ZIP file Uploads Allowed

Authors may attach files to their submission that have been ‘compressed’ (e.g., zip files).  This allows Authors to upload several files at once, rather than having to upload one file at a time.  It also enables a faster upload of a large single file.  The system will automatically ‘unpack’ or ‘un-zip’ the file, so that the individual file(s) can be attached to the submission. 

‘Compressed files’ refer to any files created by a ‘packing’ utility, such as PKZip or WinZip.  A compressed file may consist of a single file, or multiple files.  The primary purpose of ‘zipping’ or ‘compressing’ files is to reduce the overall file size, thus facilitating faster transmittal.  The following compressed file formats are supported:

-          Zip – such as WinZIP

-          tar.gz – this is a UNIX file compression utility