Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Cookbooks!

[Lvs2Cook]

To make new cookbooks
hover your cursor over the down arrow in the turquoise box up near your chef name in the upper right of the page The link to ALL MY COOKBOOKS is at the bottom of the first column:


Click on that
on that resulting page, there is a little box that says CREATE A COOKBOOK
name your cookbook and click add
new cookbook created

To delete a cookbook
Click on the edit cover link and then on the delete cookbook link at the bottom.
You can delete all cookbooks except the free ones (your main cookbook and the ones that contain your reviews, your pictures, your private recipes and your public recipe submissions).

To reorder your cookbooks (changing the order that they are in)
Hover your cursor over hover your cursor over the blue down arrow up near your chef name in the upper right of the page
At the bottom of that dropdown list is ALL MY COOKBOOKS. Click on that
Click on the REORDER MY COOKBOOKS link.
Click and drag on the mitten near the title of your cookbook and place it wherever you want in the list OR on the alphabetical sort link, thus "ordering" them.
Click on the "I'm Done Reordering" button and your cookbooks will remain in whatever order you choose.

To make cookbooks public
make sure that all the recipes IN that cookbook are public (that is, your recipes only...any recipes added from the database already are public)
click on the edit cover link on the cookbook box
brings up edit page for that particular cookbook
click on public button
click save changes and you are now public

To make public cookbooks private
hover your cursor over the blue down arrow up near your chef name in the upper right of the page
At the bottom of that dropdown list is ALL MY COOKBOOKS. Click on that
click on edit cover of the cookbook you wish to make private
scroll down to visibility and click on private
click save changes and you are now private again

To add a recipe to your cookbook
from a list of recipes on a page, hover your cursor over the recipe's description
A box will appear on the right with an option to add to cookbook
click on that link and another drop down menu will come up with a list of all of your cookbooks
choose which cookbook you wish to add the recipe to
OR
from the recipe's page, click on the add to cookbook link in the column to the right of the recipe
click on that link and drop down menu will come up with a list of all of your cookbooks
choose which cookbook you wish to add the recipe to

To delete recipes from your cookbook
Open your cookbook.
:arrow:Click on SELECT near the bottom of the description of the recipe you wish to remove.
:arrow:Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on REMOVE.
:arrow:You can delete multiple recipes on a page, but only on one page at a time.
Be sure to refresh your browser afterwards.
OR
To remove many recipes at a time, Click on SELECT near the bottom of the description of the recipes you wish to remove.
Select all you need to, doing only one page at a time, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on REMOVE to delete recipes.

To copy recipes from main cookbook to a specialty cookbook
create the specialty cookbook
Click on SELECT near the bottom of the description of the recipe you wish to move.
at the bottom of the page click on the ADD TO COOKBOOK button
this brings up a separate drop down box that lists all your cookbooks
find the cookbook you want to add the recipe to and click on move
Close the list of cookbooks pop-up and then click on REMOVE to remove those recipes from the cookbook you are in.
Now your recipe should be moved to your selected cookbook and removed from the main cookbook.

To move multiple recipes
Click on SELECT near the bottom of the description of the recipes you wish to move.
Select all the recipes you wish to move on the page (do only one page at a time) and then scroll down to ADD TO COOKBOOK button and click on it to display your list of cookbooks.
Choose the cookbook you wish those recipes to be in.
Close the list of cookbooks pop-up and then click on REMOVE to remove those recipes from the cookbook you are in.
Now your recipes should be moved to your selected cookbook and removed from the one you have open.

To re-order recipes in a custom cookbook (change the order they're in):
Click on either the cover of the cookbook you wish to edit on your cookbooks page or on the name of the cookbook from the drop-down list.
Click on ORDER RECIPES
Grab the mitten next to the recipe you wish to move by hovering the cursor over it; hold down the left-side mouse button and drag it where you wish.
When you're done arranging your recipes, click on I'M DONE REORDERING

To see all of your cookbooks, hover your cursor over the blue down arrow up near your chef name in the upper right of the page The link to all your cookbooks is at the bottom of the first column:

[Lvs2Cook]

Linking cookbooks to your about me page from Kim D.

Since we can't "save" our favorite cookbooks, here is a way, using html codes, to link the cookbooks to your About Me pages! When I want to go to a particular cookbook, I just go to my about me page and click on the link. It is a little time consuming, but once it's done, it's very helpful! You can see how they look by clicking on my about me page and scrolling all the way down to the bottom!

Here's how to do it....

When you are in a cookbook you want to save, write down the book number (which is at the end of the web address in the address box) and the name of the book on a piece of paper.
Go to "edit my about me page" and copy and paste the below formula into your about me page text. (I put mine at the very bottom).

Here is the formula:
< a href="http://www.food.com/mycookbook/book/39226">Did Someone Say Bread!!!???

You will then need to change the # and cookbook title to the cookbook # and title you want to save.
Make sure you save your changes to your about me page.
Repeat the process as many times as you like to save all your favorites!

[Lvs2Cook]

Adding a picture to your cookbook

Download a picture to your computer
Upload it to photobucket or another image hosting site
Copy the [img] link on photobucket (or other site)
In the edit area for the specific cookbook, paste the [img] link
save changes

[Lvs2Cook]

Link to all the cookbooks from the homepage:

http://www.food.com/books/

Cookbooks are listed in most recently updated order

[Lvs2Cook]

If you want to make your links look like this Nancy's About Me Page here's how to do that:

copy the url of the page
type [url=paste the url you copied here]insert name of cookbook or recipe or whatever here[/url]

[Angelcook]

How do I get my recipies from private to my regular cookbook and into the community recipies????

[Lvs2Cook]

I'm not sure what you mean by regular cookbook...to make your recipes public, go into your private recipes and click on the recipe you want to make public and there underneath your screen name click on make public and follow the directions ~ very easy

[Angelcook]

Thank you....thank you....thank you.... I'm on my way to try that right now. Y'all are sure quick with the answers on these forums and that is such a great thing for us newcomers.

[Lvs2Cook]

Angelcook wrote:
Thank you....thank you....thank you.... I'm on my way to try that right now. Y'all are sure quick with the answers on these forums and that is such a great thing for us newcomers.

Let me know if you have any other problems

[Sharon the Rocket]

HELP! Please don't think me crazy (well, ok, I might be slightly crazy) but I can't figure out how to link my favorite cookbooks to the About Me Page. I thought I followed the directions (which really sounded so clear) but I think I'm not really getting it. Here's where I'm getting really confused (which is right at the first step!) I am going to My Stuff and then I get confused at 2 spots - - should I click on the "View My Public About Me Page" or the "Edit This" at the end of the section that says "About Me" ? When I go to the "Edit this", I type in the formula (with the right number and name of the cookbook) Then I hit "Save Changes". Here's where I am really confused. Where does it save it to? I can't find it!! Help! I hope I didn't confuse you as much as I am confused! I'm going to keep trying to do this till I figure it out!!

Thanks sooooo much for your help, patience and guidance!! Sharon

[Sharon the Rocket]

Ignore me - ignore me - ignore me!! I finally figured it out and I'm almost there. I now have just a few more "technical" questions for you (in case I can't figure it out on my own) Would you mind looking at my "about me" page? See how my linked cookbooks are posted separated from "my shared cookbooks" by my ribbon and the words that say "About Me"? How do I move the location of my linked cookbooks?

I looked at your post about making our page look like Nancy's. I'm apparently confused - what's new. It said to copy the page's url (where is that at???) I think I need tutoring in computer posting!! Got some suggestions of where to go? Thanks!! Hugs, Sharon

[Lvs2Cook]

Sharon the Rocket wrote:
Ignore me - ignore me - ignore me!! I finally figured it out and I'm almost there. I now have just a few more "technical" questions for you (in case I can't figure it out on my own) Would you mind looking at my "about me" page? See how my linked cookbooks are posted separated from "my shared cookbooks" by my ribbon and the words that say "About Me"? How do I move the location of my linked cookbooks?

I looked at your post about making our page look like Nancy's. I'm apparently confused - what's new. It said to copy the page's url (where is that at???) I think I need tutoring in computer posting!! Got some suggestions of where to go? Thanks!! Hugs, Sharon

To change the location of your linked cookbooks, highlight, right click, click on copy. Scroll down to where you want your cookbooks located, right click, click on paste. Go back up and highlight again, right click and click on delete to get rid of the cookbooks in the wrong place. I hope that makes sense!

A page's URL is in the long white box in your browser. Highlight, right click, click on copy. Then you can paste it whereever you want.

I'll be in and out of this forum today, so if you need help, just post. It may take me longer than usual to answer, but I will or someone else can help

[Sharon the Rocket]

When I am on the "My Stuff" page (where I see the "My Public Information and edit the "about me" information), I can't find how to edit or move the icon above the "about me" section. When I hit "edit this"on the icon one, it doesn't let me move or delete the icon on the page. I can hit "copy" on the cookbooks but it doesn't let me move it where I want to do it. The "paste" doesn't show up for me to click. HELP!! What in the world am I doing wrong? I can't edit from the page that says "view my public about me page", - should I be able to do so?

Thanks for your help. This is now driving me nuts!! Hugs, Sharon

[Lvs2Cook]

Sharon the Rocket wrote:
When I am on the "My Stuff" page (where I see the "My Public Information and edit the "about me" information), I can't find how to edit or move the icon above the "about me" section. When I hit "edit this"on the icon one, it doesn't let me move or delete the icon on the page. I can hit "copy" on the cookbooks but it doesn't let me move it where I want to do it. The "paste" doesn't show up for me to click. HELP!! What in the world am I doing wrong? I can't edit from the page that says "view my public about me page", - should I be able to do so?

Thanks for your help. This is now driving me nuts!! Hugs, Sharon

You have to edit from your *My Stuff* page ~ you can't edit from *view my public about me page*.

Your things are in the correct order:
Shared (or Public) Cookbooks first
Your icon (yellow ribbon)
Cookbooks you have linked on your page
Your about me paragraphs
Pick A Chef icon

You won't be able to move the icon ~ look on my page...it's way down there.

Are you trying to move your linked cookbooks? If so, highlight it all from your my stuff page (where you see all the html, etc., right click, click on copy, move to where you want it (most people put them below there pictures ~ in your case, your pick a chef picture), Right click, click paste. Don't forget to go back up and delete them so they are not on your page 2 or 3 times.

Your shared (public cookbooks) cannot be moved, just added to.

Don't get frustrated ~ we'll get it right!

[Sharon the Rocket]

I would be fine with putting the linked cookbooks under my chef picture but I can't even find the chef picture section on the edit page. What in tarnation am I doing wrong? I did get excited because I went ahead and moved recipes of one cookbook into a new cookbook on "My Cookbooks" section and then named it the name of the Chef. I'm hoping I did that right. We'll see. I'm driving my husband nuts - been playing on this silly computer all blasted afternoon & it's been great!!! Thanks for helping me out! Hugs, Sharon