[wp-forums] Working on a "Master List" for 3.3

Otto otto at ottodestruct.com
Wed Nov 2 15:23:54 UTC 2011


On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:03 AM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net> wrote:
> What about adding something that deals with the "Incompatible archive:
> PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record
> signature" message? That's a hosting/connection issue (as I understand it),
> so it's not covered by the other 2 scenarios. something along the lines of:
>
> "Contact your hosts for assistance. Or try downloading the plugin's archive
> to your computer, unpacking it and upload the files and/or folder inside to
> wp-content/plugins using FTP or whatever file management application your
> host provides."

That's not a 3.3 specific issue, that happens when they get a bad ZIP
file download for whatever reason.

Also, they can use the built in uploader
(/plugin-install.php?tab=upload) to upload ZIP files instead of using
FTP.

-Otto


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