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3. If this does not work, it is quite possible that your browser is “remembering” something about the URL that is interrupting you now. So, try emptying your browser’s cache or history. Use your Internet detective skills to search for directions, referencing the browser that you are using, and/or check out these excellent SUNY resources @ http://wiki.sln.suny.edu/x/5IA3excellent SUNY Resources.
What happens when a link doesn’t work?
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a. Try clicking on a little shield to the right of the URL in your browser window. Then click to allow mixed content, in the window that opens. VIsit Visit a brief tutorial on this process here: http://screencast.com/t/77sR8DDk87. (Note that the information is relevant to any website that you may be trying to access with Firefox.)
b. If you do not see a shield in your browser window, try clicking on the little icon to the left of your URL in the browser window. Pull it down, to show the options for viewing this site. Then click the Permissions to Allow Pop-up Windows:
c. OR click to your Firefox Preferences, then choose Content. Either:
Unclick the Block Pop-up Windows option:
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OR - from the Content area - click EXCEPTIONS, then add the URL of the site from which you want to turn off pop-ups to the ADDRESS OF WEBSITE area. (See image to the right.)
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2. Try clicking on the little icon to the left of your URL in the browser window. Pull it down, to show the Permissions for viewing this site. Skim down, to locate the Popups option. Then click to “Always allow on this site.” (See images below. The image to the left shows what the permissions will look like before you re-set them. The image to the right shows which item to choose from the pull-down menu.)
3. Or, as needed, use the more detailed directions to change your Chrome settings here.
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JUST SAY NO! This is not the strategy that you want to use. Today’s browsers are more than search tools...they are working hard to keep your system protected (of course, while they track your every move!). So...work with your browser, use its protections, and get 21st c. smart by doing so!
This work is licensed by K. Gradel under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Note that screenshots have been made by K. Gradel from the noted websites.
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