Check-In Post - December 26th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: No question, but HAPPY HOLIDAYS!


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

There's little point in joining a website you might never use again. Plus they all use cookies, and you can do without getting more of those on your computer. I try to clear them off mine every week or so.

Hope the pattern works well with the materials you're using!

[wiseheart]

Err... I know I'm a techno-wheenie, but how do you clear off cookies?

[badly_knitted]

I think it depends on what browser you use. I can do it on Microsoft edge, but I'm not sure if it works on all browsers. If I have a window open, I right click on the arrow that takes you back to a previous page, select Manage History, which takes me to that page, then click the little dustbin icon that says Delete Browsing History if you hover your cursor over it. Then it's just a case of selecting what you want to delete.

I think in older versions, I had to go to the three little dots in the top righthand corner of the browser window and look through all the options until I found Delete Browsing History, then select what I wanted to delete, usually browsing history, download history, cached images, and cookies. It can sign you out of various sites though, so you need to know your passwords to log back in again.

[wiseheart]

Oh, thanks. I'll have to find where it is on Firefox.

[badly_knitted]

Ah, Firefox! I don't use it, but I do have it on my computer.

Open the browser and look at the top righthand corner, there are three short lines, one under another. Click on that, go down to History on the menu and click on that. Then click Clear Recent History. It'll give you some options for what you want to clear. Go for Browsing History, Cookies, and Cache. Select your time range, then just click OK and it will clear all the junk you don't need. I clear my browser history daily, that stuff mounts up. Might make your computer run a bit better. Cookies I clear weekly because having to log in everywhere again can be a pain. It doesn't always log me out of everywhere, but...

Anyway, you should clear everything cookie-wise to start with, and browsing history too, then just keep on top of it by regularly clearing it. You might have to allow certain cookies again, but you can usually reject cookies if they're offered.

[wiseheart]

Thank you, I'll give it a try... as soon as I've gathered my courage that always leaves me when I have to do something with the dratted PC.

[badly_knitted]

Take heart that it's not as difficult as it sounds. Mostly it's just ticking boxes and clicking a button. You can do it! I know you can, because I can.

[sister_raphael]

I'm a firefox user! In your internet setting on your computer (not the firefox settings) you should have the option to delete cookies automatically at whatever intervals you choose- every time/ weekly etc. You can choose to save log in infos or clear absolutely everything.

[darkcedars]

Half the time you download a simple pattern anyway, and it's just the PDF of the stuff on the screens you already looked at. XD

Look for something like "delete browsing data" in your browser menu. That includes cookies.

[wiseheart]

Well, a simple pattern would have helped a lot with the measures, but I hope I've produced a working one on my own. *fingers crossed*