Install a new skin?

Hey i just got a VPS with DirectAdmin and i made some modifications on a style but to upload the style and install it you must have it in the format .tar.gz right? did not work with .rar and .zip anyway. But how do i get it to that file type so i can install it? im using windows.

I dont know any programs to zip in tar.gz on windows. You can just upload the files like normal then do:

Jirendi said:

Hey i just got a VPS with DirectAdmin and i made some modifications on a style but to upload the style and install it you must have it in the format .tar.gz right? did not work with .rar and .zip anyway. But how do i get it to that file type so i can install it? im using windows.

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You can use 7-Zip program.

7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license.

The main features of 7-Zip - File archiver and compressor:

* High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
* Supported formats:
o Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
o Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
* For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
* Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
* Self-extracting capability for 7z format
* Integration with Windows Shell
* Powerful File Manager
* Powerful command line version
* Plugin for FAR Manager
* Localizations for 69 languages

7-Zip works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista.

Homepage: http://www.7-zip.org/
Download: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Or 7-Zip Portable
Download: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/7-zip_portable