I had been working on a recipe "module" of my own within mambo when I discovered drupal. I'm now switching because I very much like the design of drupal. In my version of recipe I did have some other features that are not in the drupal module distribution. I would like to try and integrate them if people feel they are useful.

they are as follows.
1) a javascript interface to build the form dynamicaly. Allowing for n number of ingredients and steps.
2) I break the directions up into steps and time so that future searches can query based on the simplicity of the recipe to make and the amount of time involved.
3) I have planned to use the database of ingredients from the USDA for the taxonomy of ingredients, which includes nutritional information. This way queries can select low calorie, high protien, etc... recipes. It also provides a standard list of items so that people do not enter misspellings or slight variations of the same item.
4) I provide for a photo upload, which I think you may be able to do with your module but I haven't experimented with that yet.
5) I provide for personal notes and keywords for people to add that have meaning to them but my not be relavent or appropriate for the population.

If you'd like to see the work in progress you may go to: http://devel.mypublic.net login as "guest" pswd: "guest" and from the right menu select "add a recipe"
You can the select an "Item" and "add to list of ingredients". Simmilarly "add a step".

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Thox’s picture

Thox commented

Just some comments on your points:

1- I originally did this too, just make sure that non-javascript users can still use it.
2- I use taxonomy for the difficulty of the recipe and the time it takes to prepare / cook. I currently see no benefit in splitting the instructions up.
3- Your ingredients changes sound interesting. Note that they aren't likely to be used by a large number of sites. I imagine it will more likely be used for speciality recipe sites such as ones for specific dietary needs.
4- Integration of the upload module would be great for this module - many people ask for it.
5- I'm not clear if this is part of the comments or recipe notes, but I imagine either of those options already covers this.

green monkey’s picture

green monkey commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

closed on age - if request still active - please resubmit