Cravings Pro Tutorials

Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Cravings Pro WordPress Theme.

Note: Updating from a previous version to the most recent version is like installing a new theme altogether, requiring customizations to be redone.

Before starting, read the tutorial on How to launch a food blog.

Below are all the tutorials on getting your new theme set up to appear like our demo.

Cravings Pro Demo

Basics & Settings

1. Cravings Pro FAQ
2. How to Update Cravings Pro
3. WordPress Settings
4. Genesis Theme Settings
5. How to install your theme & import demo content
6. Add a logo to Cravings Pro
   • Create a logo
7. Setup your Navigation Menu
   • How to remove the search bar from the navigation menu
8. Custom fonts with Cravings Pro
9. Setup your content archives (grid options)
10. Speed & Performance Guide
11. Editing CSS, colors, fonts and whitespaces
12. Run the regenerate thumbnails plugin
13. Remove the “website” field from comments to help avoid spam

Plugin Setup

• Plugins to Install
• Setup Your Social Icons
• Setup Your Newsletter Opt-In-Genesis eNews Extended

Front Page Setup

• Home Page Layout
• Home Top Widget Area (2x oversized “Cravings Pro – Featured Posts”)
• Home Middle Widget Area (3x “Genesis – Featured Page”)
• Home Bottom Widget Area (3x “Cravings Pro – Featured Posts”)

Recipe Index Page Setup

Note: Make sure you noindex the recipe index pages, as well as pages used to create the recipe index.

• Recipe Index Page Layout
• Recipe Index: Filter
• Recipe Index: Content
  • How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
  • How to Add the Featured Posts Category Index
  • How to Configure the Genesis eNews widget
• How to Create Multiple Recipe Index Pages

Other Widget Areas

• Before Header Widget Area
• Setup Your Nav Social Menu Area
• Setup your Newsletter Opt-in (Genesis eNews Extended)
• Primary Sidebar 
• Footer Widget Areas

After-Setup

These aren’t required for getting your theme set up like the demo site, but are things you should do to set yourself up for success:

• How to Add Content to the Category Pages
• Optimize your food blog for search engines
• Expand your functionality with the Feast Plugin!
• How to set a Favicon
• How to use alt text for images (Posts + Pages only)
  • How many words to use for image alt text
• Understanding food blog site structure
• Use the Code Snippets Plugin to customize your theme (do not edit theme files)

How do I write a recipe post?

One of the most frustrating things we hear from bloggers is that their content doesn’t rank well. There’s a lot of reasons for this, but the most prominent is that their content is simply not high enough quality.

We’ve detailed how to write a high quality recipe post in the anatomy of a recipe post, and we highly recommend reviewing the quality rater guidelines for recipe pages.