This is a little bit embarrassing… I can’t upload the zip archive files with my presentation materials! Apparently WordPress.com, the host of this blog, does not allow zip files: Accepted Filetypes. My presentation materials include a mixture of PDF files, PowerShell and T-SQL script files, XML deadlock graph files, and a few other file types. I’ll post what I can (the PDF files), now, and then figure out a contingency plan or work-around tomorrow. Any suggestions would be appreciated!
- Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, and Prevention
- Leveraging SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting
I’m assuming you have FTP access. If you do, what I did was create a downloads folder under the wp-content folder and copy my stuff there. Then I just found a download icon on the web, inserted it into my blog entry, and then hyperlinked it to the URL of where I uploaded the file. Here is the link to a post where I did that. My blog is slow and I am in the middle of moving it, so if you can’t see the post just try back the next day.
http://www.ryanjadams.com/index.php/2010/03/lastlogon/
No, I don't have FTP access. While we both use the open source WordPress platform (whose home page is WordPress.org), my site is hosted at WordPress.com. Based on your DNS record, your site is hosted by Media Temple, Inc.. Unfortunately WordPress.com is very restrictive in the types of files that they allow to be uploaded. I finally worked around the limitation with Amazon's S3 service. Thanks though.
Can you post zip file as Filename.zip.txt (or other acceptable extension)?
I didn't try. I wasted quite a bit of time that night before I realized that WordPress.com simply prohibits Zip files. It seemed so absurd that it didn't occur to me that such a restriction would exist. Fortunately I have a solution now, as described here. Thanks!
Hmm, the previous post didn’t go. 2nd try…
Can you do something like append .txt (or other acceptable extension) on to the zip file?
Comments on this blog won't appear until being moderated, a task to which I am finally attending!
.docx is allowed, and that is a zip file under the covers. I wonder what would happen if you created a .docx with just the words “rename me to .zip” on the document, then renamed it to a .zip yourself, added your files, then back to .docx. This would, I bet, bypass any verification that WP is doing on the files while letting you post whatever you want. Just a thought (and a bit of a hack)
That's an intriguing work around.
At one point I was pulling a *.pptx file out of source control and accidentally ended up with three sub-directories and an XML document, but I didn't reach the conclusion of it being an archive file. Thanks for pointing that out! Of course now I've wasted time reading "How to: Manipulate Office Open XML Formats Documents!"
I ended up leveraging Amazon's S3 service, which has worked out pretty well. Thanks for the suggestion all-the-same!