For this month’s meeting we are featuring easy, family-tested recipes.

You can submit your recipes directly to the website.

The first thing you need to do is register to the site.  Directions for registering.

After you are registered, go to the log in page.  The address is www.gwche.org/wp-admin If you don’t remember this address, you can scroll down any page at www.gwche.org on the right side to the “For Those Who Post” section.  Click the Log In link.

Use the log in information you just entered.  You’ll then come to the Dashboard.  On the left side click the link for Posts.  Then click Add New

You’ll then get a page that looks like this.  

At the very top there is a place for the title.  Put the name of your recipe then a dash and your name there.

If your screen only has one row of tools in the toolbar like this:

Then you’ll need to click the one that says “Show/Hide Kitchen Sink” when you hover over it.  Then you will get two rows of tools.

Click into the main text area under the toolbars.  This is where you type your recipe.  Make sure the Visual tab on the right is active.

Unless you know HTML then you can click the other tab.  If your recipe is already typed in Word, then it is important to not copy and paste directly into this box.  Word will add all kinds of nasty code that will make everything look funny.  So you’ll need to copy your text first then click on the button in the toolbar with the “W” Word symbol.  This is the Paste from Word button.  You’ll get a popup box and this is where you paste your recipe.

After you have pasted it in then click insert.  You can use some of the formatting options (bold, italics, bullets, etc) on the toolbar now.

If you would like to add any photos of the cooking process or your finished product that is very easy to do.

First click into your post where you want the photo to  be.  The photo will appear where ever the cursor is.

Just above the toolbars there is an Upload/Insert section.  Click the first icon (Upload images) and then you can browse to the image location on your computer and upload the photo.

On the upload screen, make sure you click the From Computer tab and then click Select Files to browse for the photos on your computer.

Once the photo is uploaded there are several options.

Change the name of the title to something we can understand.  Use lower case and no spaces in the name.

tuna-casserole-mary-brown is a good example of how to name your photo.

Click the File URL button.  Then decide if you want your photo to be left, center or right.  Center is usually the best option.  Medium is usually the best option for the image size.

Then click Insert into Post.

After the recipe is the way you want it, look to the right side of the screen for Categories.

Scroll down and check the “Recipes for Quick Cooking” category.

Then click Submit for Review.

At this point, your recipe will be saved.  If you need to save it while you are working on it, you can click “Save Draft” and come back to it later.  You can also click the “Preview” button to see what it will look like when it is posted.

Now send an email to webmaster@gwche.org with Quick Cooking in the subject line.  We’ll proofread your recipe and then publish it to the website.  This step is important because we don’t want to publish your recipe until you are ready.  We can see when you have a post in progress but since you might still want to work on it, we won’t proofread and publish it till you ask us to.

You can still make changes to your recipes after they have been published.  Just log back in to your account, make the changes, and then email webmaster@gwche.org to get the changes published.

If you have any questions or technical problems, please email webmaster@gwche.org.