IP Question: to zip or not to zip?
Friday, February 17, 2006 by 47songs | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I'm finally ready to upload my IP and it says to upload the .ip file. However, it is a 10mb file and I see that most IP files are uploaded with the zip extention. It says an .ip file is required. Will my IP be accepted if I submit a zip file?
Uploading the regular .ip file took so long that my internet timed out.
HELP!!!
Donna
Uploading the regular .ip file took so long that my internet timed out.
HELP!!!
Donna
aimzzz
Reply #2 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:06 PM
Reply #2 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:06 PM
Most ip's I get are not inside a zip-- they have the ip extension. 
47songs
Reply #3 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:09 PM
Reply #3 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:09 PM
Okie dokie!! Thanks Jeff and aimzz! I'll try reuploading the file as an .ip. 
Koasati
Reply #4 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:11 PM
Reply #4 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:11 PM
An .ip file is a zip file...... renamed. Zipping it probably won't make it noticeably smaller.
Cavan1
Reply #6 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:17 PM
Reply #6 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:17 PM
Hey 47 songs, I just to test used IP to zip a 26 meg icon package then went to themes folder and used Object zip to zip folder, they where the same size, about 8.6 megs. If you can make the zip smaller than the IP file upload the zip and just note in description that it is a zip so we know.
47songs
Reply #8 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:16 PM
Reply #8 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:16 PM
Thanks, Koasati, Cavan. I uploaded the file as an .ip. All seemed to be fine until I tried to download it. Unfortunately I get this error message:
404: File Not Found
The page or file that you are looking for cannot be found.
Is this because the file hasn't been accepted by moderation yet, or is there something I've done wrong?
404: File Not Found
The page or file that you are looking for cannot be found.
Is this because the file hasn't been accepted by moderation yet, or is there something I've done wrong?
Koasati
Reply #9 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:45 PM
Reply #9 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:45 PM
| Is this because the file hasn't been accepted by moderation yet, |
Yes......... Your upload is fine.... patience grasshopper.
47songs
Reply #10 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:48 PM
Thanks, K!!
Reply #10 Friday, February 17, 2006 9:48 PM
| Yes......... Your upload is fine.... patience grasshopper. |
Thanks, K!!
47songs
Reply #11 Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:43 AM
Reply #11 Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:43 AM
Hmmmm... Just curious, K, where's the pack? Did they get lost in cyberspace?
aufisch
Reply #12 Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:59 AM
Reply #12 Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:59 AM
It's there, it's there 
.... need to rembember to take away Donna's coffee next time
.... need to rembember to take away Donna's coffee next time
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Reply #1 Friday, February 17, 2006 8:06 PM
All of the extentions are all just zip files renamed.
.bootskin
.logonxp
.wba
.CurXPTheme
--all can be opened with a zip manager program.