diff --git a/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml b/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
index 5878c4fd8e..df5faa069a 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/public-rest-context.xml
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-created</value>
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-deleted</value>
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-liked</value>
+                <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-previewed</value>
+                <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-downloaded</value>
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.inline-edit</value>
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.folder-liked</value>
                 <value>org.alfresco.documentlibrary.folder-added</value>
diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/activity.post.json.js b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/activity.post.json.js
index 658236a63d..3bf6f0b63b 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/activity.post.json.js
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/documentlibrary/activity.post.json.js
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ function postActivity()
       case "file-added":
       case "file-updated":
       case "file-liked":
+      case "file-previewed":
+      case "file-downloaded":
       case "folder-liked":
       case "google-docs-checkout":
       case "google-docs-checkin":
diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a58f7f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/slingshot/download.get.desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<webscript>
+   <shortname>DownloadContent</shortname>
+   <description>Slingshot download content webscript - posts an activity for Site content download then delegates to standard ContentGet implementation</description>
+   <url>/slingshot/node/content{property}/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}?a={attach?}</url>
+   <url>/slingshot/node/content{property}/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}/{filename}?a={attach?}</url>
+   <url>/slingshot/node/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}/content{property}?a={attach?}</url>
+   <url>/slingshot/node/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}/content{property}/{filename}?a={attach?}</url>
+   <format default="">argument</format>
+   <authentication>user</authentication>
+   <transaction>required</transaction>
+   <lifecycle>internal</lifecycle>
+</webscript>
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diff --git a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
index 0b76195beb..5229341c30 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/web-scripts-application-context.xml
@@ -2060,4 +2060,10 @@
        </property>
     </bean>
     
+    <!-- Share Content Download - post of an Activity before performing a Site download action -->
+    <bean id="webscript.org.alfresco.slingshot.download.get" class="org.alfresco.slingshot.web.scripts.SlingshotContentGet" parent="webscript.org.alfresco.cmis.content.get">
+        <property name="siteService" ref="SiteService" />
+        <property name="activityService" ref="activityService" />
+    </bean>
+    
 </beans>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..819db53e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/slingshot/web/scripts/SlingshotContentGet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.slingshot.web.scripts;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
+import org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.content.ContentGet;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.activities.ActivityService;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteInfo;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.site.SiteService;
+import org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.StringBuilderWriter;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptResponse;
+import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.json.JSONWriter;
+
+/**
+ * Share specific ContentGet implementation.
+ * <p>
+ * Checks to see if:
+ * a) the request is an explicit download (attachment)
+ * b) the requested NodeRef within the context of a Share Site
+ * <p>
+ * If both tests are true then generates an Activity feed item to record the Download request.
+ * All other requests and any further processing is performed by the super class.
+ * 
+ * @author Kevin Roast
+ */
+public class SlingshotContentGet extends ContentGet
+{
+    protected SiteService siteService;
+    protected ActivityService activityService;
+    
+    public void setSiteService(SiteService siteService)
+    {
+        this.siteService = siteService;
+    }
+    
+    public void setActivityService(ActivityService activityService)
+    {
+        this.activityService = activityService;
+    }
+    
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.content.ContentGet#execute(org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest, org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptResponse)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void execute(final WebScriptRequest req, final WebScriptResponse res) throws IOException
+    {
+        // are we downloading content as an attachment?
+        if (Boolean.valueOf(req.getParameter("a")))
+        {
+            // is this node part of a Site context?
+            Map<String, String> templateVars = req.getServiceMatch().getTemplateVars();
+            String storeType = templateVars.get("store_type");
+            String storeId = templateVars.get("store_id");
+            String nodeId = templateVars.get("id");
+            
+            // create the NodeRef and ensure it is valid
+            if (storeType != null && storeId != null && nodeId != null)
+            {
+                final NodeRef nodeRef = new NodeRef(storeType, storeId, nodeId);
+                final SiteInfo site = this.siteService.getSite(nodeRef);
+                if (site != null)
+                {
+                    // found a valid parent Site - gather the details to post an Activity
+                    String filename = templateVars.get("filename");
+                    if (filename == null || filename.length() == 0)
+                    {
+                        filename = (String)this.nodeService.getProperty(nodeRef, ContentModel.PROP_NAME);
+                    }
+                    StringBuilderWriter out = new StringBuilderWriter(256);
+                    final JSONWriter json = new JSONWriter(out);
+                    json.startObject();
+                    json.writeValue("title",   filename);
+                    json.writeValue("nodeRef", nodeRef.toString());
+                    json.writeValue("page",    "document-details?nodeRef=" + nodeRef.toString());
+                    json.endObject();
+                    
+                    // post an activity - mirror the mechanism as if from the Share application
+                    this.activityService.postActivity(
+                            "org.alfresco.documentlibrary.file-downloaded",
+                            site.getShortName(),
+                            "documentlibrary",
+                            out.toString());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        super.execute(req, res);
+    }
+}
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