Recipe Hub Suggestion

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   Anna Marie Bowmanposted 10 years ago

   I don't know if this has been covered; I did a quick look, but didn't find anything.  I think it would be useful to allow us to include more than one 'ingredient' and 'instructions' capsules.  I just started my first recipe hub, but had to abandon it for now, because I can't add a second 'ingredient' capsule for the other part of the recipe.  It would be a lot less confusing to the reader, if I could break up the parts of the recipe, as they are made separately.

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      PegCole17posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Oooohhh, I think I know the answer to this one!!
      I just added a new text capsule with the title "Instructions" then turned on the numbering. Voila!

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         Anna Marie Bowmanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         That will help with that, but to add the ingredients in a text capsule is a pain in the hind area.

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            IslandBitesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            PegCole is right. That's how I do most of my recipe hubs. It's not that hard.
            
            And you can post multiple recipes in one hub.
            Here's one of my hubs with multiple recipes capsules:
            http://islandbites.hubpages.com/hub/Isl … n-Tostadas

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               PegCole17posted 10 years agoin reply to this

               I'm going to mark this day on my calendar! I'm right? whoo hoo!
               
               Oh, and BTW, IslandBites, that recipe looks mighty good.

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                  IslandBitesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  LOL
                  
                  Thanks, Peg!

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                  snakeslaneposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  You go girl!

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      Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Would the addition of a second Heading in the existing ingredient capsules address this issue?
      Would it make sense to support 3, 4, more?
      
      That way you could still have only one ingredient capsule per Hub, but it would support multiple subsections, like sauce, pasta, etc.

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         PegCole17posted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Good idea Matthew. Some recipes do call for separate ingredients like sauces and toppings.

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         IslandBitesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         That's a great idea.

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         Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         This seems like it makes sense for both the recipe ingredient and direction capsules.

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         Anna Marie Bowmanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         That would work.  I have been thinking over this since I posted it, trying to make it work.  Thank you!!!

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         CraftytotheCoreposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I agree that would be helpful for things like cake recipes where a second ingredient list is needed for frosting.

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      Barbara Kayposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I think it would be good if you could use the recipe capsules more than once. I have hubs where I have included several recipes.

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      pauldeedsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I believe the reason for that limitation is that allowing multiple capsules (or especially multiple recipes on one page), breaks the recipe microformat.  Perhaps we could allow more flexibility and when it's not microformat compatible, just not use the microformat.   The feat is that doing that potentialy makes things more confusing and complicated for people that *do* want the advantage of the microformat.

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         Anna Marie Bowmanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         So, is it recommended that I take the recipes that I wrote in one Hub, and separate them into individual Hubs?

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      Matthew Meyerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      We discussed this in our community meeting.
      As Paul Deeds mentioned above, the primary issue is that the micro-format for recipes is somewhat limiting in what it will accept as a recipe.
      Any changes could affect a recipe actually showing up as such in search results.
      
      The best practice is to make a Hub that is just one recipe.
      For the case of sauce and other individual components, you could consider creating a recipe for the primary item and then another for the sauce.

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         DzyMsLizzyposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         The trouble with that approach, Matthew, is that a 'separate recipe' would need to be a separate hub...and then the two would not stay together as they needed to be, and would get widely torn asunder in search results...and the second component might not even draw any searches at all.
         
         I like your idea of perhaps at least creating sub-heads within the ingredients capsule...

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