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Is there any way to see hidden content on a website maybe hidden cloudfront links?


I know this might sound a bit crazy but is there any way to see hidden content on a website? For example have a look here http://99designs.com/web-design/contests/website-design-wanted-degrees-inc-233084 . Is there a way to see the hidden images. I saw the source code and I think there is something with cloudfront system.

Any help will be appreciated Thank you


Solution

  • It depends on how they have 'hidden' the content:

    • If they just use display: none; or visibility: hidden; (i.e. they sytlistically hide it) then you can't see it as the browser won't render the item, but it will still exist in the HTML; if it's an image, the link to the image will be valid, or if it is text you can just read it.

    • In your example, they are using some server-side code to limit what is actually emitted into HTML - thus there is nothing there. That way people can't just inspect the source and hack around it.