How can I access a parent DOM from an iframe on a different domain?

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I have a website and my domain is registered through Network Solutions (who I would not recommend). I'm using their Web Forwarding feature which allows me to "mask" my domain so that when a user visits http://lucasmccoy.com they are actually seeing http://lucasmccoy.comlu.com/ through an HTML frame. The advantages of this are that the address bar still shows http://lucasmccoy.com/.

The disadvantages are that I cannot directly edit the HTML page in which the frame is owned. For example, I cannot change the page title or favicon. I have tried doing it like so:

$(function() { parent.document.title = 'Lucas McCoy'; });

But of course this gives me a JavaScript error:

Unsafe JavaScript attempt to access frame with URL http://lucasmccoy.com/ from frame with URL http://lucasmccoy.comlu.com/. Domains, protocols and ports must match.

I looked at this question attempting to do the same thing except the OP has access to the other pages HTML whereas I do not.

Is there anyway in JavaScript/jQuery to make a cross-domain request to the DOM when you don't have access to that domain? Or is this something browsers just will not let happen for security reasons.

You may check this article madskristensen.net/post/…. It's forbidden because security reasons but if you really have to do it there are some workarounds — Claudio Redi
– Claudio Redi, Commented Apr 18, 2010 at 22:23

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-18 22:13:25Z

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No. Most browsers implement the same origin policy.

answered Apr 18, 2010 at 22:13

Quentin

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Kredns Over a year ago

This is what I was afraid of.

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