To make new cookbooks (custom cookbooks are a benefit of premium membership)
Click on MY COOKBOOKS (the link is at the top of every 'zaar page)
on that page there is a little box that says create
name your cookbook and click add
new cookbook created
To delete a cookbook
Click on the edit cover link and then on the delete cookbook link at the bottom.
You can delete all cookbooks except the free ones (your main cookbook and the one that your reviews are in).
To reorder your cookbooks (changing the order that they are in)
Go to your cookbooks page and click on the reorder link.
That page will list all of your cookbooks.
Click and drag on the mitten near the title of your cookbook and place it wherever you want in the list OR on the alphabetical sort link, thus "ordering" them.
Click on the "I'm Done Reordering" button and your cookbooks will remain in whatever order you choose.
To make cookbooks public
make sure that all the recipes IN that cookbook are public (any recipes added from the database are public)
click on the edit cover link on the cookbook box
brings up edit page for that particular cookbook
click on public button
click save changes and you are now public
To make public cookbooks private
click on my cookbooks at the top of the page
click on edit cover of the cookbook you wish to make private
scroll down to visibility and click on private
click save changes and you are now private again
To add a recipe to your cookbook
from a list of recipes on a page, click the curly down arrow next to the recipe's title
A drop down menu will come up with an option to add to cookbook
click on that link and another drop down menu will come up with a list of all of your cookbooks
choose which cookbook you wish to add the recipe to
OR
from the recipe's page, click on the add to cookbook link in the first column to the left of the recipe
click on that link and drop down menu will come up with a list of all of your cookbooks
choose which cookbook you wish to add the recipe to
To add multiple recipes to your cookbook at one time
from a list of recipes on a page, click on the tab to the right of the recipes' description (it will change color).
scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the add to cookbook button
click on that link and drop down menu will come up with a list of all of your cookbooks
choose which cookbook you wish to add the recipe to
you can do multiple recipes at a time, but only one page at a time.
To delete recipes from your cookbook
Click the little blue arrow next to the recipe title and then on the remove from cookbook link.
This works best if you wish to remove only one or two recipes.
Be sure to refresh your browser afterwards.
OR
To remove many recipes at a time, click in the description area of the recipe (be careful not to click the title or the recipe will just open).
The green tab on the right of the description box will change color and the word "select" will appear.
Select all you need to, doing only one page at a time, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the trashcan icon on the bottom right to delete recipes.
To copy recipes from main cookbook to a specialty cookbook
create the specialty cookbook
check the tab next to the recipe you want to add. It will change color
at the bottom of the page click on the "Add" button
this brings up a separate drop down box that lists all your cookbooks
find the cookbook you want to add the recipe to and click on move
close out box and you are done
Close the list of cookbooks pop-up and then click on the garbage can icon to remove those recipes from the cookbook you are in.
Now your recipe should be moved to your selected cookbook and removed from the main cookbook.
To move multiple recipes
Click on the tab just to the right the description area of the recipe in your list of recipes. You will notice a color change.
Select all the recipes you wish to move on the page (do only one page at a time) and then scroll down to "Add" button and click on it to display your list of cookbooks.
Choose the cookbook you wish those recipes to be in.
Close the list of cookbooks pop-up and then click on the garbage can icon to remove those recipes from the cookbook you are in.
Now your recipes should be moved to your selected cookbook and removed from the one you have open.
To re-order recipes in a custom cookbook (change the order they're in):
Click on either the cover of the cookbook you wish to edit on your cookbooks page or on the name of the cookbook from the drop-down list.
Click on ORDER RECIPES
Grab the mitten next to the recipe you wish to move by hovering the cursor over it; hold down the left-side mouse button and drag it where you wish.
When you're done arranging your recipes, click on I'M DONE REORDERING
