What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information that a website can store in a visitor browser and receive again during later requests.

  • Keeping a visitor signed in.
  • Remembering interface preferences.
  • Maintaining a form session.
  • Measuring website usage.
  • Personalising content.
  • Advertising or behavioural tracking.

Local Browser Storage

D&D Portal currently uses local storage for functional preferences such as image gender and Wiki preference context.

Search filter state is stored in the page URL so filtered search results can be shared.

Similar Browser Technologies

Websites can store information through technologies that are not traditional HTTP cookies, including local storage, session storage, cache, and URL parameters.

D&D Portal currently documents local storage because it is used for functional interface preferences.

Search URLs

Search filters and search terms can be included in the URL so filtered views can be copied and shared.

This is useful, but copied URLs and browser history may reveal the search terms or filters that were active.

Removing Saved Preferences

Browser storage can be viewed and removed through the privacy or website-data settings of the browser.

Removing saved preferences resets display choices for that browser and device.