# w00t! OMG, I GOT RIPPED!

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**Created:** [December 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/131576 "2004-12-17T01:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ya3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@ya3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ya3)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/w00t-omg-i-got-ripped/131576/1 "2004-12-17T01:09:22Z")

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ROFL! This Spanish guy ripped my site (www.ya3.has.it)! It mysteriously seems to be down at the moment :skull:, but I saved the swf and took some screenshots beforehand 😉

Have a look:

…and the 1mb swf, if anyone’s interested: [http://cinemascorestudios.com/yakub/El](http://cinemascorestudios.com/yakub/El) Rippo!.zip  
_sigh_ they could have at least ripped it _properly_ 😛

The funny thing is, I was actually HELPiNG the guy make this site :ponder:  
It started with the usual “OMG I LOVE YOUR SITE” email, then he started asking me Flash & HTML questions (the usual stuff - fullscreen, preloaders, etc). So we throw emails back & forth and talk over MSN, all the while completely oblivious that he was ripping my site. ANYWAY, one day, I sign in to MSN and he’s offline. But THEN I look at his nickname and see that he was stupid enough to put the **URL** of “his” site in it :huh:

So yeah, I visited it, had a good laugh, notified the host and it was taken down within minutes.

Our latest emails:

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Hi Ya3!!

I did the button with the actionscript of fullscreen and it rules perfect with pop-up killer in its real direction (some like [http://www.myvipcard.com.au/yakub](http://www.myvipcard.com.au/yakub) in your case) but for make the direction shorter we use a subdomain (.tk) and when we enter in the web from this direction the fullscreen doesn’t rules and says: can’t find the web page… I don’t know why happens it… Do you have any idea to solve it???

Thanks for all!! I really like the snow of your web but… Are you in winter in Perth at christmas??

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Pablo,

I think a solution may be to change the URL of the fullscreen.  
In the HTML page, find this:  
window.open(“page.htm”,“”,“fullscreen,scrollbars”)  
Change the “page.htm” to a FULL ADDRESS, for example:  
“[http://website.com/page.htm](http://website.com/page.htm)”.  
This is should fix it, since it works without the .tk. I think the .tk  
is confusing the URLs to the files.

If this doesn’t work (or you don’t understand), just send me the HTML  
files and I’ll have a look.

The music doesn’t seem to be working either. Maybe you could try  
removing it entirely, along with the rest of the site.

I’m disappointed in you.

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I know, I know. I should’ve pwned him… but… :bored: I’m too nice to do that :+)  
Come to think of it, being ripped is quite a compliment. I mean, imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery… and the site gets taken down anyway, so why not enjoy it while it lasts? :drool: