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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What kind of content can I submit?
    We only accept content that are related to Indian Cuisine/Recipes and must be in english. However, if you can think the user community can be benefited from an alien Food related content, you can also submit it here.
  2. I submitted a recipe. But I cant see it in the upcoming recipes list. Where did it go?
    Sometimes our spam logic will think a recipe is a spam entry and will send it to an adminstrator for review. An administrator will review and if the entry turns out to be a genuine recipe, the recipe will be approved and can be viewed in the Upcoming Recipes List.
  3. What is shout?
    Shout refers to the goodness of a recipe submission. It shows how the FoodShoutout community likes the recipe and clicked over the Shout it link to show their acceptance.
  4. What is user score? How does it calculate?
    User score indicates the contribution of an user in FoodShoutout. Most of the activity of an user in FoodShoutout has associated score:
    Activity Score
    Registration 05.00
    Recipe submitted 10.00
    Recipe appears in front page 05.00
    Recipe clicked* 00.01
    Upcoming recipe promoted* 03.00
    Published recipe promoted* 02.00
    Mark recipe as spam* 05.00
    Comment submitted* 01.00
    Comment marked as offended by moderator -1.00
    Recipe incorrectly marked as spam -1.00
    Spam recipe submitted -50.0
    Spam comment submitted -20.0
    *Recipe that is not older than 10 days.
    (The above scores might change in future without prior notification)
    If user score falls down in minus figure, the account will be automatically disabled.
  5. What is TopMovers & TopLeaders?
    TopMovers are the users who earned the highest score in last 24 hours and TopLeaders are all time highest score earners.
  6. How do the recipes get published? Why does my recipe submission never gets published?
    Recipes are published based upon votes aka shouts, comments, freshness, views, user score (who voted it), source of recipe etc. The more the recipe has these values the more chance it has to be published. Once the recipes are published the top ten recipes are listed in the front page The recipe publishing process runs 4/5 times in a day depending upon the upcoming recipe queue.
  7. I am a blogger, how can I put the Shout it counter in my blog's post?
    The easiest way to get the counter html is from your submitted recipe page, just go to that page, click the show counter code link, copy the html and put it in your blog post. We are currently working on automating this for major blogging platforms as well, till then you can modify your blogging platform templates like the following: 
    <div class="shoutIt">
    <a rev="vote-for" href="http://www.foodshoutout.com/Submit?url=YOUR_POST_ABSOLUTE_URL">
        <img alt="Shout it" src="http://www.foodshoutout.com/image.axd?url=YOUR_POST_ABSOLUTE_URL" style="border:0px"/>
    </a>
</div>
    Note:Please replace the entry YOUR_POST_ABSOLUTE_URL in the above code with the url that you submitted at FoodShoutOut.com
  8. I am confused!!! I have a great Indian Recipes blog with Google's blogger/blogspot.What changes do I need to make to show the counter on my blog?
    You will need to hack your blogger template to show the Shout It counter.

    Under Template, click the Edit HTML tab.

    Click the box next to Expand Widget Templates.

    Block copy the entire HTML code for your site and save it in a text file. You can also click the Download Template link.

    This is one of the two necessary steps whenever you want to change the template.

    The second step is of course to Preview the new changes, and save the changes only when you are satisfied.

    The backup you have saved in a text file will come in handy when you accidentally click to save the changes without previewing them.

    With a backup, you can easily restore the template to the prior state if need be.

    Scroll about two-thirds down the template to look for the code that reads: 
    <p><data:post.body/></p>
    To make the Shout It Counter appear after each post. Add the below code 
                    <div class="shoutIt">
		    <a rev="vote-for" expr:href='"http://www.foodshoutout.com/Submit?url=" + data:post.url'>
		        <img alt="Shout it" expr:src='"http://www.foodshoutout.com/image.axd?url=" + data:post.url'  " style="border:0px"/>
		    </a>
		</div>
    right after <p><data:post.body/></p>



    Preview the new changes, and save the changes only when you are satisfied.

  9. How do I contact you guys?
    Simply click the link. Contact Us
  10. Do you have a widget that I can put up on my blog/website?

    Yes.To get the code for the widget simply go to

    http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/foodshoutoutcom-latest-published-recipes.

    You can customize the widget to meet your requirements. Here are some samples of how the widget can be customized.