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Why: Allow your members to personalize their experience by setting dietary preferences, allergen exclusions, and measurement systems. This enhances their engagement and satisfaction with your app.
Navigate: App Station > Settings > Access Levels for configuring access; Settings > Content Settings > Ingredients for allergen management; Profile > Identity for setting display names.
Quick Start
Click on Settings in the App Station menu.
Select Access Levels to configure permissions for dietary preferences.
Go to Content Settings and then Ingredients to manage allergen options.
Navigate to Profile and select Identity to set a public display name for yourself.
Save your changes.
Detailed Sections
Member Preferences Overview
Members can customize their experience in your app by setting various preferences, including:
Measurement System: Choose between metric and imperial units for ingredient measurements.
Allergen Exclusions: Specify allergens to filter out recipes containing them.
Dietary Preferences: Select dietary tags that influence recipe visibility.
Cuisine Preferences: Indicate preferred cuisines to boost relevant recipes in search results.
Disliked Ingredients: Manage ingredients that members prefer to avoid.
These preferences help tailor the content members see, enhancing their overall experience.
Measurement System
Members can set their preferred measurement system in their profile settings. This preference affects how ingredient amounts are displayed in recipes and shopping lists.
Metric: Uses grams, liters, etc.
Imperial: Uses ounces, pounds, etc.
Admins can configure the default measurement system for their app, ensuring consistency across all content.
Allergen Exclusions
Members can specify allergens to exclude from their recipe searches. This is crucial for safety, as it completely hides recipes containing the selected allergens.
Big 9 Allergens:
Milk
Eggs
Fish
Shellfish
Tree Nuts
Peanuts
Wheat
Soybeans
Sesame
Admins can manage allergen options under Settings > Content Settings > Ingredients. This ensures that members' preferences are respected when displaying recipes.
Dietary Preferences
Members can select dietary preferences that affect the visibility of recipes. There are two modes for dietary preferences:
Boost: Recipes matching dietary preferences rank higher in search results.
Filter: Only recipes with matching dietary tags are shown.
Admins can configure the available dietary tags to align with their content offerings.
Cuisine Preferences
Members can indicate their favorite cuisines, which will boost recipes from those cuisines in search results. This feature allows members to see more of the content they love while still having access to a variety of options.
Disliked Ingredients
Members can manage ingredients they dislike. There are two modes for handling disliked ingredients:
Deprioritize: Recipes containing disliked ingredients rank lower in search results.
Hide: Recipes with disliked ingredients are completely hidden.
This feature allows for a more personalized experience, ensuring that members only see recipes that align with their tastes.
Setting a Public Display Name
Admins can set a public display name that members will see in community interactions, comments, and leaderboards. This can be done in the Profile > Identity section of the App Station.
If no display name is set, members will see the admin's full first and last name.
Members themselves are always displayed as their first name plus last initial (e.g., "Jane D.").
Configuring Access Levels
To ensure that members can set their preferences appropriately, admins can configure access levels in the Access Levels section. This allows for tailored permissions based on membership tiers, ensuring that all members have the right tools to customize their experience.