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Last updated: March 2006
Special thanks to Reah O'Donnell for reporting errors!
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| If you see this error, it means that you have not used the recipecal website for 30 minutes. After 30
minutes you are automatically signed out of the site. This is done to conserve memory on my computer
and allow other users to access the site. Efforts are being made to give you an error message to
sign into the site again. Util I have covered every conceivable place in the site where such an error
occurs, this error will appear on your browser. I apologize in advance for this error.
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| www.recipecal.com employs a simple navigational system. The Structural Navigation menu is located
across the screen just below the recipecal.com banner. It is yellow if the user has not signed in
and blue if the user has signed in.
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- Home - displays the recipecal.com welcome screen
- Ingredient - allows people to search for ingredient nutritional values
- Sign In - registered users can use their username and password to access the site
- Create New Account - unregistered users can create a valid username/password
- Help - access the help pages
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- Home - displays person's information and allows editing
- Ingredient - allows people to search for ingredient nutritional values
- Recipe - allows people to view, create, edit, and manage recipes
- Day Planner - allows people to view, create, edit, and manage a day's nutritional information
- Sign Out - please use this to help my computer save memory space!
- Help - access the help pages
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| Each page has a Context Menu. The links in the yellow context menu are those which are available
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| In order to create a recipe, a person must be a registered user. Once signed in, a recipe is created by: |
- Choose the link to "Create New Recipe"
- Enter the recipe name, number of servings, brief description, and other recipe properties
- Click on the Save/Done button
- Add ingredients or recipes you own to your new recipe. You need to choose the category of the ingredient, then click on the "add" link
- Ingredients can also be found my searching for a single keyword and using the search function
- Edit each ingredient/recipe by clicking on the "Edit" link. Be sure to press the "Done" button
- Once all the items that compose the recipe have been chosen and the amounts set, press the "Save Ingredients and Measures" button
- Press the "Done" button
- Add the steps to creating your recipe
- Click on the "Done" link to finish
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| Once you have added your ingredients, edited the amounts, and save the information
by pressing the Save/Done button, you can choose to display the recipe from
the Recipe Context Menu
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| If a recipe is calculated, it can be shared. In the recipe section, choose to "View a Recipe". In
the Recipe Context Menu there will be a link that makes the recipe shared. The recipe will
be shared until you make some kind of change to the recipe. Any changes to the recipe
automatically makes the recipe unshared. Generally, you will need to calculate the recipe
again and then share it again.
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| Shared recipes can be viewed by any registered user. If you like the recipe and want to use it to add
to your Day, Week, or Recipe space, you need to copy the recipe. You then become the owner of the copy
of the recipe. You need to be in the "View Recipe" mode. Choosing the link with the recipe title will
get you into the View Recipe mode. Then choose the "Copy this recipe into my folder" option. You now
have a copy of the recipe in your folder. You can edit this recipe or use it as a
sub-recipe for other recipes.
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| Shared recipes can be viewed by any registered user. If you like the recipe and want to use it to add
to your Day, Week, or Recipe space, you need to copy the recipe. You then become the owner of the copy
of the recipe. You need to be in the "View Recipe" mode. Choosing the link with the recipe title will
get you into the View Recipe mode. Then choose the "Copy this recipe into my folder" option. You now
have a copy of the recipe in your folder. You can edit this recipe or use it as a
sub-recipe for other recipes.
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| This site allows you to view the ingredients and recipes you have added to each day. It displays
the ingredients and recipes for each day, and whether the day is calculated. Each day is
a link to "View Day". You can then edit the day if you choose the option in the day context
menu.
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