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Why: Empower your members to create their own recipes, enhancing engagement and personalizing their experience. This feature allows them to express creativity while keeping their creations private.
Navigate: App Station > Settings > Features
Quick Start
Go to App Station.
Select Settings.
Click on Features.
Enable the member_created_content feature flag.
Ensure the appropriate Access Level allows members to create recipes.
Overview
The member-created recipes feature allows your members to craft their own recipes using a user-friendly, mobile-first editor. These recipes are private to the member and cannot be shared publicly, ensuring a personal touch to their culinary creations.
Key Differences from Admin Recipes
Feature | Admin Recipes | Member-Created Recipes |
Visibility | All members (with access) | Only the creator |
Media | Images, videos, embeds | Single image only |
Slug | Admin-defined | Auto-generated |
Publishing | Draft/scheduled/published | Always published |
Location | Content library | My Stuff page |
Ingredients | Library + custom + component recipes | Library only |
Instructions | Rich text + formatted steps | Rich text only |
Nutrition | Editable per-serving values | Read-only (calculated) |
Prep Ahead | Full prep ahead system | Not available |
Extras | Tips, equipment, etc. | Not available |
Component Recipes | Supported | Not supported |
Enabling Member-Created Recipes
To allow your members to create their own recipes, you need to enable the feature in your app settings and adjust the access levels accordingly.
Step 1: Enable the Feature Flag
Navigate to App Station.
Go to Settings.
Click on Features.
Enable the member_created_content feature flag.
Step 2: Configure Access Levels
In App Station, go to Access Levels.
Edit the access level you want to modify.
Ensure the canCreateRecipes option is enabled for that access level. By default, this is set to
false, so you need to opt-in.
Tip: Remember, admins always have access to everything, regardless of these settings.
Member Recipe Creation Process
Once enabled, your members can create recipes through the My Stuff page. Here’s how the process works:
Members click the New Recipe button.
They are taken to a simplified editor where they can:
Add a title and notes.
Upload a single image.
Select ingredients from the library.
Write instructions using rich text.
View calculated nutrition information.
Privacy and Visibility
Member-created recipes are only visible to the member who created them. They cannot be accessed by other members or guests, ensuring privacy.
Nutrition Handling
Nutrition for member-created recipes is automatically calculated based on the ingredients selected from the library. Members cannot manually edit nutrition values or create new ingredients with nutrition data.
Missing Nutrition Warning
If any ingredient lacks nutrition data, a warning will be displayed, indicating that some ingredients do not have nutrition information.