Basic Mission 4

[s3ction3]

gahhh, i edited the source code but when i hit send passowrd to sam it just gives me a blank webpage with some chinese characters on it. these are not the password though. and if they're not some crzy language that looks like chinese then what are they?

[Defience]

gahhh, i edited the source code but when i hit send passowrd to sam it just gives me a blank webpage with some chinese characters on it. these are not the password though. and if they're not some crzy language that looks like chinese then what are they?

Interesting.....I tested it and the mission is working fine and no.....nothings in chinese

[Bodsda]

I just read through this thread and was a little astonished to be honest. Don't expect HTS to hand you wisdom on a golden pillow, go to google and do some searches. This is the first missions so far that you even need HTML knowledge for, the previous three were just searching.

I have noticed some people even unaware of how to change the source code, so i thought i would touch on that side quickly (I dont intend on this being a spoiler, but any mods please double check it to your standards, thank you)

The source code for a website is written in HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, www.w3schools.com/html
To host a website, a server somewhere must have the code, so a file containing the code is on the server, and when people wish to view it, their browser requests the page from the server, the server (depending on the permissions set on said page) will respond by giving the browser the code. So in essence you have the website in your browser. To edit it: (haha im not actually going to give you this one on a plate). How do you edit anything else you dont own? If you open a colleagues file over the network its unlikely that you can change it until you **** it. And how do you normally **** anything else? Thats right you go to the **** **** and click on ****.

Get acquainted with your browser, go click on stuff, google, learn. You dont need to be a web developer to get this stuff (so far).

[Monica]

I believe the above post is one of the best posts in this thread. Hopefully it will point users to the right direction.

Thank you!

[radicool_systemite]

I believe the above post is one of the best posts in this thread. Hopefully it will point users to the right direction.

Ha, I don't think so. For example...

Don't expect HTS to hand you wisdom on a golden pillow

I'm an American! How do you expect me to get by without golden pillows? I suppose the wisdom part is probably important too, but I want my gad dam golden pillows!

[mbaron1216]

I believe the above post is one of the best posts in this thread. Hopefully it will point users to the right direction.

Ha, I don't think so. For example...

Don't expect HTS to hand you wisdom on a golden pillow

I'm an American! How do you expect me to get by without golden pillows? I suppose the wisdom part is probably important too, but I want my gad dam golden pillows!

bahahahaha


BEFORE YOU READ ON, I URGE YOU TO LEARN HTML BASICS. THERE WAS A VERY GOOD LINK A FEW POSTS ABOVE. IF YOU HAVE A MYSPACE AND LOOK AT THE CODES OFTEN OR HAVE "TWEAKED" THE CODES IN YOUR MYSPACE TO BETTER FIT YOU, THEN THIS WILL BE EASIER THAN A SLICE OF PIE WITH A WAR CUP OF HOT COCOA

Sorry about the caps, but I gotta get you to read it some way lol


okay what I'm going to do for you guys is walk you through it WITHOUT any spoilers. you're going to have to use common sense in order to understand what I am saying. k?? ready? GO!

1)In the last mission (assuming you did it) you learned quite a bit from the source code. WHAT you learned I will not specify. THIS IS NOT YOUR GOLDEN PILLOW (think of it as a copper pillow :p )
2)Thinking back, you had to do some digging in order to find what you were looking for. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
3)Sam has set up a button that will save his ass by sending him his password. In order for this button to work right, it needs some type of CODE that will know where to send it to.
4) Realizing this, you have to think about how you can alter that CODE to get the password. IF he has it sending to his email, how would you alter the code so it gives YOU the password and not HIM?
5)Remember, note pad is the best friend of the sorce code, and source code is your best friend.


If I gave away any spoilers i'm sorry, this was only a guide to follow to make the steps easier to understand without giving it away.



GOOD LUCK~

[radicool_systemite]

Hi mbaron,

Thanks for that. I had a bit of a laugh at bodsda's post but in fact after reading his post I realised what I was doing wrong, made a slight change, and was able to complete the mission; despite his/her warnings about no golden pillows, his/her post turned out to be exactly that for me.

I knew what I was meant to do a fair ways back but there was some confusion in my mind about this...

5)Remember, note pad is the best friend of the sorce code, and source code is your best friend.

This hint has been said several times through this thread and I tried it several times but I had the wrong idea about how to use note pad. This is how it did NOT work for me. I copied the source code from the challenge page, pasted it into note pad, made the changes necessary and then tried to save it. However, the only two save options I was given were "plain text" and "all types". People kept saying to use notepad (or firebug which I was not able to download on this public terminal) and sure enough I was right there in note pad but still not quite getting it.

When I tried it the way bodsda suggested, (guessing at what his ****'s meant) I found that the saved page opened automatically in notepad and displayed the page as an actual webpage rather than the saved source code itself.

When you know what you are doing you wonder how others can have so much trouble...

[mbaron1216]

ayep! In notepad, It's all about how you save it. Making it a webpage is the only way. I didn't want to come out and say it directly because I didn't know if it was a spoiler Glad you figured it out though. Myspace really taught me all of this stuff a long time ago-well, the HTML stuff anyway. Those types of site's that allow editing with a script really teach you alot! I know I keep saying this, but it proved to be a very useful tool for the little-young me :p

I'm now into Javascript

[Bodsda]

I'm glad my post has helped people. That was its intention.

A little hint to any new comers: If you dont understand something, ask!

If you have no idea what HTML is, google it, click on the link in my previous post. If you still dont understand post in the forums. No one will have a go at you for seeking knowledge. Not knowing is not a crime, but not wanting to know, is a crime. or at least, it should be.

Also, while notepad will suffice for now, you may want to look into notepad++, this program is an open source (as in free beer) syntax highlighted text editor. Basically its notepad on steroids and it helps immensely when looking at source code. Or if anyone is feeling particularly adventurous go to www.ubuntu.com and try out a free Linux operating system. When it comes to hacking, Linux just wipes the floor with windows. Having said that, it wiped the floor with windows in just about every department except gaming.

Anyway, thanks,

Bodsda

[Defience]

Also, simple javascript works for this.