Hi _ I've just joined and want to print out some of the recipes on the site. The ‘shopping list’ function is great, but where is the button to print out the list of ingredients followed by the Method. So I can be in the kitchen with one printed page, and gather the relevant ingredients and prepare the meal…. Or do I have to manually cut and paste each section, from each recipe that I like and paste it into Word or Notepad in order to achieve this (……..REALLY !) Grateful if someone could tell me where that button is hiding please, as I can’t find it.
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Printing recipies out
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trophywench
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On Windows - press the 'Control' button when on the page (or document) you need to print then press 'P' on the normal typing keyboard.
On our laptop the printer screen then opens saying the printer is a Samsung whatever it is, then we press the 'Print' button on the printer screen and voila, it prints.
Haven't a clue with iPads, Pods, tablets, phones or anything else not Windows.
On our laptop the printer screen then opens saying the printer is a Samsung whatever it is, then we press the 'Print' button on the printer screen and voila, it prints.
Haven't a clue with iPads, Pods, tablets, phones or anything else not Windows.
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I'm going to sound really dumb here but what is the 'shopping list' function?
I am not sure, but I think stu36r means if you select the browser print option (File menu / Cmd+P / ctrl+P etc.) it prints the web page, rather than just the recipe. So you get great big banners, photos, and links you cannot use, which as well as wasting paper and ink, just makes it less usable than a simple sheet with just the ingredients and method. Which is all you need.
At least that is what happens in Safari for Mac. Using the butterbean pâté recipe, as the first one on the list for the recipes selection, selecting print produces the following pages:
Page 1: page header, recipe photo with brief description.
Page 2: nutrition, half of the chef's tips, a third of the ingredients.
Page 3: the rest of the ingredients (squash up at the side of the page), the rest of the chef's tips, a lot of blank space, a related recipe - the one being printer (!)
Page 4: photos of four more related recipes
page 5: two separate large panels with "buttons" to donate now, and a large blue panel.
Page 6: the page footer.
Whilst the page does have a print style sheet linked, that seems to be a generic one for the whole site so only removes some of the irrelevant elements such as the navigation bar. But other than possibly a class on the body element to indicate pages that are a recipe, this can all be fixed with a style sheet so should be a relatively simple task as it will not require any changes to the functioning of the site itself.
Although putting a print button on the page would be helpful too for those used to that method and not seeking out the standard operating system methods.
At least that is what happens in Safari for Mac. Using the butterbean pâté recipe, as the first one on the list for the recipes selection, selecting print produces the following pages:
Page 1: page header, recipe photo with brief description.
Page 2: nutrition, half of the chef's tips, a third of the ingredients.
Page 3: the rest of the ingredients (squash up at the side of the page), the rest of the chef's tips, a lot of blank space, a related recipe - the one being printer (!)
Page 4: photos of four more related recipes
page 5: two separate large panels with "buttons" to donate now, and a large blue panel.
Page 6: the page footer.
Whilst the page does have a print style sheet linked, that seems to be a generic one for the whole site so only removes some of the irrelevant elements such as the navigation bar. But other than possibly a class on the body element to indicate pages that are a recipe, this can all be fixed with a style sheet so should be a relatively simple task as it will not require any changes to the functioning of the site itself.
Although putting a print button on the page would be helpful too for those used to that method and not seeking out the standard operating system methods.
Hi all and thank you for the fast replies!
‘Becca’ has hit the nail on the head so to speak. There appears to be no function to print out a "working" document that JUST contains the ingredients and the method. It is a relatively simple task for a web developer to add and would provide excellent additional functionality.
In my retirement years I intend to focus on this Diabetes thing! Having read numerous books, listened to my Doctor and already completed two 8 week self-created “Plans” I feel so much better and have lost 4 stone in the processJ. The site looks great and will be very useful to me as I continue on my journey to remission, but a little bit of tweaking would make the recipe section of the site so much more usable.
As “Newbie” I didn’t want to shout….. but after 45 yrs in computing (including web development) I know this small addition should not be difficult to achieve. Thanks once again for the kind reply’s and making me feel welcome.
‘Becca’ has hit the nail on the head so to speak. There appears to be no function to print out a "working" document that JUST contains the ingredients and the method. It is a relatively simple task for a web developer to add and would provide excellent additional functionality.
In my retirement years I intend to focus on this Diabetes thing! Having read numerous books, listened to my Doctor and already completed two 8 week self-created “Plans” I feel so much better and have lost 4 stone in the processJ. The site looks great and will be very useful to me as I continue on my journey to remission, but a little bit of tweaking would make the recipe section of the site so much more usable.
As “Newbie” I didn’t want to shout….. but after 45 yrs in computing (including web development) I know this small addition should not be difficult to achieve. Thanks once again for the kind reply’s and making me feel welcome.
Drummer
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I just realised that my lever arch file is an antiquity - I have pages on paper salvaged from Portsmouth college of Technology, my mother's recipe for Yorkshire puddings - so half a century of accumulated recipes.
many in plastic sleeves so they can be used in the kitchen, wiped off and replaced.
I never knew I was hard done by, writing out the ingredients and method by hand.
many in plastic sleeves so they can be used in the kitchen, wiped off and replaced.
I never knew I was hard done by, writing out the ingredients and method by hand.
There is a print button! It is right at the bottom of the very long page, where no one would look for it, in a "share this page" block.
Although the icons in that section work in Chrome, none of them do anything in the latest version of Safari for Mac (14.0.3). So someone should probably should take a look at that too.
Although the icons in that section work in Chrome, none of them do anything in the latest version of Safari for Mac (14.0.3). So someone should probably should take a look at that too.
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Butterbean pâté
It was the first recipe on the list from clicking the "Recipes for every occasion" link on the main homepage. And it also sounds quite nice so one I want to try, but I just copied and pasted the details into the Notes app.
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Butterbean pâté
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It was the first recipe on the list from clicking the "Recipes for every occasion" link on the main homepage. And it also sounds quite nice so one I want to try, but I just copied and pasted the details into the Notes app.
Thanks @Becka
I will feed this thread back to the web team 🙂
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