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When I log in I get a message saying I need to accept cookies

The website requires you to set up cookies. A cookie is a small text file that sits on your computer. Each time you log on to the student website, the cookie holds information about the time you logged in and the pages you have looked at. Without the cookie the website cannot work.

Cookies are set up automatically within your web browser. The web browser is the program you use to access the internet. Most people using a PC use either Internet Explorer or Firefox. People using a MAC usually use Internet Explorer or Safari. In the browser settings, it may have been set to disallow cookies. If this is the case, when you log on to the website you will be prompted to allow cookies before you can access the course pages. Instructions for allowing cookies on the website are below.

First determine which internet browser you are using. To work out which browser you normally use, look at the icon (small picture) on your computer that you click on to open the internet. If the icon is a small blue "e" you are using Internet Explorer. If the icon is a small globe with an orange picture on top of it you are using Firefox.

Firefox
 

  1. Open Firefox

  2. Click Tools on the top menu bar

  3. Click Options

  4. Click Privacy

  5. Click the Cookies tab

  6. To allow cookies from all sites, tick the checkbox besides "Allow sites to set cookies"

  7. If you only want certain sites to use cookies, click the Exceptions button

  8. Where it says "Address of web site" enter the following address: www.wannabeadoula.com

  9. Click Allow

The website should now allow you to open all the pages that require cookies. 

Internet Explorer
 

  1. Open Internet Explorer

  2. Click Tools on the top menu bar

  3. Click Internet Options

  4. Click Privacy

  5. In the Settings portion, click Advanced

  6. You will see First party cookies has three options – accept, block or prompt.

  7. To always accept cookies from all sites, click beside Accept

  8. To be prompted as to whether or not cookies should be allowed, click Prompt.

  9. Choose the same option for third party cookies.

  10. To allow all cookies all the time, just click in the checkbox besides "Always allow session cookies".

  11. Click OK

  12. Click OK

The website should now allow you to open all the pages that require cookies.

Apple Mac Safari

 

  1. Open Safari

  2. Click Safari on the top menu bar

  3. Click Preferences

  4. Click the circle beside "Always in the Accept Cookies" section if you want all cookies to be allowed

  5. Click the circle beside "Only from sites you navigate to" if you only want cookies to be accepted when you have gone to a specific site rather than allowing advertisements

The website should now allow you to open all the pages that appear in pop up windows. 

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