uncompress after upload? no problem

create folders with special permissions? can do.

change default settings? i can do htaccess and php.ini. is that what you mean?

generate the rc file on another system? can YOU do that, and make it available for download (with, if necessary and possible, a separate textfile to adjust configs after generation?)? OR, can you post instructions so i can generate on my Windows pc, and upload to linux host? (but a pre-generated download would be sweeter).

thanks