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New Challenge - May 2013
And the challenge is live! I've put it on the home page and the challenge page. If you are going to order the book, I'd be delighted if you did it from the book page: http://www.cookbooker.com/title/14096/the-essential-new-york-times-cookb…

Comment by andrew May 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
Thanks, everyone. I've just done the collating for the last challenge, and will announce that on a separate topic. I'd be happy to have @BethNH and @kateq, as well as a third, coordinating some challenges. Let's try it out and see h…

Comment by andrew May 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
@BethNH: Thanks for the offer! I'll seriously consider it. I do want Cookbooker to continue to exist and provide a service for people, and I am going to keep supporting it (paying the modest server bills). But it's also true that my time h…

Comment by andrew April 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
Hi @BethNH and everyhone else. Yes, I'm around. I'm just catching up. I'll read all the posts I've missed and then get cracking on the next one.

Comment by andrew April 2013 permalink
Bugs
@queezle - this would work, but I think it's better that you don't delete the entire review when you just want to change something small. I just have to program it so that an edit also goes on the 'Recent Activity' stream. I thou…

Comment by andrew March 2013 permalink
Bugs
@kateq: thanks for finding that bug. It's fixed now. It has been lurking there for some time, I think!

Comment by andrew March 2013 permalink
Bugs
Yes, that's not exactly a bug, but rather the way we capture the front page (and emailed) information. When you first write a review it makes a separate copy of the information so it can email it to anyone who's signed up for email notific…

Comment by andrew March 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
Thanks @Queezle! That picture only shows up when you're not logged in, and of course, I was logged in the whole time. Fixed now - just put up the book cover. I'm looking forward to some Greek food too!

Comment by andrew February 2013 permalink
Bugs
Hmm, just getting to this now. I'll have some free time this coming week, so I'll try to see what's happening. I think that sometimes a book addition or deletion gets messed up in the database and the count becomes off. I'll see …

Comment by andrew February 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
@cadfael - I'm so pleased to hear you are recovering and that Cookbooker may have a small part in connecting you with food and cooking again. The Greek challenge is online now, everyone. I'm so sorry for the delay. Simple reason is that …

Comment by andrew February 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
Hi all: sorry for the long absence. Definitely I'll be grandfathering reviews from when I announced the title. I'll try to get the announcement page up later today. I've become very busy (as you may have noticed) with other aspects of…

Comment by andrew February 2013 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
It may very well be us. We have a pretty simple cookie system for remembering your login; other sites might have a better one.

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
@kaye16 - Good idea. I'll set one up now. And @Queezle - you might want to see if your browser is set up to reject cookies. Do you have login issues on any other sites?

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
How many reviews are there?
Our slip is showing! I'll have a look at the quirks and see if I can't iron them out. Definitely the system doesn't expect someone to be logged out partway through a review. @Queezle - I'm not sure why you'd be logged out m…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Let me know what happens this time. Hopefully my change will have done the trick, though if it's related to your computer it's harder to say. Is this the only site you've had issues with?

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Maybe it would be possible to do a review without any stars? So that we might comment for example on the relationship of one recipe to another -- different from commenting on a member's review. @kateq: I don't want the reviews to get mes…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
IPad vs. Cookbook page numbers
It's a great power, and I was a bit hesitant to put it in there, but since all of you are much better than catching errors than just one person, it makes sense. Sort of like Wikipedia.

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Sorry @friederike - I set this up, but forgot one vital change. It's working now - 5000 characters! I'm looking forward to this essay on eggs! I'll look into the comments liking. Should be doable, using a similar system as the regula…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
IPad vs. Cookbook page numbers
You know what - just edit the listing and change the page number. You can click the 'edit' button next to the recipe when you're looking at the recipe page, and this will let you fix errors in the title, page number etc. We should use…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Next challenge?
Great ideas, everyone. Okay, let's go with the following for the next challenges. We'll do the Olive and the Caper now (starting this week and going into February). Then we'll choose an Asian cuisine - Japanese most likely (though I&#…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
10,000 reviews and counting!
Good stuff everyone. Keep on going! I just added a couple from my Christmas present from my wife - Keller's Bouchon Bakery. I'll have to get cooking and see how many more I can add this year.

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
A Lasagne Winter
I used to use the 'no cook' method and noodles all the time, but lately have been cooking all of mine because we switched to whole wheat noodles and they do need a bit extra. I've made vegetarian variations on Mark Bittman's la…

Comment by andrew January 2013 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
Glad the books all arrived safe and sound. I think, given how close we are to the holidays, that we'll start our next challenge in early January. I just finished baking 328 cookies for a cookie exchange, and I'm sure everyone else has holi…

Comment by andrew December 2012 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Epicurious has two ratings: stars, and 'would you make this again'. I would hesitate to have two separate star rankings as that would be confusing. But maybe something like Epicurious?

Comment by andrew November 2012 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Try it now, @friederike - you should be able to do 5000 characters. I didn't expect people would be so enthusiastic! Great to see.

Comment by andrew November 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
I'm happy to announce the winners now, chosen by random atmospheric fluctuations (website called random.org) from the 165 reviews submitted during the challenge. Queezle Sister Kateq Zosia I'll be emailing the three of you shortly with c…

Comment by andrew November 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
I'm no mathematician, obviously! Those large numbers confuse me... Let's make it 3 to err on the side of generosity...

Comment by andrew November 2012 permalink
Healthy / Lo-Cal Challenge Ideas
Great to see the wealth of reviews on this challenge! I'll tally everything up this weekend and announce the winners Sunday most likely. Good stuff, everyone.

Comment by andrew November 2012 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
@Queezle: I'll look into it; sorry for the delay. I realize it's been a while since you posted that. Never say 'no urgency'! :) and @kaye16: do you mean that you'd like to see a comments tab/section for each cookbook review…

Comment by andrew October 2012 permalink
Site improvements & suggestions
Okay, @southerncooker, fixed it. You could have fixed it, actually - every recipe has a small edit link in the row of little icons under the recipe title (beside the picture) and it's possible to change the URL and title yourself. And @zosia, …

Comment by andrew October 2012 permalink

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