Finder want to use Create Archive to create .zip or some other way

I am trying to make a backup of a folder and would like to use the create archive in finder to create the .zip of the folder, but I can’t figure the applescript out. If there isn’t an easy way of doing it with finders create archive…could someone help me create the .zip file another way, like using a shell command…

You should read the man page for “zip”.