Ken Lyle wrote:
WHY do the unzip locally, when it seems faster and more reliable to explode the archive on the server?
In a 'perfect world' extracting the package locally and FTPing to your host should work.
I guess these instructions still stand because some hosts don't, believe it or not, have the option for users to extract files server side.
I agree, extracting server side is the best option, and usually after failed attempts per the 'standard instructions', that's what we suggest when the option is available.