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The screenshot is fabricated. I created a test account on jimdo (the platform used to create their website) and tested to see how the protected section works. Ends up you have to specify a page that the protected area will redirect to. It wouldn't make sense that it would allow you to create a page named 'protected' since that would result in a circular reference... meaning you'd be stuck in an endless loop == bad. So the screenshot has been fabricated because the URL doesn't make sense. Once having logged in, the www.cometpingpong.com/protected redirects you to a specified page... something like www.cometpingpong.com/custompage.
v/TheGrimReader is a fraud, troll, shill... thread https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1456479 compromised. Might still be a lot of good info in there but in no way should you trust v/TheGrimReader.
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NerdyNoodle ago
There is no page named "protected". It is a DIRECTORY named "protected", as evidenced by the trailing "/" in the URL The displayed page is probably "index.php" or "default.php" but the name of the default index page will not necessarily show in the address bar if you access it using the trailing "/" I am a webmaster too so I know these things.
siriansun ago
ok, well, try to build a jimdo site that proves that the behavior picture in the screenshot and prove it wrong. Should be easy peasy for you right? Not saying you're wrong, I just want to see it in action. Software developer here with quite a bit of experience in web dev... none with jimdo though. Give it a shot and let us know how you make out.
NerdyNoodle ago
Hmmm, you seem to be correct. My guess is that the software works differently on the paid version with its own domain. However, with the free version, if the password protected area is in a subdirectory, the system does not add the "-1" Which really means nothing because in Sye Phan's image there is no subdirectory.
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Also in the free version you can't password protect the uploaded files individually, there is a disclaimer to that effect in the admin panel:
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I really don't think it's necessarily a fake. I think it's very possible that the paid version of the software runs differently. Also, a skilled coder could easily change the "-1" behavior by adjusting the coding accordingly. If they are doing what we think they are doing, then I don't think they would have any scruples about modifying the Jimdo software running on their own server.
jmbatl ago
Yes, and aliases can be set up to display anything you want for a given destination. The underlying page being hit is a product of the way it is coded /protected/ goes to index.php and logged in can easily redirect to something else. I would have to see it at the source level of an install, but it's trivial to set up aliases to hide any given info from appearing in a URL -- just like the URL for this thread /v/pizzagate/1458145 - it just translates the number and passes to a script to give you the given thread and still leaves the URL alone.