24 3 / 2012
Import a recipe from a URL
While it has been possible to import a recipe using the bookmarklet for quite some time, it wasn’t possible to import one directly from a URL until now. This feature was requested by a few users, and gives you another way to get recipes into Forkchop:
Happy importing and cooking!
03 3 / 2012
Login (and signup) with Twitter
To make it easier for users to try Forkchop out, you can now sign up for Forkchop or log in using your Twitter account.
Clicking the “Sign In with Twitter” button will take you to Twitter, where you can authorize the application to have access to your account. We will never post anything to a user’s feed without them requesting it.
If you are a new user, you will then be prompted to confirm your name and provide an email address. This is so that we have a way to contact you should we ever need to.
After submitting this information, the signup process is complete.
If you already have an account on Forkchop, you can link it to your Twitter account by going to your profile (click your name in the right side of the site header, and then click “Link with your Twitter Account”.
Once you authorize Forkchop to use your Twitter account, your accounts are now linked. You can then sign into Forkchop by clicking the “Sign In with Twitter” button on the sign in page.
22 1 / 2012
Add Photos of Batches for Fun and Profit
Part of the process of getting better at a recipe or cooking technique is looking back at how you’ve faired in the past and learning from your successes and failures. Sometimes the best way to show the results of a cooking expedition is a photo.
When creating a batch on Forkchop, you can now upload photos from your computer:
These images will appear on the recipe page, where you can hover over them to see a larger version:
They will also appear on the dashboard wherever that batch is listed:
We’re working on providing an easy way to add photos from a mobile device. In the meantime, iOS users can take advantage of iCloud’s Photo Stream to make capturing images on a mobile device and uploading them from a computer more convenient.
27 12 / 2011
Introducing the Dashboard
For logged in users, the Forkchop home page now sports a nice list of recent events that have occurred on that user’s account:
Now it’s easy to look back over what you’ve made over the past few weeks or months.
22 11 / 2011
Forkchop’s most requested feature has been print stylesheets. I’m happy to say that you can now print recipes and shopping lists, with clean layouts that let you focus on the task at hand.
01 11 / 2011
Recipe lists can now be reordered.
It’s a small improvement, but an important one. By clicking on the headers of any recipe list (the main one, search results, or tags), the list can be reordered. This makes it easy, for example, to see what you’ve cooked most (or most recently):
25 10 / 2011
How to Import a Recipe into Forkchop
Bookmarklets are nifty little things, but getting them installed isn’t always as straight forward as it should be. Here’s a short video that demonstrates how to get the Forkchop bookmarklet setup.
03 10 / 2011
I have an appointment with a sandwich…
…but I’ll be with you shortly.
And Forkchop will be here soon.
