Recipes for life

I have updated the instructions on how to write a post. I had to go into this site as a contributor instead of the administrator to get a real sense of what you guys had to do. First let me just say that you don’t have to start a blog in order to contribute to this one. Nor do you have to manage this blog. Just write recipe posts…that is all you have to do. Although, you can do more if you want to like add categories or add links to the blogroll. I also changed the roles of those who have already joined to “author” instead of “contributor”, because I would have had to approve everyone’s posts, which there is no need for doing. So if you already tried to write a post and publish it and couldn’t find the “publish” button, you will be able to now. I will change each person’s role to “author” as each person signs up. Thank you for you patience! sarah

For those who are not familiar on how to use WordPress, I am writing the instructions down on how to write your post for your recipe. Here goes:

At the top of this blog, you will see “New Post”. If you don’t see this, then you have not signed up to be an author (contributor) on this site. Email me to become an author. My email is here . Afterwards, click onto “New Post”. Then you will see another page pop up. You are given a blank page on which to write your post. There is a narrow area where you can put the name of your recipe (this is your title for your post) and then under that narrow area is a large area where you can write down your recipe. When you are done writing your recipe, scroll down and click onto “All Categories” in order to find the category you want or click onto “Add Category” to add your own category. Then choose the category you want your recipe to fall into. Last but not least, at the right-hand side closer to the top of the page on which you wrote, is a “Publish Status”. Within this area is a “save” or “publish” button. Click onto “Publish” in order for others to see your post. If you want to make changes to your post after it has been published, just go into “edit this entry” which is located under your published post, make your changes, and then click onto “save”. It might take a few seconds to publish or save so don’t push the button twice and don’t leave that page until the page has “jumped”. Do not use the comment section of someone’s post to post your post or people might not see it. Only use the comment section on someone’s post to state what you think about their recipe, etc. Also, if you want to use your real name instead of your user name, just go into “Dashboard” at the top of the blog. At the far right-hand side at the top, you will see “profile”. Click into “profile” and scroll down until you see “nickname”. Put into “nickname” any name you want. Then scroll to the bottom of the page at the left-hand side and click onto “Update Profile”. Then scroll back up to “display name publicly” which is right below “nickname”. To the side of “display name publicly”, you will see up and down arrows click onto the arrows and it will give you a choice from which to choose. Click on your choice of names and then scroll back down to “Update Profile” and click onto it. Then you’re done! I know…so much clicking!…sorry. Don’t hesitate to ask me questions about this process by using the comment section of this post. Thanks guys for all your effort!

The posts before this one are just “example posts” in order for me to list the categories which are available. If you think of more categories, either email them to me or go ahead and add them to the category section which you can find at the bottom of your post page under “Categories”. There is also a list of the categories to the right-hand side of this post. In order to share your recipes, you must be a contributor/author. Just email me here and I will add you. Then you must write a post in order to share your recipes. I will explain how to write a post if you are not familiar with WordPress. Don’t forget to click onto a category into which your recipe fits. The categories are at the bottom of your post page. Click onto “All Categories” in order to get all the available categories. Also, another fun aspect is to take pictures of your creativity and put them with your recipes! You can even add a video explaining your recipe as you cook your dish! Let’s have fun!