Austin Matzko's Forum » Topic: Subdirectory in archives http://austinmatzko.com/forum/topic/subdirectory-in-archives Austin Matzko's Forum » Topic: Subdirectory in archives en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:23:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2855 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://austinmatzko.com/forum/search.php filosofo on "Subdirectory in archives" http://austinmatzko.com/forum/topic/subdirectory-in-archives#post-3980 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:20:36 +0000 filosofo 3980@http://austinmatzko.com/forum/

You're right. I've fixed the problem, and I apologize for the inconvenience.

Pistos on "Subdirectory in archives" http://austinmatzko.com/forum/topic/subdirectory-in-archives#post-3979 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:49 +0000 Pistos 3979@http://austinmatzko.com/forum/

Hi. I just wanted to mention that it is standard practice to make archives (tarballs, zips, etc.) with subdirectories inside. It is considered not just bad form, but actually somewhat rude to dump many files into the root of an archive.

Someone unpacking the archive into, say, wp-content/plugin/ will have files spewed all over their pristine plugin/ dir instead of in a nice, self-contained wp-backup/ dir or some such.

99 out of 100 Wordpress plugins follow this convention; indeed, it is a UNIX convention in general. You would do well to follow it in the interest of positive user experience.

Just a suggestion. :) Have a nice day!