Search results matching tag 'Community'

NEW: "Comment Wall" for your Chef Page

stevemur — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:12:47 GMT

Your free BigOven.com chef page has just been enhanced, with a new "Leave a Comment" feature at the bottom of thepage.

People can jot a quick note to you, and optionally include a RecipeLink with the post! Use it to pass along compliments on recipes or photos, whatever you'd like! You will be notified when someone posts a comment on your Comment Wall, via the email preferences you've indicated. (If you are accepting email from other people, you will be notified when a comment is posted.)

For example, see the excerpt below:

New BigOven.com Feature: Place Suggestions on Other's Try Soon Queue

stevemur — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:31:31 GMT

We've just released a fun new feature for the BigOven.com website.

You can now suggest recipes for your other BigOven friends... and those recipes go right on (the bottom of) their Try Soon Queue, along with any brief comments you'd like to make. (NOTE: Since Try Soon Queues are public, your comments are also public to all users. Use email to send private messages.)

Here's how to add recipes to your BigOven friends' Try Soon Queues:

Simply visit a recipe page, and look to the upper right menu bar. You'll see an option "Suggest to Friend".
Click it, and enter the BigOven chef's username. It's that easy!

Possible uses:

Got a relative who is just learning to cook? Help queue them up with your favorites.
Notice a recipe that a friend just has to try? Put it on their Try Soon List!
Make some suggestions to help friends and family eat a little better
Help get your friends unstuck!

At the moment, we're also experimenting a bit with bringing up the visibility of the next 3 items on your Try Soon list to the BigOven homepage at www.bigoven.com. If you're logged in, you'll see your top 3 upcoming recipes right there, waiting for you.

New users signing up automatically get two recipes added to their 'Try Soon' Queue just to get them started.

One other improvement -- you can now Find Other BigOven Users if you know what their username starts with or if you know what their email address starts with.

Comments? Please drop by our Feature Requests forum and let us know.

New BigOven Community Server

stevemur — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:29:00 GMT

Welcome to the new BigOven Community Server.

This new platform supports:

Message Board
Blogging
Tagging
Polls
... and more.

From a design standpoint, we think this new platform is significantly easier to read. From a technical standpoint, it seems to be a little more responsive, and it uses the same underlying language as our Recipe Archive, which should make it easier to integrate down the line.

Are you interested in writing a blog about cooking? We can host it for you for free, including photos and more. Just let us know what food/diet/nutrition-related subject you'd like to write about.