From this, it's easy to see why Mike and Sulley chose it as their alma mater. "Our methods are strenuous, but our tradition is truly great," says the incredibly detailed site, which is reminiscent of the one Pixar created for WALL-E's Buy N Large back in 2008.
Not to give away too much of the fun, but there are dozens of pages with info on campus life, academic specialties, even reassurances for monster parents. And, of course, a university store where you can buy genuine MU gear (order fulfilment via the Disney Store).
Once you get past the homepage, you'll see on the left sidebar a link to a password-protected login page, which methinks holds untold goodies. If you find your way in, please share your discoveries!
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It's AWESOME!!! I'm buying the crap out of that store!! I'm glad they're using this kind of marketing, since 2008's BnL site was incredible (more like really credible) and it's a shame they took it away.
I'm not a coding expert, but the HTML coding on the login page looks like whatever you type in generates the 'false' phrase. Also the response is instant, so it doesn't look like it's checking for a database or anything. I could be wrong... but this is what I think.
I'm sure they'll change this closer to release and make it hide some cool goodies... maybe.
Pixar does know how to make a good viral campaign.
Steven, I think you're correct. The form looks to be hardcoded to always fail the login attempt. If you locally modify the HTML to return true it redirects to 404.html, the form's default success action.
This is the code for the login button
At the moment, it just displays an error message when submitted.
If you have tried logging in less than 3 times, it displays the message "M.U. Net ID Not Found.<br>Please Try Again"
Otherwise, it displays the message "Please Contact Administrator"
As Steven M says, this might be a placeholder that they change later on.
A bit late now, but to where can I suggest an MU.in program? Northeastern University call their first semester overseas program NU.in.
If you have the password as "mu" it will show the please contact administrator sign
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