Local Storage and Private Browsing

Disable Private Browsing on iOS Safari

1. Open up your Safari browser and tap on the double page icon top right (may be located elsewhere on an iPhone or landscape view)

Turning off private browsing

2. Tap the 'Private' icon top left to disable private browsing. You will now be able to go to https://www.weldricks.co.uk and see a fully functioning website.

What is HTML Local Storage?

With local storage, web applications can store data locally within the user's browser to help you with your site experience.

Before HTML5, application data had to be stored in cookies, included in every server request. Local storage is more secure, and large amounts of data can be stored locally, without affecting website performance.

Unlike cookies, the storage limit is far larger (at least 5MB) and information is never transferred to the server.

Local storage is per browser. All pages, from one browser, can store and access the same data, which for Weldricks Pharmacy means that if you build a basket and come back later it will still be there for you.

What does Weldricks Pharmacy store?

basket

This is a collection of data objects which include

  • items - the number of items in your basket
  • collectFrom - if you choose click and collect the branch you are collection from
  • canCheckoutWithPaypal - this tells the browser to display the PayPal check out button or not
  • canCheckout - tells the browser if you can actually checkout with your current basket.
  • subTotal - the current sub total of items in your basket

messages

This is a collection of any error messages to display in the basket, for example a restricted item is in your basket and this will alert you to it.

delivery

The current total of the delivery method you have chosen for you order

deliveryRegion

This is the area your delivery is selected for, GB for example or Europe etc.

coupons

If you have a coupon applied to your basket this will store the value

deliveryType

This stores the type of delivery you have chosen, standard, click and collect etc.

errors

This holds any error text for the basket such as 'your basket is too heavy for delivery using our courier service;

deliveryOptions

This is a collection of the current types of delivery options available for your the items in your basket

discount

the total of discounts applied to your basket

prescription

This is the prescription type if you have chosen one, NHS, PRIVATE or VET

products

This is an array of products and stores all information regarding that product, price, name, quantity, rrp etc.

requiresPrescription

This is a flag to let us know if this is a prescription order.

total

The current total of the basket

vat

The current VAT of the items in the basket