DPD Update: PDF Stamping Improvements, Better Key Management, Minor Tweaks

  • Jason@DPD
  • September 29, 2014
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This weekend we released a major update to the PDF stamping system as well as tweaked a few settings for vendors.

PDF Stamper – Faster, Leaner, use Any PDF Version

We have upgraded our PDF Stamping / Buyer Tracking system to be faster and use less memory on our server for each stamp operation. This means we can reliably stamp larger PDF files than our previously published 30MB recommendation. Our new recommended maximum file size is 75MB. If your file is larger please test to make sure we can open and stamp your PDF.

We have also improved our PDF version support- we now support any PDF version, although you should always test advanced features added to PDFs (Reader Extended, Forms) before offering your product to the public. We do our best to support everything, but due to the million different combinations of features its hard to guarantee compatibility with every PDF.

Always preview your PDF or send yourself a free download before offering your product to the public! If the preview link on the setup page doesn’t load the PDF correctly then your PDF can’t be opened or stamped for some reason. Consult the KB for PDF stamping or send us a support request to take a look.

As always, to stamp a PDF we need an unencrypted (unsecured) PDF uploaded to DPD. You can optionally encrypt the PDF after stamping in our system if you must delver them encrypted. You should be aware though- most mobile devices can not open encrypted PDFs.

Other tweaks and improvements:

  • Upgraded the manage key codes page to allow for selecting and deleting multiple keys at once.
  • Updated DKK currency to DKr
  • Added ability to force shipping address collection even if products or tax/shipping rules do not require it.
  • Tweaked Google Analytics integration to properly track purchases that go to pending (such as e-check payments) instead of being activated immediately.
  • Other small backend improvements to speed and deployment performance
  • Added #support-message ID to the support message on the delivery page so it can be hidden or styled with your theme’s custom.css

New Feature: Keycode Delivery and other fixes

  • Jacob@DPD
  • June 3, 2010
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This morning we pushed a couple new features out to DPD. We’re working hard to make DPD the best we can. Please let us know if there is a feature you’d like to see in an upcoming release.

Key Code delivery

DPD now supports delivering key codes (serial keys, product activation keys). We support three generation methods:

  1. Bulk upload Upload your codes into DPD and we will deliver them.
  2. Single key Use one code for all deliveries.
  3. URL Setup a URL on your server and DPD will request a new code for every sale.

Keycode Feature Information / Instructions in the DPD Knowledgebase

We’re also evaluating adding some of the more popular key generators. Let us know which one you use.

Fixes and tweaks in this release

  • You can now activate a pending purchase.
  • Added an alternative uploader for customers unable to use the Java uploader.
  • We allow recording a price for all products. Previously, products in websites that used Clickbank or PayDotCom as the payment processor did not include a price in DPD since we are unable to control the product’s price. You can now store a price for reporting purposes. DPD does not validate this price as with other payment processors.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the dashboard sales graph to report low numbers.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the free vs paid purchase stats to be incorrect.