Last year we updated the header/logo, making it simpler to manage for food bloggers, and correcting some faux-pas, like hidden off-screen text. We’ve continued listening to feedback and monitoring best practices, and there’s another update in the works. Examples logos at top food blogs How have some of the top food/recipe blogs implemented their logos?…
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Disclosures for Food Bloggers (2019)
Food bloggers that take compensation (in any form) for promoting content are legally obligated to disclose it. This can include: money free products free trials or subscriptions quid pro quo arrangements having trips or expenses paid for publicity, backlinks, exposure There is no exhaustive list of what “compensation” counts as, and if there was, someone…
Food Blog Site Structure
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…
Why we dropped support for Landing Pages
The “landing page” template has been removed from version 4.0.0 of all themes. We’ll be detailing the change here. Why Was It Dropped? Using a different page template (separate PHP files to control layout) causes additional work and confusion. This is fine when it’s critically important and the extra work is worth the trade-off, but…
