Option to download file from public link

[ebogaard]

The new 'quick share'/'public link' is great. I miss one option, though: when a file is shared of which Alfresco can generate a preview (doc, pdf, etc), only that preview is shown. There is no option to actually download that file if you can't login to Alfresco. For unknown filenames, of which Alfresco can't generate a preview, you get the option to download the file.

Is there any way to add this download option to any file that is shared using a public link?
That would make great sense. If you would, for example, want to share a large product folder or quotes with others, they can't print the document if it's a flash-preview only.

[resplin]

This is on the roadmap and being actively worked on. I'm not sure how long until it gets released.

In the current Alfresco, there are three ways to get this done:

* The most common way to do it is to publish the content using the File System Transfer Receiver:

http://docs.alfresco.com/4.2/topic/com.alfresco.enterprise.doc/concepts/FSTR-intro.html

That will drop it on a filesystem that is then accessible by a web server such as Apache.

* The old Alfresco Explorer interface has the concept of an anonymous user (guest). You can add the guest user as a consumer of the content, and then use the Explorer link to the content (/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/NODEREF/TITLE).

* I have seen a customization that enables downloading through the Quick Share UI, but it looked like it took significant work.

[ebogaard]

Thanks for your informative response.
As I would really like to use the quick share for this, as it is quite easy to work with for a lot of people, I think I'll have to wait till it's released.

[tarapenner]

I just discovered that if you configure the Media Viewers add-on (http://code.google.com/p/share-extras/wiki/MediaViewers), the download link that is present in the previewer allows someone to download the file in its native format, or as a PDF.

[ebogaard]

Today I saw the following post, which finally adds an option to download the file on the Quick Share page: http://www.contentreich.de/the-missing-alfresco-quickshare-download
Though the author did a great job, it doesn't look like it was terribly complex or a lot of work.
Hope this implementation is safe and will be included in the next Community-release.

[deas0815]

The building blocks are all there already.

The fix provided does not compromise security in any way. It just gives you the link - no more and no less