Recipe Plugin has everything members need to easily manage and showcase recipes on mooSocial’s social networks. This article will show you a simple way to create secret recipes or cooking tips through the Recipe plugin.

Note: Recipe plugin has the map, you need to configure Google or OpenStreetMap api (Add Google Developer Key Or Enable OpenStreetMap)

Go to Recipe => Click on Post a New Recipe button

Go to Post New Recipe page:

• Info tab

Fill in the blank fields:

       [1] Enter a recipe title.

       [2] Select category.

       [3] Enter the description.

       [4] Upload the thumbnail.

       [5] Enter the cooking time.

       [6] Enter hashtags.

       [7] Choose the privacy for the post.

       [8] Tick to show the recipe in search results.

       [9] Enter the nutritional information. 

=> Click on Save button.

• Ingredients & Method tab: Enter the overview => Click on Save button.

• Location tab: 

Enter your location or Drag and drop the marker to get the address.

=> Click on Save Changes button.

• Photos tab:

Click on the Upload Photos button => show pop-up.

Upload photos for the recipe >> Upload Queued Files button >> Save Photos button.

• Videos tab: Users can share Youtube/Vimeo videos for the recipe.

Click on the Share new video button => show pop-up

         (1) Select video source (Youtube/Vimeo)

         (2) Paste the URL.

=> Click on the Fetch Video button. The video has been added successfully.

Click on View Recipe to view your recipe post.

The list of recipes can be displayed in the map view. This article will show you how to enable the Recipe Location function.

Note: Recipe plugin has the map, you need to configure Google or OpenStreetMap api (Add Google Developer Key Or Enable OpenStreetMap)

(Back-end) Go to Recipe => Settings tab

Tick on “Enable” => Click on Save Settings button.

(Front-end) Go to Recipes page: Site members will see the location icon here.

By clicking on the location icon, members can view recipes by location on the map.

When you click the marker icon on the map, the recipe information will be displayed.

This short tutorial will show you how to mark a recipe as sponsored.

Step 1: At the back-end, go to the Recipe tab => General tab.

Step 2: Check on the recipe you want to mark as sponsored.

The recipe has been marked as sponsored.

Step 3: At the front-end, go to Recipes page.

The Sponsored Recipes widget will display below the Search Recipes widget.

Manage Channel is where you can add Really Simple Syndication (RSS) link to display news from an external site. You only can add news items from another site if they provide RSS feeds.
For example, you can use the RSS link to display information such as news and weather reports.

This tutorial will show you how to manage your channels.

Step 1: Login to your admin dashboard.

Step 2: Go to Plugin Manager > Click on Live News > Manage Channels

You will see the options the manage channels:

1. Add Channel
2. Delete Channel
3. Edit
4. Get new

 

1. Add Channel.

Step 1: Click on “Add Channel” button.

Step 2: Enter the fields: Name, Rss Address; choose Category.

Step 4. Click on “Add” button.

2. Delete Channel.

Step 1: Check on the channels that you want to delete.

Step 2: Click on “Delete” button > show the pop-up to confirm your selection.

Step 3: Click on “OK” button on pop-up.

3. Edit.

Step 1. At the channel you want to edit, click on Edit button in the Action column.

Step 2. Edit channel: name. rss address, category or active.

Step 3. Click on Save button.

4. Get news.

Step 1: After adding a channel successfully, it will be listed in the channel list.

Step 2: Click on “Get new” button for the channel that you want to get news, and wait until it finishes loading.

After get news from Channel live news, you can manage news at Manage News tab.

Follow this tutorial to know how to manage news.

Step 1: Login to your admin dashboard.

Step 2: Go to Plugin Manager -> Click on Live News -> Manage News.

You can see the list of news and manage them.

1. Delete News
2. Delete All New
3. Disabled
4. Search

 

1. Delete News

Step 1: Check on the news that you want to delete.

Step 2: Click on “Delete” button > show the pop-up to confirm your selection.

Step 3: Click on “OK” button on pop-up.

2. Delete All News

Step 1: Check on all the news that you want to delete.

Step 2: Click on “Delete All News” button > will show the pop-up to confirm your selection.

Step 3: Click on “OK” on pop-up.

 3. Disable

If you disable a news, it will be not shown to front end.

At the news you want to disable or enable, click on Disable or Enable button in Action column.

4. Search

Step 1. At search tool, enter keyword.

Step 2. Press Enter on keyboard.

Search result will show for you.

At the front end, your live news will be shown like this: