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1.0.7.zip file not valid from zenphoto.org ?

trehug Member
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hello - feb 14th (happy valentine's!)
trying to download the zipfile from your site - it seems it cannot be opened - i tried twice, and i tried 7-zip and winzip to unzip it - no luck.

anyone else?

thanks, tre

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  • trisweb Administrator
    Try this mirror and let me know if those files work:

    http://dh.trisweb.com/zenphoto-files/

    1.0.7 is at:

    http://dh.trisweb.com/zenphoto-files/zenphoto-1.0.7.zip
    http://dh.trisweb.com/zenphoto-files/zenphoto-1.0.7.tar.gz

    If those work and the main links don't, then we've got a server problem; if those don't work then it's an archive problem. I'd appreciate if you let me know if they work for you. Thanks!
  • trehug Member
    hello again

    - tried the link above (top .zip one) and it is working, thanks!

    i hope you easily can sort out the glitch from your main page.

    - now, off to try out zenphoto....!

    all the best, be seeing u!
    /tre-man
  • trehug Member
    ps, from above:

    when d/l'ing i was using:
    - IE 6 (ouch!! &^%$**)
    - xp home - sp2 etc.
    - up-to-date zip programs.
    hth...
  • trisweb Administrator
    It's IE! I tried it and got a corrupt zip file, just like you describe.

    I never test in IE and feel I shouldn't have to ;-) People coming here should know better. http://www.getfirefox.com.

    Regardless, I'll figure out what's up with my server (probably a MIME-type or some error) and fix it. Thanks for the info! :-)
  • trisweb Administrator
    It was a problem with mod_deflate gziping the output. Browsers are supposed to handle that, but IE has bugs (gee, what a surprise) that make it ignore compression on certain types. So that zip file you got is actually just a .zip in a .gz file, if you `gunzip` it first it becomes a valid zip.

    But since that's not right, I added an exception for IE to my mod_deflate configuration so everything should now be normal. Thanks for reporting this!

    OH -- and seriously, STOP using IE already. Why does anyone (you) (yes, you) still use it??? http://www.getfirefox.com
  • thinkdreams Member
    Wow. You really feel quite strongly about IE don't you. ;)

    (Not that I blame you. I cannot stand IE either.)
  • trisweb Administrator
    I do feel quite strongly about it, yes; as a programmer I'm appalled that other programmers made such a low quality product. It's like people driving around a 10-year-old beat-up car that can only go 40 miles per hour, breaks down every ten minutes, doesn't have a radio, and is put together with duct tape (coughCSS hackscough) when you could get a souped-up fire-orange Ferarri (FIREFOX) for FREE. Or a nice Honda Accord (Safari) or maybe a Toyota Camry (Opera), all for free, but no, people just keep on drivin the junker. I just don't understand it, and it's such a pain in the rear for web developers that I feel like speaking my mind about it sometimes, especially when I find another "new" bug. It's just an unacceptable quality level. Even IE 7 doesn't make it much better, so don't bother, just use Firefox, Safari, Opera, whatever, anything but Internet Explorer.
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