[PLUG-TALK] Comcast web space changes

[Alex LeDonne]

On Nov 6, 2007 8:32 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
> Recently, Comcast made a big deal about upgrading the amount of space
> available for users to put up web pages. Today I started a new Comcast
> site and found a number of directories there that weren't present in
> other Comcast sites I've built. Their names are:
>
> _private
> _vti_bin
> _vti_cnf
> _vti_log
> _vti_pvt
> _vti_txt
>
> I tried to look at the ftp upload site for my other web site, but for
> some reason, Konqueror (which is what I use for ftp) keeps sending me to
> the new site, so I can't tell if those directories were added to my old
> site, too.
>
> The names are somewhat self-explanatory, but not completely. Does anyone
> know what they're for? Is this some indication that Comcast will start
> supporting more advanced web design?

Two (and a half?) words: FrontPage Extensions.