perhaps folder groups for savory and sweet?

Agreed, what else would you think would work :3

"hot" and "...the opposite of hot.."

but seriously, " Side dishes." and "main course"

I am actually really liing the idea of the folders .I held off on trying to folder anything until I see someone else do it :p

Just trying the idea now - and, from what its looking like, I might have to go ALL the way back and reorganize...er..everything *cry*

Bear with me!

That's quite handy!

Maybe vegan, vegetarian etc too?

I'll agree to that :3

Vegetarian - Vegan- Omnivore/Meatatarian
Might be a bit less daunting than sorting everything into courses, but /laughs ^^ Its still a lot of work!

"meatatarian" sounds a bit silly, no disrespect :3

But I might have a "Carnivore / Meats" folder instead :B

XD Good, it was meant to be silly sir/ma'm~

A lot of this can be handled by tagging things. Posting the same dish into ...theoretically... "Main" "Chicken" "Spicy" "soup" for, say, a hot chicken chili, becomes rather oppressive.

But TAGGING according to those subcategories, after picking ONE way to folderize them, might be doable.

So... Folder them by any one method you think best (vegetarian/omnivore, spicy/not, main/sides, ...I think going by "soup/salad/appetizer/main/dessert" is best, but that's personal opinion) - then give the rest of the info by tags.

Yeah, it's going to be a lot of work... so you might want to seek further opinions. or can a single post be placed under/into several folders without re-uploading? I haven't looked into the folder functionality itself yet. if you can do that, then it's basically a form of meta-tag anyway...

FA misnamed their 'folders'. In reality they act like pools, like they do on say, Inkbunny. So there's only one file, with as many pools designated as you want. It's really quite simple to do.

This wuff has been sorting his submissions into the new folders. You're right, it's going to take some time, especially with all the entries in FACCC!

Don't believe any "Re-posting" is necessary though! The folder section allows you to select a folder or folder group to categorize an entry without need to re-post that entry. And you can categorize one entry into a variety of folders. For example RECIPES (top level folder group) then sub-categories Desserts, Chocolate, Baking, Cookies... Etc. And can do it to a full page of recipes at one time, if you have multiple entries displayed on a page that meet the same folderizing set.

Warning, the more detailed you make the folder sets, the less likely multiple items on a single view page will all match the same criteria. For example, you might have 30 items on a 60 item view that match the topic "Entrée", but only half of those are "Beef" and only 3 are "BBQ/Grilling".

With as many items as FACCC has in its files, you might want to start with very generic categories first, then start adding details as time and interest dictate.

Wuff might suggest the top-most folder collections be something like "Recipes" (by far the largest set), and perhaps "Food Art", for images related to food, such as examples of cake decorating, sushi platters, etc., which don't also include the recipes on how to create the dish.

The "Furry Writers List" tag-searching feature ought to complement the new FA Folders, so wuff would recommend not getting into too much detail in the Folder section, especially at first. For example, a Folder for "Desserts" could allow someone to search all the desserts for specific elements, such as "Pie", "Berries", "Strawberries", if those tags were in the post selection. Then you wouldn't need to set up all those sub-layer folders at the start.

Hmm :3

no need to re-post. Its just tick and file into appropriate group. Your champ chrismukkah for doing this. *hugs*

Spicy/nonspicy would also just be pretty much impossible to sort meaningfully. When there are people who think French's mustard is spicy, yeah. Haha.

I think a great idea would be to post folders for Gluten Free/Dairy Free/Seafood free/etc foods! That way people who have allergies can quickly go to the folder and get awesome recipes~ :)

Well, considering we already have many recipes designated AS gluten free....er....yeah :B

This is also why we have that 'disclaimer' with every recipe btw, since everybody's got an allergy to something, no offense!

I meant to have a folder designated for recipes that are meant to be gluten free and such. That way people who have those allergies could easily find recipes instead of searching for them through the main galleries.

Well, its still a work in progress, but I'll consider it :B

Good idea Chris !

You guys know there're groups for the folders, right? So that way you can just have, for example, a group labeled "Dinner" with chicken, beef, vegetables, etc, as the folders within.

Idk if you're going to group them later or what, but I figure it'd be easier both for the organization process and for those looking for something specific if you group them properly. ^^; Sorry.

Yep, grouping them now...

Best way to put it, its like herding cats :P