Hi Everyone,
Sorry for disappearing for over a week, I was actually busy working behind the scene for the Just One Cookbook reboot.
If you are a Just One Cookbook reader, I hope you will enjoy the updated look and feel of the website, as well as some of the new functionality we’ve enhanced. All the enhancements came from your valuable feedback on what would make the website easier and better for you to use.
If you are new to Just One Cookbook, welcome!
From time to time, websites get stale as technology improves and we expect more for the user experience on the site. I try to update Just One Cookbook about once a year to keep up with all the changes.
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In 2013 the big update made the site more mobile friendly, and for this update in 2015, the key feature is to make your recipe search on the site effortless.
Here are some of the key enhancements:
1) New improved recipe search, and now the search box appears much faster than before.
2) Featured Just One Cookbook YouTube video at the top of the page.
3) The recipes by category on the Home page will change frequently. Hopefully there will be something you find tasty there.
4) Each recipe post has a quick short cut on top of the post where you can click the button to print out the recipe or jump to the recipe card.
5) The coolest feature I’ve added is search function by filter. Now you can search not just by keywords, but also by ingredients, types of dish, cooking method, etc.
6) Updated Pantry and How To pages. I hope the new layout with images is helpful for you to find what you are looking for.
I’ve been testing the site for over a week now and I am really happy with it. The recipes and the font seems easier to read, and I’ve also remove some ads so the site loads faster.
As of now the images are still uploading so you see a lot of missing ones, but all of images should appear within a day.
I want to thank you again for your support and patience with me disappearing over the past week.
Lastly, I want to give a shout out to Emily White, who has been nothing short of amazing going through this journey with us. If you’re a blogger looking for an update, I’d highly recommend her.
So… what’s your verdict? Please let me know. The recipes and posts will now continue on Just One Cookbook and let’s go cooking!
Nami
The site’s looking fly! Great job. 🙂
Congratulations Nami-san! What a simple, elegant, user-friendly new format for 2015! Am certain all of us will discover benefits we cannot even see at the moment when we come to use the updated blog! Love the video column at the top 🙂 ! Am looking forwards to the next blog to ‘play around’ . . . hope all is well with your plans for your summer holiday . . .
The new website design looks wonderful! You’ve done a lot of work on this — congrats. Good to see you back again. 😉
Five years Nami, what a great achievement, and I like your new look…!!!
Wonderful! Lovely new look.
Cheers,
Rosa
Wow! Your new site is wonderful, Nami! I love all the changes and additions that you thoughtfully incorporated to make it easier for your readers! I love seeing the evolution of JOC, too. Here’s to many more years of “Itadakimasu”!
I like the new look. Great job.
Congratulations of the new site! It looks awesome. The site loads really fast and smooth now. And your recipe page is really easy to use. I love the green color scheme, it is easy to read and the the style looks chic. The navigation on the left side is a great idea. Great job done! 🙂
Making improvements to the most interesting, informative cooking site I enjoy is brilliant.. I applaud you… :O)
Hi Nami !
I love your new design. 🙂 Thank you for taking our advice !
I LOVE it! Well, I loved it before, but it looks fantastic now! I can’t wait to try the new print and search features. 🙂
Congratulations! It looks beautiful Nami! And it’s so easy to navigate. You need a cookbook offer with all your gorgeous photography and lovely recipes and videos. Just amazing!
I have always found your website to be pretty userfriendly but with these added features, i bet it will be even better 🙂 also thank you very much for contributing to Nepal Earthquake Victims, I really appreciate it.
Congrats Nami! I love the new website look. I particularly like having the YouTube video at the header area and also the browse recipe section. What a nice way to search a recipe! Also having less ads not only make the loading speed faster, it looks less cluttered. Great work!
brilliant Nami!!! look forward to spending time on your new and improved blog!!! Jenny