A good site structure helps search engines understand and crawl content, and it helps visitors find related recipes. As of 2019, we'll be recommending a simpler website structure that will save bloggers time by removing unnecessarily complex pages, such as recipe indexes and blog pages. This new website structure consists of: The home page The...
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Feast Plugin: Simple Category Index
This is a feature of the Feast Plugin The Simple Category Index lets you create a simple visual index of your categories, by leveraging the Category Featured Images. Just insert the simple_category_index shortcode wherever you want to display a list of categories, like on the homepage and posts. Calling the shortcode with no additional parameters...
Content Idea: Get specific with ingredients
Adding content for the sake of adding content has long been a bad idea. When someone comes to your website looking for a recipe, don't go on a 5-paragraph rant about your weekend and mother in law visiting. But adding topically relevant content that is unique to that page is a great way to provide value to...
Feast Plugin: Edit Leave a Reply
This is a feature of the Feast Plugin The "Leave a Reply" text appears above the comment form. It uses very generic, direct language that may not resonate with all audiences, and may even be considered command and therefore daunting. This likely isn't a high impact change, but can be a tweak to help branding...
Feast Plugin: Modern Mobile Menu
This is a feature of the Feast Plugin The original headers and menus for the themes were designed for a world that no longer exists. They're desktop-first, with compromises made for mobile pageviews. But today's food blogs see around 80% of their pageviews from mobile devices, which deserves a mobile-first solution. The navbar for the...
