Problems with Zipping theme files

[jomac]

Im having problems with zipping theme files either using the zip facility in Windoze 7 or winzip.

Im modifying a theme, which in itself isnt the issue, when i zip it and then upload the theme to my site, i loose the whole theme, and just get bullet points and text down the left hand side of the page.

At first i thought it was me, corrupting something during the mods im doing, but if i take a standard theme that works on the site, say for example halloween 2010, unzip it to its default folder, and then re-zip it again without altering it in any way, i get the problem described above.

All i want to do with the theme is to alter some of the graphics, still the same size etc, so what am i doing wrong?

Jomac

[Illori]

are you sure you are not "double" foldering the zip you are making? if you are that is the reason.

[jomac]

Could you explain 'double foldering'?

if i take a standard and working theme that is zipped, lets say its called fred, i unzip it, Windows creates its own folder called fred and puts the unzipped files into that, winzip i have to create a new empty folder called fred and unzip the contents into that (in practice ive been giving the unzipped folder a different name, like fred2

then without touching the contents of the folder, i re-zip the folder and upload it in the usual way, only to get this problem

[Illori]

double foldering is when you zip the folder that contains your files in it, you need to zip the files without the folder