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jeffg · Sep 29, 2014

"Truth is really doesn't matter where you put a recipe"

Last I heard AW's free forums are archived by Google but the paid forums are not. So if you want to find recipes via Google it matters at least a little.

kenmoreguy89 · Sep 29, 2014

Oh my gosh!!!, You missed the point.....

Things needs to be read in a speech complex, not just extrapolate thing by thing...
Did I maybe mention ATT or DL or donating forums? Or i just spoke of speaking of Imperial, Deluxe and especially Super? No! LOL

And that doesn't matter anyway as what I was saying was a different thing..
If you name a thread ex:
Recipe: Gnocchi al telegrafo...
"#Recipe # Food #Cooking : Southern Fried Chicken with my new Sunbeam Fryer"....
By naming or insering in thread title the word "recipe" someone who will look or enjoy recipes, food etc...will easily detect it's a recipe and not something else..... And it would be for whatever it is the forum section you're putting it....
Then the decision to make a forum donating or not that's another matter....that it's up to Robert, hypothetically one day he could even decide to make the whole website donating only as far as I am concerned....he already do so many things for our pure sake and for free....
I think that if someone post a recipe is primarily to share among members, and since this website, is primarily centered on appliances, rather than recipes and food, it's even all plus to it and a possibility it offers.... then, if this will also allow your recipe to gain visbility through Google results, even better, but IMO that has not to be taken for granted....and again, recipes and cooking are not the main topic this website is based on....
That sentence you quoted was to mean that by putting or hashtagging the word " Recipe" people will know it's a recipe and it will be found in virtually any forum here easily or at least more, and even if hypothetically there was a whole one for everything, as long as you name it "recipe" it's more easily deterctable that it's a recipe and also will also appear on the serchalator, if you type: "Recipe Apple pie" you'd have more chance to get an apple pie making related thread, rather than just stumble in a thread speaking of cooking-ware and baking dishes to make the apple pie, and so will not be mistaken or missed for something else...
As I have understand it, the proposal was to make the recipes and cooking related stuff more easily detectable by having a forum dedicated to them....and what I wrote was to say, that at times all you may need is to make them easily detectable is titling or hashtagging threads titles according to the topic...
Unfortunately as I said though sometimes recipes are just posted following a thread that initially may have just spoken about appliances....
Perhaps the idea of the external "cookbooks" and related links to pertinent discussion could potentially give even more visbility to these kind of recipes and everything is related and also give more ideas to continue and extend a discussion.......

[this post was last edited: 9/29/2014-10:40]

jeffg · Sep 29, 2014

Freddy, I did understand your point. I'm making a different one. Some members use the Searchalator, and others (like me) usually use Google, because there's little if anything in the paid forums we ever need to search for. I'm reminding users in that first group that it does matter to members of the other where posts are placed.

I absolutely agree with your other comments about paid/unpaid forums. Unlike almost all other sites we visit regularly, virtually all of AW's value imo is contained in its free forums not the paid ones. Bravo to the admins for that, and imo they could easily get away with combining Super and ATTT into a single paid forum, but archived via Google along with the free ones. JMO.

Unimatic1140 · Sep 29, 2014

I think the best approach to all this will be to use the radio button selection that the creator of the thread chooses when they click on "create new thread".

Currently the list of possible choices in the public forums are:

<ul>
<li>Vintage/Antique Automatic Washers, Dryers or Dishwashers at least 20 years old or more </li>
<li>Modern Automatic Washers, Dryers or Dishwashers made less than 20 years ago </li>
<li>Twin-tub Washers </li>
<li>Wringer Washers </li>
<li>Ironers, Mangles or Iron Related Products </li>
<li>Laundry or Dishwasher Detergents or Additives </li>
<li>Wash-in Parties Invitations and/or Pictures </li>
<li>Ranges, Stoves, Ovens, Refrigerators, Air Conditioners or Vacuum Cleaners </li>
<li>Small Appliances </li>
<li>Cooking Products and recipes </li>
<li>Any other products for the home or home/automobile related posts </li>
<li>Website related questions or to report bugs </li>
<li>Appliance Related Wanted or Items for Sale </li>
<li>Items you are looking to buy </li>
<li>eBay Auctions, Craigslist Ads, Classified Ads of Laundry Related Products </li>
<li>Items you are selling yourself, non-professionally </li>
</ul>

Since Cooking Products and recipes is already a selection, that would work well. Then I could have the a drop down topic list on the index page so users can have a way to show only the threads within a forum that they are looking for. However, like everything else, this will only work if users pick the right selection from the beginning.

Again I am very busy at the moment and wont have time in near-term to get this done, but I will add it to the top of my wanted to ad features add list.

fester · Sep 29, 2014

Recipes

If and when you all decide to get a recipe box set up, I have a fair collection of old cook books to pull from. Most of them are vintage 30's - 70's, regional or DIY from scratch types. I've got a small book case full and some more in boxes.

It's amazing how different a common, tired old dish tastes when done without the usual over processed, lite, imitation, lo-fat, lo-carb, canned soup type of ingredients. Not to start an elitest food rant or bag on anyone that enjoys that sort of fare, but every time I try a recipe from a magazine or on the web I have always had superior results with a vintage version and fresh whole ingredients.

vintagekitchen · Sep 30, 2014

a recipe box could be fun..

Lord knows poor Robert must have his hands full already maintaining the site, but if he should decide to add it, I would love a section just for recipes, I have tried sooo many of the vintage ones people have posted, and have yet to be disappointed, my vintage cook books are starting to get jealous when I log in, lol.

jkbff · Oct 27, 2014

*gasp* Unimatic!!!

I must've missed something

This looks awesome! So do we just search for the tag we are looking for or how does one manipulate this feature?

*SQUEEEEE* LOL Sorry, I'm kinda giddy over this!

daveamkrayoguy · Oct 27, 2014

Just think of a GOOD NAME for it, and I'M IN!!!!

BTW: Found a good macaroni & cheese recipe that came out pretty well...

-- Dave

Unimatic1140 · Oct 27, 2014

I must've missed something This looks awesome! So do we just search for the tag we are looking for or how does one manipulate this feature?

Please see this thread...

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?56627

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