Site structure is complicated, and we haven’t done enough to simplify it at Feast Design Co. Not only does it help search engines understand and crawl content, it helps visitors find related recipes, and it helps the blogger focus on what’s important. As of 2019, we’ll be recommending a simpler website structure that will save…
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Feast Plugin: Styling Update
Version 2.8.0 of the Feast Plugin comes with a styling update for the settings page in the admin. Previously, the options were simply listed chronologically as they were released, and listed sequentially: Moving forward, we’ve organized these customization options by their role, and grouped related-settings. For example, header and navigation options are now together:…
Feast Plugin: Remove Entry-Meta from Post Footer
The Entry-Meta in the post footer displays the “Filed Under:” and “Tagged With:”, which clutters up the screen and has low visitor usage. Unfortunately, most sites have excessive category and tag usage, and these pages are thin-content and low-value to visitors. The primary category should be displayed in the breadcrumbs. If relevant, additional categories can…
How to do email marketing right for food blogs
The one thing you truly own in food blogging is your email list. Social media? That can disappear over night. Algorithms change. These are the people who you’ve received permission from to enter their most sacred inbox. And most of you (well, us too) have been doing it wrong. Hands up if you’ve been sending…
Use Foodie-Pro-Style Recipe Index with Cook’d Pro
FacetWP is a beautiful setup for the recipe index, but overly complicated, and costs money. It also encourages visitors to stay on a single page that’s dynamically updated, rather than jumping into categories and posts. Navigating to categories and posts is preferred because it generates additional pages-per-visit, decreasing bounce rates. Having visitors on the category…
