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Cut and paste one line of code to make any website editable

by Patrick Altoft on July 7, 2008

Have you ever wanted to edit the web pages of another website? This simple line of code makes it possible.

Of course you can’t actually edit the actual web page but you can edit the page as you see it on your screen.

This is one of the ways scammers create fake screenshots, fake Adsense & affiliate earnings and even fake Paypal transactions.

All you need to do is visit the site you want to edit, paste the code below into your web browser address bar (tested in Firefox & IE7) and hit the Enter button.
Then simply select a portion of text on the page and start editing.

javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

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1 Silki 07/07/2008 at 10:39 am

Now, I understand, how the affiliate marketers, and the authors of the million dollar secret formula actually operate.
Thanks.

2 Rob Lewis 07/07/2008 at 12:22 pm

That’s quite scary - I knew it was possible by altering the HTML and resaving somewhere, or by doing some Photoshopping, but that’s just much simpler.

3 Stuart Smith 07/07/2008 at 1:48 pm

Like Rob I knew it could done but never realised how quick it could be. I suppose this is just one of a number of ways it could be done though. Guessing the lesson here is always beware what links you are sent?

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