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Posted by Jonathan Washburn on 04/08/2008 12:03 PM

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Originally posted at: jonwashburn: Cool little message hidden inside a page's source code

14 Comments on Cool little message hidden inside a page's source code

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I know a magic company site (theory11) that hides secret urls to contests within their source. It's a pretty neat way to connect to users that are curious "lurkers" and fans.

Hi Jonathan--

I'm confused. Did you mean the source code in our boxes, when we're blogging or updating our profiles? And what message???

Sorry if this sounds overly stupid; i'm just starting out with this...

Love it!

I like finding snippets like that.

BTW: Love the Bus!

We talked motorcycles over dinner - do we need to meet and talk busses too?

My 72

Last December in my '72 - I wore the outfit everyday to the office - NOT!

I'm going to start putting more comments in my html.

You guys are a little too technical for some of us. But I'll figure it out.

Jonathan- I agree. Learn from my code, but don't steal my combinations. I believe that could be interpreted as intellectual property. Katerina

Katie, yes it was a nice little surprise. I felt very connected to the page creator!

Catarina, this was a very "geeky" post and it should have had an explanation. It was the page source for a web page. If you right click on a web page you can see the pages source code.

Mike, I am glad you like it! I spent a good amount of time designing the header yesterday. I have never owned a vw bus, but would like to at some point. The closest I ever came was a 1972 Chevy Blazer with the back seats ripped out and amattress put in their place.

I don't understand a darn thing about what your post means or the comments. I am code deficient.

This reminded me of this find a few weeks ago when trying to figure out wtf these people were thinking, design wise:

<META NAME="Cybermagic-Telekinesis" content="This webpage will bring victorious karma 'n' shit to the Red Sox.">

When I sold my bus to a kid in Redmond his mom said "I don't believe I'm allowing my son to get a car with a bed in it"

Hummm, I did find the message in the code with a bit of help from my 15 year old behind me. Interesting thing to add to your code.

Christine, :) I wouldn't worry about it. It wasn't important.

Ben, What a crazy site... What a crazy city. - Let me tell you, that mom made a bad freakin' decision...

Karen, Yeah I thought it was cute.

I see you don't own a VW bus - just as well. I like that yellow thing!

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I'm so lost. Help.

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reminds me of the secret decoder ring I used to get as a kid inside the box of lucky charms. I see they still are making them both! LOL!~ This was great Jon, thanks! I added a secret message for those who view my source code, I got the idea from one of Mikey Muellers posts a while back! :-))

<Object and Point> This Code when copied <H T M L> and placed on any Webpage <p>Will cause your hard drive <%&/> to fail permanently</a> <End Object and Point> Don't believe me? Just try it and see!! <end>

I had to remove it because if someone's hard drive actually crashed after visiting my source code, I didn't want to have any evidence left behind for possible liability! haha! :-)

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