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    GA4

    Taken from Mediavine: GA4!!!! Learn what to do now and what to expect later Google sent out this email to everyone still using Universal Analytics this week (or maybe everyone  hard ...

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    Smooth scrolling

    Smooth scroll is a javascript feature that "scrolls" the screen slowly to the intended destination. This requires the use of javascript, which slows sites and often causes conflicts with other ...

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    Modern 404

    The Modern 404 replaces your generic "not found" page with a page that's more useful to readers, encouraging them to click through to related posts. This is purely a user-experience upgrade and ...

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    Protected: January 2023 Update

    This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: ...

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    Private Label Rights (PLR)

    Private Label Rights (PLR) content is content which you have rights to use with certain restrictions imposed by the provider. PLR content typically must be purchased, and is only meant to be used ...

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    Focus

    Our tutorials and recommendations are geared towards building a 100% recipe-focused content site. User experience The majority of search engine traffic lands on specific pages looking for a ...

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    Process Shots

    We recommend using the columns block to lay out process shots for instructions. Galleries We do not recommend galleries because they're not well developed and have undergone a couple changes - ...

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    Either "name" or "item. name" should be specified (in "itemListElement")

    If this appears tied to a page with cat=-1 in the URL, simply ignore it. We've released a fix for this in the Feast Plugin v.7.1.0: ...

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    Productivity

    As part of the transition to the Feast Plugin, we've expanded the scope of what we cover to include: SEOaccessibilityuser experience We try to focus on areas where there currently are no ...

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    Collaborate

    The simplest + quickest way to have us access a site (when we requested it for support or troubleshooting) is to add us as a collaborator on BigScoots. To do this, open your BigScoots WPO login and ...

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    Shop page

    We don't recommend or support ecommerce functionality. These pages typically don't earn any meaningful revenue for the simple fact that people looking for recipes are not in buying ...

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    Minification

    Don't use minification. It makes troubleshooting next to impossible for us, and provides zero benefit in terms of pagespeed. It also adds an unnecessary layer of caching and can result in ...

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    Horizontal scrolling

    We do not recommend horizontal scrolling. This basically amounts to a slider, which are a poor user experience and Yoast thinks sliders should be banned. We agree. Mobile Horizontal ...

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    Skip lazy loading first post image

    Improve your desktop Core Web Vitals by skipping lazy loading your first post image automatically: This is generally a small improvement, and is recommended. Smart logic By default we ...

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    SEO

    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) cover a broad range of topics, that can't possibly be covered in a single guide. We'll cover a broad range of topics here that gives you some basis to look into ...

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    Internal links

    Internal linking is a key part of on-site SEO and can have an impact on how your site does (or doesn't) rank. While links are not specifically theme-related, this does impact how people build their ...

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    Default Image Size

    You should always insert images into posts at "Full Size": Note: this is different than the "default thumbnail size" in the Feast Plugin which is specifically for the FSRI block and the Modern ...

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    Feast Plugin Price Increase from $199 to $249

    On February 1, 2022 we'll be increasing the price of the Feast Plugin for all new subscriptions. Sign up today to get locked in at $199/year. Grandfathered pricing Existing active ...

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    Full Site Editor (FSE)

    The "Full Site Editor" is the next evolution in Wordpress, bringing the functionality of the block editor to the entire website. Update 2022/09/16: The FSE is still very much in development and ...

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    Modern Menu for Desktop

    The Modern Menu is an enhancement to the Modern Mobile Menu that incorporates inline display on the desktop version (screen/browsers over 1200px). You must complete the Modern Mobile Menu setup for ...

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    Feast Plugin vs. Classic Themes

    With version 6.0.0 of the Feast Plugin, we're clarifying the role of the Feast Plugin relative to the individual themes without the Feast Plugin. We recommend all sites use the Feast Plugin from ...

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    Inline subscribe

    This is currently in development and not ready for use. The inline subscribe lets you embed a newsletter subscription form dynamically into your content, without having to edit every ...

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    Email

    We recommend using Google Workspace (Formerly GSuite) for hosting your domain's email. This is accessed directly through gmail, making your email accessible from any device, anywhere in the ...

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    Convert Recipe Acronyms

    The Convert recipe acronym setting fixes a significant accessibility issue with recipe sites, by replacing acronyms like "tsp" with the full text equivalent "teaspoon". Accessibility Most ...

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    Holidays

    The purpose of the Holidays taxonomy is to make it simpler to organize recipes so that they can more easily be displayed on the homepage and sidebar. And since Holidays usually (but not always) ...

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    Recipe Post Template

    This is available exclusively through the Feast Plugin. Creating high quality content that demonstrates E-A-T, follows modern guidelines for headings is difficult, and can be very time consuming. ...

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    Core Web Vitals

    Core Web Vitals are a (relatively small) ranking factor that changes the way websites need to be built. While this is frustrating, it ultimately focuses on improving user experience, which everyone on ...

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    Missing Item Name

    The Google Search Console warning saying that there's a "missing name or item.name" is a false error and should be ignored. The pages listed under this match the format: /page/9/?cat=-1 If the ...

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    Hooks

    List of hooks by theme/framework: Theme Hooks AllianceGenesis Visual Hook Guide ...

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    System Fonts

    The System Font stack has been rolled out in the Feast Plugin 5.6.0. On average, we've seen a 3-4 point increase in overall score from replacing the theme (or custom) fonts with System Fonts, ...

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    Tiktok

    At this time, we have no plans to implement, support or recommend Tiktok-related functionality or social buttons. Any Tiktok related functionality will come from third party plugins. Tiktok is ...

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    Logo

    Our official recommendation in 2021 is to use the Modern Menu built via the Feast Plugin on both Mobile and Desktop displays. The Modern Menu: improves user experience by displaying more content ...

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    Linking

    Check out the TopHatRank webinar on links, from Mediawyse, Nerdpress and TopHatRank. Internal links Andrew's tips for internal links: make sure they're NOT nofollow use good anchor text make ...

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    Fonts

    Custom fonts are a disaster in 2021, with issues relating to: CLS (inconsistent ligature sizes, letter spacing, questionable font-display recommendations)Font weights (bold, italic, etc)Pagespeed ...

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    Themes vs. Feast Plugin

    As of June 2021, we're moving all-in on the Feast Plugin setup for recipe sites, and leaving the theme-based setup behind. If you have just the theme without the Feast Plugin, we'll be referring to ...

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    Portfolio

    Building a recipe photographer portfolio can be done easily and quickly with the Feast Plugin. We'll be building a showcase site, which isn't specifically designed for SEO or accessibility or ...

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    Subscribe button

    The Modern Menu integrates a "Subscribe" button that provides a call-to-action for readers to sign up for your newsletter the entire time they're on your site. This allows you to: increase ...

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    Full width page

    The Feast Plugin adds a toggle to the Post settings to display a page full width: This only affects the page it is set on. Genesis / Theme layout (outdated) The outdated version ...

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    Why you shouldn't make customizations

    We frequently get asked about how to make certain customizations, and we recommend against it. Price We don't build customization support into our themes: ...

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    Indexes

    Note: this is a work in progress and may undergo changes. When it makes sense to organize a site into sub-categories for SEO, user experience and topical organization purposes, creating indexes ...

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    Classic themes

    The classic themes are only for hobby sites and any food blog interested in monetizing or SEO needs the Feast Plugin.

    • Foodie Pro Classic
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