Want to give a cookbook? Learn how you can (quickly) make your own here. Food gifts are underrated. And we can probably thank fruit cakes for that. But, let's look at the facts. Everyone eats ...
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Customization Library
This page is ever expanding! Got a request? Submit your support ticket and if we think others will benefit, we'll write it up for you. As a best practice, we recommend that you don't customize ...
Why is troubleshooting so complex?
We support as wide of a variety of blog configurations as possible, but there is a limit to what's reasonable to expect from support, which we restrict to specifically theme issues. A theme can only ...
Seasoned Pro Classic Tutorials
If you have the Feast Plugin, do not follow this tutorial. Go directly to the Feast Plugin Setup. Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Seasoned Pro Classic WordPress Theme. Note: Updating ...
Cravings Pro Classic Tutorials
If you have the Feast Plugin, do not follow this tutorial. Go directly to the Feast Plugin Setup. Demos, FAQs, Tutorials and How-tos for the Cravings Pro Classic WordPress Theme. Note: Updating ...
How to Add the Visual Category Page Index
As of Genesis 3.0.0, they've removed the "blog" template used in this tutorial, and we no longer support it. If you'd like to continue using the visual category index in Cravings Pro and Seasoned Pro, ...
Cravings Pro Before Header Widget Area (outdated)
As of version 3.2.0., this section has been removed as it has been deemed a negative visitor experience because it pushes your blog content further down the page. Your newsletter call-to-action should ...
Cravings Pro: Home Top
We use the Cravings Pro Featured Posts widget here to display recent posts. You can drag and drop the Cravings Pro Featured Posts widget into the Home Top widget area and configure as you'd like. See ...
Home Page Layout
The home page is made up of three different widget areas: Home Top, Home Middle, and Home Bottom. Below is a preview of those widget areas and the widgets they contain: Back to Cravings Pro ...
How often should I post?
As much as you can. If you can put out 1000 high quality recipes by tomorrow, do it. Just post the content when it's ready, and make sure it's good quality content. You can't just glaze over ...
Stay Focused on Important Things (or: why Pinterest sucks)
This is an opinionated post from Skylar, arguing the counter-point about why Pinterest and social media is a waste of time. Lots of food bloggers use Pinterest very successfully and derive income from ...
Block Editor ("Gutenberg") Development
Essentially, they introduced a new post editor, as a plugin, which will eventually replace the old editor. We're following the rest of the industry and calling these the block editor and the ...
How to make email marketing an easy part of your content production process
You already know that social media is vital to promoting your food blog, but did you know that email marketing is just as important to the top food blogs? According to OptinMonster and MailMunch, ...
DMCA and Copyright Infringement
There's some debate about whether recipes can be copyrighted, but generally, copying creative content (such as a post, or parts of one) Note that recipes themselves can not be copyrighted: ...
Setup a secondary navigation menu
Yep, this is a clickbait post. The Feast themes are not designed for a secondary navigation and we don't recommend dual navigation. Trying to use two navigation menus is a rookie ...
15-Minute Fix
This is for a customization project, that requires roughly 15 minutes of work on our part. Theme support is restricted to getting your theme set up like the demo site. This is because troubleshooting ...
Feast Plugin FAQ
FAQ relating to the Feast Plugin. Access your Feast Plugin Subscription here. The plugin is an entirely setup than themes - you must download and install the themes separately. See the theme ...
Why we don't support pagebuilders
We do not recommend that bloggers use pagebuilders to create pages on their website, and we don't offer support for it. Below is an opinionated take on pagebuilders, and why we don't support it. As ...
Why we don't support site-wide taglines
A "tagline" actually makes for a great homepage title (h1) in the Modern Homepage. Check out the Modern Homepage Showcase for some well-done examples of this.The key difference is that this is ...
About
Feast Design Co. continues to evolve in 2021, with a renewed focus on blog performance with the Feast Plugin and best practices to keep you in sync with search engine requirements. We're more focused ...
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 ...
Modern Categories
The Modern Categories enables the category pages to be built with the block editor, just like the homepage and recipe index. This allows: With the Feast Plugin v.10.0.0 release, you can now add ...
Upgrade Your iPhoneography With These Apps & Accessories
As Chase Jarvis like to say – so much that he used it as the title for his book – "the best camera is the one that's with you." For many of us, it's an iPhone that we use to snap photos, in between ...
Food Holidays
Looking for food-oriented holidays to celebrate your favorite recipe on your blog, instagram and twitter? Look no further! January Food Holidays Jan. 4: National Spaghetti Day, U.S. Jan. 5: ...
How to Self Publish a Cookbook
Note from FeastDesignCo.: Skylar picked up Nancy's How to cook Halloumi cookbook earlier this year after trying it for the first time, and falling in love right away with the salty, savoury goodness. ...
Oh no!
Once upon a time, you were interested in what we've got going on at Feast. Once upon a time, you were determined to feel inspired; to get your blog into gear; to make it happen; and to do it with ...
Case Study: Dine & Dish
Goals & clarity for the site: "I want people to feel like they are walking into my home to sit down to a cup of coffee and a good chat ." Her gift to share: "Because of been blogging for so ...
Why You Should Always Buy Your Themes From The Source
If you're shopping around for a WordPress theme, it's easy enough to find many of the popular ones available for free – but there's a dark side to these "free" themes. It's technically legal ...
Cook'd Pro Theme
The Cook'd Pro theme is now only available through the Feast Plugin. If you're in your first 12 months of food blogging and would like to purchase the theme without any support, you can purchase the ...
Comments
Note: this post is in progress. The comments are getting a refresh in the Feast Plugin. Why Comments can help bloggers rank for keywords not found in their actual content. Search engines ...
Monetize This: 3 Things To Know Before Selling Sponsored Content
With the recent news about Facebook allowing verified pages to publish sponsored content, you're probably wondering if it's something you can offer for yourself. If you're thinking about how you can ...
Discontinued: Customize It For Me
This has been discontinued and replaced with the Feast+ service for the Feast Plugin. We've made our simple themes insanely easy to customize, but we also recognize that many of our customers are ...
Install It For Me
We've made our minimalist themes insanely easy to configure, but we also recognize that many of our customers are new to WordPress or simply don't have the time to invest in doing things ...
Foodie Pro Theme
The Foodie Pro theme is now only available through the Feast Plugin. If you're in your first 12 months of food blogging and would like to purchase the theme without any support, you can purchase the ...
How to Write Your Perfect “About Me” Page
When I stumble upon a new blog or website, the "About Me" page is one of the first things I look for. I absolutely love finding out more about the site's author. It allows me to feel more of a ...
How to Craft a Sponsored Post Without Seeming Inauthentic
Working with brands to create sponsored posts is a great way to bring in extra income with your blog. But writing these posts in a way that seems completely genuine can feel like quite the ...
Dear is now Brunch Pro // Permission Slip to Pivot
I have no problem saying this: Foodie Pro, the crown jewel of WordPress themes reaching the #1 spot in StudioPress sales almost every month for two years, has given us amazing insight to our niche ...
The Secret to Getting More Done—Even When Your Schedule's Packed
You're busy. And, even though you're filled with tons of creative ideas and inspiration, finding the minutes throughout the day to act on them is a totally separate battle for you. It's easy to ...
Foodie Pro is Now Translation Ready!
You asked, we listened! After we noticed an increase of support tickets requesting translation-ready code, we decided to look into things a bit. And what we found out was astounding. Foodie Pro has ...
Build Your Dreams on Epic Fails
No one gets it right the first time, every time. NO ONE! Whatever it is that you are trying to accomplish - a new recipe, a new blog, designing a new website or a new small business venture - is ...