How to Allow Scripts
While installing Firefox, we installed the NoScript extension. This was done to prevent web sites we don't trust from running scripts (a form of program) on our computers. As installed, the NoScript extension prevents all web sites from running scripts, except for a select group of well known, trusted web sites such as Google or Hotmail.
Now, some sites require scripting or various purposes and you may wish to view those web pages. For example, this site has a web page editor that uses Javascript. If you attempt to edit a web page on this site without making any changes to the NoScript settings, you will not be able to see the editor.
You can quickly see if NoScript is allowing scripts on any web page or domain. Look down in the lower right hand corner of the browser. Here, you will find a small S, likely with a red "No" symbol over it, like this:
This symbol tells us at a glance that scripts are completely not allowed. (More on that later)
Now, we will learn how to turn scripting on. Right click anywhere in the browser window and a menu will open. Move your mouse over the "NoScript" and another menu will open beside it.
Now move your mouse over "Allow 3esd.com" and click it.
By taking this action, you have chosen to trust this domain to run scripts on your computer.
You will notice there were two choices to allow the domain 3esd.com.
- Allow 3esd.com: This choice is a permanent change to your NoScript settings. You can always go into the NoScript options and manually remove the domain at some point in the future. By choosing this option, NoScript will remember your preference the next time you start your computer.
- Temporarily allow 3esd.com: This is a temporary choice. When you close the browser, the choice will be forgotten. This choice is useful when you have hit a web page you don't trust, you are not sure you will ever visit again, but you want to see some content that NoScript has hidden from you. You will find some web pages that are simply a blank white page because the owner has decided that no one that does not allow hiim to run scripts on your computer is allowed to see his web site. I am usually very cautious about these sites.
Now, once you have made this change you will notice that the NoScript icon in the lower right hand corner has changed to simply an 'S':
This icon tells you that all scripts are allowed to run on the page you are viewing.
There is one other icon that the NoScript extension may display:
Notice that the red "no" symbol is shifted down to the right instead of covering the entire NoScript icon. This is because on the page that is being viewed scripting is partially allowed. You will see this on pages that have content from multiple different domains. To learn what domains are allowed and what domains are not, simply right click anywhere on the web page and move your mouse over 'NoScript', like this:
In this example, I have allowed the domain '3esd.com' but have not allowed the domain 'uoblivion.com'.
When you open up this screen to see the domains, it is possible that you could see a lot of domains -- I have seen certain evil web sites that had parts of 50 different domains.
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