Has anyone else noticed this problem and found a solution?

Chris

I've never used the file manager to archive a file. I'll give it a go and see what there is to see though.

Did you manage to confirm this?

Chris

I forgot to get back to you on this - sorry!

Here's what I came up with: first I needed to tell it the file extension, otherwise all I got was what I put in. Either way it made a .zip file because I could rename "file" to "file.zip" and it would then unzip properly. The only drawback I had was that it zips them as loose files instead of files in a folder. I did not see any way to download a backup of anything more than the files in any given folder, meaning I couldn't backup my entire media directory in one shot - I had to backup each media/folder independently.

Also my "check all the boxes" button seems broken. v1.9.3

Thanks

You have confirmed that there is a problem with the zipping of folders and nested folders. As mentioned in my first post, this does seem to be a problem with the archive routine.

I am not sure where I go from here as I do not have enough expertise to fix the problem!

Chris

How are you zipping sub-folders? I saw no way to try that.

Okay confirmed. Sub folders will not properly archived. Previously all I confirmed was that archiving files worked fine, so I added a folder and it won't zip it. Then again I added a folder that *I* added, so perhaps I should add a folder that b2evolution generates?

I added a folder then uploaded a file and had the same problem: it doesn't zip folders nicely. Interestingly enough, when I tried to unzip it using WinXP's "here I can own that zip" feature it asked me for the password for the only file in the subfolder. I took a guess that my password for logging in was my password for the file, and it then told me it was a read-only or system or hidden file and asked me if I wanted to replace it. Hmmm... yeah sure. I then got in a loop where it kept asking me for my password.

I suppose it's possible it's asking for my webspace password, but I don't know what that is so I can't supply it. That's the only reason I don't upgrade my FileZilla: I don't know the passwords it remembered for me.