Instructions:
Determine the files you would like to upload. Place them into ONE folder and "zip" them into a single self contained file you can select from the "Browse" button on the web form.
"Archiving files" and folders creates a copy of the items in a single compressed file. Archived files take up less disk space than uncompressed files, so archiving is useful for making backup copies of your data or sending information over the Internet.
On MacOSX
1.) Select an item or items in the Finder.
2.) From File Menu Choose ---> Create Archive...
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3). You can just "right click" or "control key + click" on the item to popup a menu with the archive command.
If you archive a single item, the archived file has the name of the original item with a ".zip" extension. If you archive multiple items at once, the archived file is called Archive.zip.
When the archived file is opened, it is replaced by a folder that contains uncompressed copies of the original items.
On A PC you can use WinZip or other utilities which work similarly to the above.
Any questions can be directed to here,
or call us at 314-773-2400
Huh?
(here's more info than you probably ever wanted)
The internet is a network that was originally designed for sending text messages between computers. Text messages need only 7-bits of data, so many internet gateways are 7-bits wide by default. Most non-text files that we use are 8-bits wide. If 8-bit wide files are sent through the internet, they can lose 1/8th of their content and be rendered unusable. It's a bit like sending a big truck through a small tunnel. There are ways to perform a 'binary' transfer via the internet which forces the file to be sent through an 8-bit wide gateway (a bigger tunnel), but the most common way to get around this "bit-width" problem is to encode the 8-bit wide file into a 7-bit wide format (actually a text format). This process will actually make the file bigger in file-length. ENCODING IS NOT COMPRESSION!
For Mac users, using Stuffit is the standard method to send as 7-bit encoded format because it preserves that Mac resource fork, as well as the data fork. Stuffit files usually have a '.sit' suffix but via prefererences, optionally can be saved as BinHex .hqx (an older Unix encoding not necessarily required anymore) or a .sea suffix which is a Self Extracting Archive meaning you can send the file to somebody who does not have stuffit and it will self expand itself. Again that's not usually required as Stuffit Expander application ships with MacOS.
As for PC files...By their very nature all PC files are 7-bit data files. They do not utilize an 8th bit to display icons an such. PCs have always utilized extensions to display proper icon and for opening in correct application. While it's generally perfectly safe to send PC files via the net, it just makes common sense to archive you "project" into a single arvhive file. For one reason you'll get overall faster upload tiime becase both Stuffit and WinZip will try to compress your files as best they can. They can generally decreas file sizes about 25% but depending on files type as much as 50%. Also it just makes common sense to take a project which usually is made up of several files, (quark layout, placed logo or photos and fonts) and collect them into on easy to transport file.
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