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How to review a website without installing anything

Use this when you can't (or don't want to) add code to the website, for example a client's site or a quick one-off review. Nothing is installed or deployed. Each reviewer adds a Pinnote bookmark and clicks it on the live site.

About 2 minutes · No developer needed

Steps

  1. In Pinnote, open your website, go to the Review links tab and click No-install to copy the link.
  2. Send that link to your reviewers.
  3. Each reviewer opens it on a computer and drags the Pinnote button to their bookmarks bar. (Bookmarks bar hidden? Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or ⌘+Shift+B on a Mac.)
  4. They open the live website and click the Pinnote bookmark. The review toolbar appears.
  5. After moving to another page, they click the bookmark again if the toolbar isn't showing.

Good to know: the bookmark works in desktop browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari), not on phones. A few websites block it with a strict security policy. For those, and for reviewing on phones, add the code instead.

Troubleshooting

Clicking the bookmark does nothing

The website probably blocks scripts from other sites. Ask whoever runs it to add the Pinnote code (see the guides above).

Can't drag the button

On the bookmark page, click Copy bookmark address, create a new bookmark and paste it as the URL.

Need a hand? Email hello@pinnote.xyz and we'll help you set it up.
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