Special Layout Options are Now Live!
I've only had a brief look so far, Simone, but the new options look great. I'll use them for all food Hubs from now on and will gradually amend my existing Hubs whenever I have some spare time. Thanks to all at HP for this great new facility and fingers crossed for increased traffic!
Thanks Gordon Hamilton! Since you have so many recipe Hubs, it might seem kind of overwhelming, but keep in mind that by adding at least the Ratings Capsule, you'll get the basic benefit of having the thumbnail appear in search engine results. The Cook Time capsule is another simpler addition that has a high visual impact but takes less time to add
Hmm, they may not have thought about that and it may have been limited as people would misuse it. But, I see your point and I'm sure this would need to be modified
Didn't bother reading the other posts on this thread outside the op, so I apologize if this has been addressed already. However, is there any chance the hubpage staff can modify the rating capsule to where we can do half stars on it? You know like "2 1/2", "1/2", "3 1/2", "1 1/2" and "4 1/2"; in addition to allowing you to select whole numbers. I only ask because since i review films, what if one of them deserves a "2 1/2" star rating? Am I supposed to automatically give it a half star credit it doesn't deserve because I can't do half stars? Or give it a half star less than it deserves because I can't do half stars? Don't get me wrong, it's a nifty idea by hubpages, but I doubt I'll ever be using it until it allows users to use half stars. However, thanks anyway.
- DMartelonlineposted 12 years ago
0Thanks for posting this. I only have a couple of recipe hubs but I did go ahead and update them with the new capsules
Just one ratings capsule per hub
I've got a hub on the top 6 Kitchen hoods so I'd need to add 6 Rating Capsules
The hub is getting me good traffic now and I've written a detailed review of each of the six - pros as well as cons and hence would need to add 6 reviews too. Why isn't that possible?
There's more than 200 words for each hood and adding a rating would be great. As Dale says the ingredients too could be increased or at least allow certain hubbers to add multiple things?
Waiting for a reply as I've only added one rating for now. Hope to see a positive answer. This is great - why not make it better?Yes, we were asked to rate! I rated a 4 and then deleted it
- But, I was rating a product so that was fine as it's not mine. But, rating your own recipe? - that's wrong 
I guess we should wait for the staff to reply
Mostly on Monday but, we'll need to wait as there are a bit of changes that need to be done such as the self rating as well as a max of 1 rating per hub and stuff like that
I'll be waiting for someone from HP to let us know what to do.Haha
Same here! I'm editing and modifying my hubs now though I just realized that my second best hub is written horribly
Hmm good point
Oh I just realized the popup
I never realized it as I was actually reading it the first time
Ya it's fine for the first time but then it's a pain with that popup - But I can live with that for now. There are other improvements that could be set up
Nevertheless this whole thing is a great improvement we shouldn't forget that its something new that's added to help us.
That hub of mine is doing well and I didn't want the risk of it being unpublished for any silly reason so I just used normal text capsules now.. The warning was telling me that I don't have a ratings feature on my recipe hub and so it won't be detected as one.
I guess its not something to worry, but the way the warning is displayed is like you've broken a million rules So I thought it would be better to be safe and stay away from using a instructions thing
Yup
same here
Ok cool thanks for letting us know
Also, we get an error when we use capsules other than the rating capsule telling us that it won't be hmm what you say - given a push in search engines? I guess that should be put as a note below the capsules rather than us seeing a warning every time we check out that particular hub.
The Ratings Capsule can totally be used for reviews of other products, places, and services. It has two settings for those- one in which only you rate the thing, and one in which you invite readers to do so
Well, I fumbled around and added the Recipe Rating Capsule to my 2 recipe hubs. That's all I intend to do for awhile. I shall now sit back and watch those one-star ratings roll in.
I don't think anyone is so mean to do that
Haha
People do return you know I'm checking my Analytics as I type and I just got a return visitor from the US to my review hub - Hope they're buying something
I LOVE the new options! The only problem I had was in regards to word count. When I put ingredients in and whatnot, it didn't add to the word count and thus I didn't use those capsules. I don't know if that's a bug or if it's working as intended.
Overall, I really like the changes. This will really help out my recipes in Google search!
WriteAngled you're not forced to do anything. You're free to do as you wish. The only reason these things were added was to make it easier to format a recipe hub. Also, the rating thing is supposed to be coded such that it shows on google search and that helps increase the CTR of people searching for your recipe.
As Mary rightly said people won't be able to rate your recipe until they try it out - right? So, according to me, if at all they rate it they'll do it based on the ease of understanding, the way you formatted it and how well you wrote it. I'm not sure; but, this is what I thought about after Mary made me think about it
I'd love to use these micro-formats! But unfortunately I would need to use multiple instances in my existing hubs to ensure the hub isn't inconsistent. I certainly will use them if and when I write single recipe hubs.
Could you perhaps provide an example of how the instructions capsule could/should be used (in a recipe hub)? It sounds interesting, writing short instructions first, and then repeating the instructions in detail below.
Cook time - I should have said I change it to be grammatically comfortable (incorrect is too strong, English is quite flexible).
Cooking time - cooking is a present-participle, functioning as an adjective modifying the noun 'time' - a common construction, and one which is logical and unambiguous in this case.
'Cook' changes in meaning between the verb and noun forms.
Infinitives are usually paired with the word 'to', forming the full infinitive -- I want to cook dinner.
The bare infinitive form (cook - action) and noun (cook - person) are indistinguishable. Plus a bare infinitive + noun is usually imperative (an order) -- cook dinner.
While 'cook time' is not strictly incorrect, it is ambiguous.
Although 'cook time' is popular (it's shorter), 'cooking time' is more prevalent on the web (according to Google Fight). Strangely, all of my printed cookbooks used neither term.
Hope that made sense!
Good idea, but..... (here it comes....)
As with many, I have recipes that require more than one ingredient/instruction capsule. I understand the microformat issue, but there must be a way around this.
For example, in my unpublished cake recipe, the crust is one recipe, the filling another. Obviously both recipes must be on the same page, or you wouldn't be able to bake the cake. This causes a bit of a issue.
How is everyone else getting around this other than reverting to the old text capsules? It would not be fair playing ground for some to have the new microformatting advantage and others not. (not trying to sound like a whiny kid)I see. I'm a bit of a stickler when it comes to visual, so the issue I have with my recipes is that the formatting looks great in the first ingredients capsule, but if I use a text capsule for the second, they don't look the same. Ditto for the instructions. Or am I just being a bit daft?!?
Hi Peggy,
Yes, it is good to know these things before trying it out. My recipe is in two steps: one for the crust and one for the filling. I think that I will just go back and use the text capsule with the ratings capsule. At least that way it will contain the microformatting.
Thanks Peggy. Hope all is well with you.
- rexriderposted 12 years ago0
can any one please tell me what is going on here??
Go back to the beginning of this thread and read each post. You'll find the answer to your question.
I thought folks might like to see how google displays it (not guaranteed google will).
The star rating and other meta data can be displayed in the serps. Testing shows that while it doesn't increase the rankings, the micro format does increase the click through rate from the search results.
I know what you mean, Marisa but in a word - no. I am probably just over-cautious but I tend to look at that sort of thing as clicking on your own Google ads. I know - I'm probably paranoid - but no wonder in these Internet times...
- Arlene V. Pomaposted 12 years ago0
- Arlene V. Pomaposted 12 years ago0
Cool
Glad that it looks good. Too bad I'm not going to be writing any recipes for now though I do have some quick snacks that I make here for myself at University maybe one day I'll write abt themThat's fantastic, CASE1WORKER!
About more complicated recipes: I recommend adding the special capsules to the top as a sort of summary, then keeping your detailed info at the bottom.
About nutritional info: I recommend leaving it out if you don't know it and it's not easy for you to calculate. It's hardly mandatory
The biggest impact Recipe Capsules are the Ratings Capsule, the Cook Time Capsule, and the Ingredients Capsule.
Well, I've been out of town and just returning to try out the new recipe features. I have a lot of recipe hubs! This thread has been interesting and at least some of the bugs were worked out before I started revising hubs.
I'll let you all know how the features work for me - or if I have issues or concerns, too.Wow! That is awesome!! Updating my recipe hubs as we speak....
Yes, you can
Once it appears at the bottom, just go to the Hmm what do you call it (Going to check) - The recorder (on the place where tags, settings, summary etc. is found)
And once you see it there, just click and drag the capsule to where you want it or around the place you want it and then put it into the exact spot.Your welcome
Glad to be of some help. Also, happy that your recipe hubs are doing well with the rating capsule. I wonder whether you did it to that bread hub of yours Awesome
My revised recipe hubs are also getting increased traffic! Very cool.
You must wait until the former hubs are de-indexed or either use the Google Webmasters tools to remove the URLs manually. When you can't find your recipes in a google search they have been removed from Big G's index.
