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Posted August 12, 201014 yr Can you please NAME & VERSION STAMP or DATE STAMP the folders of the board & other modules before you zip them. when I download the Boards i get a zipped file but the browser decompress it and i end up with a folder called: - board after i down load the other items like gallery / blog etc. they all download / decompress and now i have board-2, board-3 ,etc. inside that folder is a folder in each called upload. Its tedious to have to rename. If the zipped file had things named first like board_3.1.2 / blog_3.2.2 it would make life easier.
August 12, 201014 yr Author yes but the browser decompresses it and deletes the zip, leaving only 'board' behind
August 12, 201014 yr yes but the browser decompresses it and deletes the zip, leaving only 'board' behind Works fine for me. It extracts as the same name as the zip. Which is how most extractors work... tested with both the Windows extractor and 7zip.<_<
August 12, 201014 yr Author this would be preferred. However converge and Nexus did retain their names - only the board/gallery/blog/subscriptions do not.
August 12, 201014 yr Works fine for me. It extracts as the same name as the zip. Which is how most extractors work... tested with both the Windows extractor and 7zip.[img] [/img] On the Mac, Safari automatically extracts zip files and just splatters them into your download folder. It does not retain the file name.
August 12, 201014 yr Even without the Autounzip, the internal folders are all named the same, and it gets annoying. I don't want to sit and rename the file :(
August 13, 201014 yr All I do is create a folder before starting d/load for whatever version am downloading (e.g. IPBoard_312) on my hard drive and save to there then when I unzip I know what version it is for If I also d/load blog, gallery etc for that version of IPB I d/load it to IPBoard_312 folder, that way I know that everything in that folder is to be used with that version of IPB
August 14, 201014 yr You know what fixes this? Not being lazy and creating your own sub-version system locally..
December 3, 201014 yr There's no need to bump your topic. Your feedback is noted. Note that this does not necessarily mean we will be changing our distribution system, but nevertheless, bumping isn't necessary. :)
July 6, 201113 yr Author Still Wishing that this could be fixed, Please... Just downloaded the beta- but now i half to wade thru this sea of upload & board folders.
July 6, 201113 yr +1 I obviously don't know how the distribution system is setup, but it seems like a trivial change that would save a lot of wasted time as Mac users end up replicating the same mundane renaming process.
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