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Using Suse Studio on IE7

May 20, 2010 3:41AM PDT

For a while now, I have been playing with Suse Studio, building my own linux OS. As any experienced user would, I use Firefox and Chrome at home, so I never have issues. At my school, however, they use IE7. I know IE7 works with the site, but they do not support it, so it will not allow me to sign in. I would like to change something in the source code to bypass it checking what browser i am using. The site is: http://susestudio.com/login

the source code is below:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 6]>
<html class="ie ie6">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<html class="ie ie7">
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE Cool>
<html class="ie ie8">
<![endif]-->
<![if !IE]>
<html class="">
<![endif]>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicon.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico">


<link href="http://w1.susestudio.com/stylesheets/base_packaged.css?1274282255" media="screen, projection" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="http://w1.susestudio.com/stylesheets/print_packaged.css?1274282259" media="print" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">



<style type="text/css" media="screen">
#build-button a {
background: url(/images/buildbutton.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
</style>


<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://w2.susestudio.com/javascripts/ie_packaged.js?1274282252" type="text/javascript"></script>
<![endif]-->
<script src="http://w2.susestudio.com/javascripts/firebug/firebugx.js?1274282194" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://w2.susestudio.com/javascripts/base_packaged.js?1274282234" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="http://w2.susestudio.com/javascripts/i18n/gettext.js?1274282194" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script src="http://w2.susestudio.com/javascripts/signin_packaged.js?1274282237" type="text/javascript"></script>


<script type="text/javascript">window._token = 'K2pXjV8veRjr39gGFuc4dcwxCRrxLQwUFD5k61W2pUQ=';</script>

<!-- IE SUCKS -->
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<link href="http://w1.susestudio.com/stylesheets/studio/ie-sucks.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<![endif]-->


<title>Sign in – SUSE Studio</title>


<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/button-shade.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/minibutton-shade.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/info.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/tab.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/radiobutton.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/radiobutton-checked.png">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/spinner-big.gif">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/spinner.gif">
<link rel="prefetch" href="/images/null.gif">

</head>

<body class="account_login">


<div id="offline-mode-warning">
<h3>WARNING: Your browser is in offline mode!</h3>
<p>Your browser is in offline mode and cannot browse the web.</p>
<p>Solution: Uncheck "Work Offline" in the File menu, then try again by reloading the page.</p>
</div>

<div id="guru-meditation" onmouseover="$(this).children('a').show()" onmouseout="$(this).children('a').hide()">
<a class="close" onclick="$(this).parent().hide()" style="display:none">hide</a>
<div onclick="$(this).next().toggle()">
<pre id="guru-meditation-message"></pre>
</div>
<pre id="guru-meditation-backtrace"></pre>
</div>

<div id="page">
<div id="header-wrap">
<div id="header">
<a href="/" id="logo"><img alt="Logo" src="http://w1.susestudio.com/images/logo.png?1274282194"></a>

<span id="userbar">


<span class="help">
<a id="link-help" target="_blank" href="http://en.opensuse.org/SUSE_Studio">Help</a>
</span>

<span class="actions">
<span class="user-signin">
<a href="/login">Create account<span class="separator">/</span>Sign in</a>
</span>

</span>

</span>


</div>
</div>




<div id="content">






<div id="signinform-wrap">
<div class="container-16 clearfix" id="errors">
<noscript>
<div class="grid-10 suffix-3 prefix-3 suffix-3">
<h2>JavaScript is not enabled</h2>
<p>
SUSE Studio requires JavaScript to be enabled to function. Please turn on JavaScript in your browser's settings and <a href=>follow this link</a> (or reload the page) to continue.
</p>
</div>
</noscript>

<div id="cookiesRequired" class="grid-10 suffix-3 prefix-3 suffix-3">
<h2>Browser cookies are required</h2>
Sorry, but SUSE Studio requires cookies to be enabled. Please turn on cookie support and try again.
</div>

<div id="unsupported" class="grid-10 suffix-3 prefix-3 suffix-3">
<h2>Your browser is not supported</h2>

<p>
We have detected that the browser you are using <span id="browser-string"></span>is not supported.
</p>

<p>
Currently we only support
<a href="http://getfirefox.com/">Firefox</a>,
<a href="http://apple.com/safari/">Safari</a>,
<a href="http://google.com/chrome/">Chrome</a> (and other WebKit browsers) and
<a href="http://opera.com/">Opera</a>.
</p>

<p id="ie-only" class="hidden">
Right now Internet Explorer simply does not work. <em>This includes versions 6, 7, and 8.</em> (We do plan on supporting Internet Explorer 7 and 8 sometime in the not-too-distant future.)
</p>

<p id="konq-only" class="hidden">
Recent versions of Konqueror are now <em>almost</em> working with Studio. We plan on looking into what we can to do make it compatible. Thanks for being patient!
</p>

<p>
SUSE Studio <em>will</em> support more browsers in the near future. For now, we suggest switching to a supported browser.
</p>
</div>
</div>

<div id="signinform">

<div class="container-16 clearfix" id="signin-top">

<div class="hidden" id="signin-busy">
<h2 class="busy">Starting sign in process...</h2>

<div class="tip">
<p>
We're contacting your OpenID provider.<br>(This may take a few moments.)
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="prefix-3 grid-10 suffix-3" id="signin-form">
<h2>Already have a SUSE Studio account?</h2>


<div class="row pad-left-6 pad-bottom-4 tip">
Click a button to sign in.
</div>

<div id="OIDother" class="signin-form clearfix pad-left-6">
<span class="block">
<a id="OIDnovell" rel="http://novell.com/openid">Novell</a>
</span>
<span class="block">
<a id="OIDgoogle" rel="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id">Google</a>
</span>
<span class="block">
<a id="OIDyahoo" rel="http://yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</a>
</span>
<span class="block">
<a id="OID">OpenID</a>
</span>
</div>

<form action="/login" class="pad-left-6" id="OIDform" method="post"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="K2pXjV8veRjr39gGFuc4dcwxCRrxLQwUFD5k61W2pUQ="></div> <div id="signin-openid" class="signin-form hidden">
<div class="row">
<label for="openid-custom" class="spacer">
Your OpenID:
</label>

<input type="text" name="openid-custom" id="openid-custom" class="form-text text-half-left" size="30" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="openid_url" id="openid_url" size="30" value="">
<input type="submit" name="signin" value="Sign in" class="primary button-half-right" id="OIDsubmit">
</div>


<!--
<div class="row pad-top-4 pad-bottom-2">
<span class="spacer"></span>
You can sign in to many different sites using just one OpenID.
</div>

<div class="row">
<span class="spacer"></span>
<a href="#signin-moreinfo" class="help-link" id="signin-moreinfo-link">Read more…</a>
</div>
-->

<div id="msg-email-wrap" class="row pad-top-4">
<div id="msg-email" class="message warning hidden">
<p>
<strong>Please note</strong>: This form is <strong>for OpenIDs only</strong>, <strong><em>not</em> email addresses</strong>. You can click a logo above to sign in using (or to create and use) an account with Novell, Google (using a Gmail or Google Mail account), or Yahoo! (using a Yahoo! Mail or Flickr account).
</p>
<p>
Otherwise, please use an OpenID account in this form.
</p>
</div>
</div>

</div>

</form>
<div id="signin-moreinfo" class="hidden">
<h2 class="grid-12 prefix-2 suffix-2" align="center">OpenID information
</h2>
<div class="grid-6 prefix-2">
<p>
<a href="http://openid.net/" target="_blank">OpenID</a> simplifies signing in across several sites and having to remember <em>yet another</em> username and password.
</p>

<p>
The sign in process starts on SUSE Studio. You are then redirected to another site where you will enter your username and password. Afterward, you will be returned to SUSE Studio, signed in, ready to make an appliance.
</p>
</div>

<div class="grid-6">
<p>
You may use the account links above or use a custom <a href="http://openid.net/get/" target="_blank">OpenID provider</a>. It's provided by several websites, so you may already have an OpenID!
</p>

<p>A few examples are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Wordpress: <b>username</b>.wordpress.com</li>
<li>AIM / AOL: openid.aol.com/<b>screenname</b></li>
<li>LiveJournal: <b>username</b>.livejournal.com</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="row prefix-3 grid-6 suffix-7" id="signin-problem">
<a href="/account/help" class="block icon help">Need help signing in?</a>
</div>
</div>

<div class="container-16 clearfix">
<div class="grid-12 prefix-2 suffix-2" id="signup">
<div class="notice">
<h2>Still need an account?</h2>
<p>We're adding capacity to SUSE Studio as fast as we can. Sign up now to get in line and receive your invitation as soon as possible.</p>

<form action="/account/signup" method="post"><div style="margin:0;padding:0;display:inline"><input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="K2pXjV8veRjr39gGFuc4dcwxCRrxLQwUFD5k61W2pUQ="></div>
<div class="row">
<label><span class="spacer">Your email:</span> <input class="form-text text-half-left" id="email" name="email" size="30" type="text" value=""></label>
<input class="form-button button-half-right" name="commit" type="submit" value="Request invitation">
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div><!--signup-->

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