Script, follow the previous procedure.

Open Komposer, click ‘Open” then look for the download html file in your 7 Dollar Script folder. Highlight and copy the first part of the contents. Since we are not going to have any affiliates selling this product, we will not be using the second part. Close the window.

Open your empty personalized template, then paste the contents inside the second roe which should be empty. Re-write the text and include all the neccasary instructions to download, save and extract the files, Include a download link for WinZip. The final result should look like this.

Then highlight the download link, click on the Link icon on the top to bring up the Links properties window. You will see a string of jumbled codes. This happens when you open links like this using the Visual mode. Go down and click on ‘Source’ to see the raw html codes. Locate that messed up codes in the html editor. It will look like something this.

<a href="%3C?=%20sys_download_url%280%29%20?%3E">

Highlight everything and replace with this, exactly.

<a href="<?= sys_download_url(0) ?>">

This download link code is crucial. One small mistake and they will not be able to download your product.

Save the file as ‘download’ with an html extention.

That takes care of the 2 crucial files in the 7 Dollar Script that needs to be added and edited in our pre-made and personalized template. Next we will go back to our usual WordPress blog, write a post then add the ‘BUY’ button with a link to PayPal.