Handle base64 encoding after compression. Updated documentation. Prep…

…are for release 2.7.1.

Updated documentation and version number for 2.7.0

Forgot to update the version file

Removed version history from script comment. Actually updated the ver…

…sion there too.

Updated link to release

Fix URL for release archive

2.4.3 release

Documentation updates for 2.4.2

Change directory for deployment to succeed

Updated version number