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

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

BY Patrick Altoft AT 9:30am ON Monday, 7 July 2008

Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Branded3 and has worked in the SEO industry for over 10 years. With experience across some of the worlds largest brands as well as startup businesses Patrick is well known in the industry and speaks regularly at the major SEO conferences and events. Follow Patrick on Twitter or Google+

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Lewiss

I dont understand how to edit the website or what to do helppppp
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Hmmmm…I’ve never heard about this before,
I’ll try it on my blog :D
jowanie

Pleas provide me a code on how to update the edited website
Nicole

it is easy as 123 and abc that is how i now good luck everyone
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Cool, I’ll try it later :)
none

How do you save it
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Very interesting bit of code there. I tried it and found it working. I could actually edit websites. Great post!
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Hi there, never new you could do this, thank you for posting.
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hey i love doing it.
noname

How would you make the changes permanent??????
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how do after change the website how can submit or publish it editable page
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wow thats really nice and scary as well. being a webmaster i am afraid of it. i dont know how many such tricks exist. will try it
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Damn! Thats just made a whole lot of things make a whole lot of sense! Thats how they do it! Thank you so much.
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I think there is nothing to be afraid of this since web hosting providers are all patching up their systems to get around this security flaw.
tito

well i try it but it didnt really work for me it dint safe what i had change how can i safe the things i change?
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keep it up
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i want 2 edit my website
mishahri

isnt it sooooo bogus…it doesnt save
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what i wanted to do, was get google maps, still the same and stuff, execpt i wanted to change the look at name of it for my own website, for E.G: prank maps, ghost maps, you get the idea?
Anonymous

Guys, you realize this is all just for fun…. once you reload the page, it goes back to normal. did you really think it would be THAT simple to edit any text?
MeEeEeEe

OMg….. i used this to edit a website that has ” you can’t see content. fill survey.”box. i deleted it and everything was working. it cool little code.
Bob

When you're done, you should add:
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='false'; document.designMode='on'; void 0
jugheads

this is how big websites can edit their sites… i wonder what i could do to club penguin >:D
joel

screenshot
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my browser did not sarch for it
Truman Capote the Triastermon

If you could save this then so many websites would die. You can not safe this.
You Guys Are Idiots

HI EVERYONE. Just so you know, changing “true” to “false” doesn’t actually work. You CANOT SAVE THESE. It’s just meant to play a prank or so that you can take a screenshot and mindfuck someone.

For christ’s sake it’s NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
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This is a great piece of code and something i was unaware of till now. I’m not new to web editing as such but this is new to me and very cool.
John

can I edit a website on a mac? I already tried and I can’t. I don’t know if I am doing something wrong or I just can’t do it on a mac.
rei

I’m doing my thesis.Graduating BSCS.How can I make a website that is all editable and save changes afterwards….and editing is only allowable upon login of admin….Thanks
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Hello,

Here is a service that can make any site editable:
http://www.coretal.net/

Also, there is a screencast showing how it works:
http://www.vimeo.com/21781218

Regards.
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http://google.co.uk kieran c

this dont work i ut it in and it says it cant show the page help me
Jan

or you can save the page(.htm or .html)
and edit the page with notepad.. works like javascript but better. this is how other people get website templates.
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Hi

To save work press FN+ Print Screen. Open up paint. Paste it in!
http://www.ebook-review.org/author/admin/ Alberto Seaburg

Hello
I wasent looking for that but still a great post

how did you guys found this information??thank you for your blog I saw it on Google And I saved it .I like. Please send me updates

thank you and have a nice day
Jay

im trying it but it doesn’t work someone help me!!!
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A cute browser trick that makes for some good practical jokes, but the usefulness in real situations is of course limited. Still, it’s a good lesson in browser capabilities ofr noobs.
Lainey

Hey I used to love this trick but it’s not working for me anymore. On Chrome and Safari when I hit enter it just takes me to a search engine now! And on Firefox it’s just plainly not working.

Anyone know why it’s not working anymore? PLEASE email me: fighttheprocess@live.com
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it doesn’t work it sends me to a new page giving a search on what document.body.contentEditable=’true’; document.designMode=’on’; void 0 is…. how can it work? + i use firefox…..
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This is great for playing tricks on people, a very cool little tool.
gorillabond

Wont work on Firefox 8 ;(
Jimmy

This code used to work for me, but not anymore :(
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Perhaps it stopped working because I just tried it and nothing happens. I tried it on both firefox and chrome.
Ed Kwok

you guys gotta put in a “javascript:documents” etc. (just without quotes) nad that etc of course
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I used this to edit a website that has ” you can’t see content. fill survey.”box. i deleted it and everything was working. it cool little code.
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where do you put it in the bar?
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This is so old and outdated….
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This is great for playing tricks on people, a very cool little tool!
Tabish Khan

It’s not a hack though, because the edit is visible only to the person editting it, not to others :)
Anthony

You can save it… when you are done press prt Sc button on ur keyboard, open paint and press paste and voila. now u press save.

-DeZal
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i tpye in the hack code abd press enter but nothing happenend people tell me what to doi am not that goo at tpyeing these things
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i type in the code and press enter and nothing happened help i really do not know how to do this
miatana

i tried to use the code with my school website to change my grade but it is not working. i am in college by the way so all the grades are posted in the school website. any help ? please? thank you
wow

guys. you have to type in javascript: with a space after the : and THEN type the rest of it omg
roli

it remains same after i come back or reload can u plz tell me a permanent one the sent it to ankuroli28@gmail.com
George Morgan

If you’re on Chrome, press Ctrl Shift and J and paste it in there, then press Enter.
ryguy808

code does not work if you just put it in the search…

1. Go to edit HTML

2. Insert The Code

3. Edit the website however you want it

4 Click done to finish edit and refresh to save changes

Your Welcome!
http://www.facebook.com/charles.wallace.3367 Charles Wallace

You can’t make the changes permanent. Javascript is purely client-side, though it can be used to send things to the server. It just edits what you’re seeing, not anybody else.
http://twitter.com/joeyvend Joey

works in safari (on Windows computer) in address bar. No Shift Ctrl FN Hit 3 , then do 5 jumping jacks, just download Safari and put the code in address bar.
J S

you have to type by hand the ‘javascript:’ but you can copy and paste the document.body…

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