Help:Starting a new recipe

=Start your own section in our CookbookWiki!=

Now you can preserve your time tested recipes using CookbookWiki.com! By using CookbookWiki.com to publish your recipes, you are documenting your recipes into the ultimate cookbook! Be apart of something bigger than yourself and share your recipes with the world! If you have a recipe related web site, you may link to your site from each recipe you submit!

'REMEMBER: Do not post copyrighted material! You may post recipes and images of your own, considered PUBLIC DOMAIN or from other free resources!

Here is a link to PUBLIC DOMAIN resources if you need pictures or content for an article or recipe: Public Domain Resources

1. Start your own category
In order to start your own category, you must enter a Category Name to our URL.

Example: http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Category:Eaton_Family_Recipes

You will see a page show up that gives a box to edit the page. Enter a description for your category and let the world know about your category! This will create a Category for you to link your recipes into the CookboookWiki Web Site.

2. Enter a Recipe
Now, to enter a recipe. You will enter the title to your recipe, the same way you created the category. You may have spaces in your title.

Example: http://www.cookbookwiki.com/Velveeta_Cheese_Dip

A page will appear for you to edit. Use the standard template for posting your recipe. Take a look at some recipes other people have posted by clicking on edit on the recipe page. Notice the way they have outlined the recipe. Also, notice the way you post an image. You can even copy the recipe's code and past it in your recipe page, then change the ingredients and description for your recipe.

3. Enter a Category Tag to your Recipe
Once you finish your recipe. You will want it to show up somewhere on our site! You do this by adding a Category tag to your recipe page. If you started your own category, then you may want to add the category tag so that your recipe will show up in your category.

See the recipe above and click "edit" to see how this example is done.

4. Set up a link back to your site
If you would like to receive traffic to your site from ours, then be sure to set up a link in the OTHER LINKS section of your recipe! The more recipes you submit and link to your site, the more traffic!