Site Help

Getting started!

As a Visitor, you will not see some features that are available to Free Members and Free Members will not see many things offered to Paid Members. As a Visitor, you can browse our site in a limited fashion and use your browser's "print page" feature. You can also e-mail your friends, rate recipes, and report recipes but you will not earn any points.

To fully take advantage of our free site, first make sure your browser will accept cookies from our site. Normally, it's found in your "Options Menu". Then click on, "Register for FREE" on any of our pages.

If you experience any problems like our site doesn't recognize you, you appear logged in on one page but not on another, can't claim any points, etc., make sure you have entered our site using the full URL. That means, you should see http://www.RecipeView.com in your browser Address line. If you don't see www., add it before you log in or log out.

Why can't I see certain features of your site?

Our site is entirely cookie driven which means we need to be able to recognize who is viewing our pages. We hold back on several bandwidth features from Visitors to allow our Free and Paid Member to have more resources and speed available for Searching, Adding/Editing recipes, Making E-books, and working on their Shopping Lists. You must click on your browser's "Options Menu" and allow our site to insert cookies and allow popups to view some recipes and messages.

My friend said you have a Shopping List Generator I can use.
Where is it?

You will find it in your Member Control Panel after you log in as a Free Member or Paid Member. It will create a Shopping List of Ingredients from the recipes you select from your Private Collection. Paid Members also get 10 other Shopping Lists and a To Do List.

I want to search for a recipe but can't find a search box on your home page.

There is a Google search box that will search a limited amount of our database for Visitors. However, Free Members and Paid Members will find a Search Box by selecting a Category from our Main Menu. Because of all the traffic we get, we could no longer allow all users to search the entire database at one time.

Is there any way to remove all the ads?

Yes. Obviously our site is used extensively by hundreds of thousand of users each month. To offset the server and bandwidth costs, we had to monetize our site with Google Adwords which pays us a few cents when our Visitors click any of their links when they see something of interest.

Using an average estimate of total return visits per person and our click through rate, we have developed a Paid Membership which removes these ads. It not only speeds up your searching and browsing, it offers other options that our Visitors and Free Members do not get. As a Paid Member you get to see who else is a Member, not just a number representing the Members. You also have the option of creating your own Recipe E-books using recipes you have selected and do extensive searches throughout all of our categories.

Do I have to be on your site to win or receive messages?

No. As long as you stay Logged In, you can click on our ads or visit other sites. Any messages you receive while you're away, will appear on the top menu whenever you get back. If you are a Paid Member, you can load the Instant Message Popup and it will tell you that you have a new message, no matter where you are currently. You just load your Member Control Center and read it when you are ready.

I'm a Paid Member and want to send a message to all Members. However, I don't see all the Members in the drop down list. I know there are more than what I see. Why is this?

The Drop Down List and the Send Mail To All feature will only allow messages to be sent to those that want it. Some Members may have their Messages Turned Off or they may have Banned You from sending them messages. These features were added to protect members from being spammed from other members that continuously send gibberish to all members that don't want it. When we receive complaints from other Members about any particular Member, whether Free or Paid, the Message Privileges will be removed.

Member Control Center

This feature is available to Free and Paid Members only and is the heart of the Message System. It will show all your Received Messages and all your Sent Messages that are unread. Once it has been read, it will no longer show up in your database. This was designed to give you the opportunity to delete it before it is read in case you change your mind.

Add New Recipe

This feature is available to Free and Paid Members only. Just click Add New Recipe in your Control Panel and enter the information. You can add the recipe to your own Private Collection, our RecipeView Database, or both. If you add it to our database, you will Earn 1 Chance to Win if it is accepted by our reviewer.

Edit Your Recipes

This feature is available to Free and Paid Members only. It contains all the recipes you add to it by using the Add New Recipe button in your Control Panel or as a Paid Member, using our One Click Feature found on all our recipes on-line. Select the recipe you want and click EDIT Selected to make changes. Use the Select For Other table to use DELETE Selected, Generate Shopping List, or Make E-book.

To create a Shopping List, just select the recipes you want to try. Click Generate Shopping List and our program will pull all the ingredients from each recipe. You then select the ingredients you need and click Generate Printer Friendly List. Then, just take your list with you when you go for groceries. You can add your own items as well.

When making E-books, select the recipes you want to add, enter an optional Main Title and Banner heading, and click Make E-book.

Update Profile

This is used to Opt-in or Out of several features and includes your Mailing Address if you are participating in the Chances To Win Program. Be sure to keep your information current as we deliver prizes or send e-mail to the addresses provided. Accounts will be removed if we get returns or the account shows inactivity for some time. If you do not plan on returning, please delete your account.

My Favorite

This option is available to both Free and Paid Members. Your Favorites will store as many of our recipes as you like. To add a Favorite, just view any recipe in our database. If you want to try it later, just click the button at the bottom of the page and it will be added to your list. You can select and delete them afterward.

Block/Unblock Member

To Block a Member from sending you messages, just enter their User Name, or for Paid Members, from a Drop Down List, and click Save. To Unblock a Member, select the check box in line with their name and click Delete Selected. To block everyone, just turn Messages OFF! Please report abuse of this system if anyone appears to be spamming you or sending unwanted messages.