Recipe Website Development – At Dad’s Table
Working at Sokada means I have the privilege to work on some exciting website projects. That includes managing the projects as they come through, as well as also getting my hands dirty and building them. Over the last few months, I’ve been in working on a recipe website development for At Dad’s Table.
At Dad’s Table, founded by Adam Shaw, specialises in really tasty family recipes, perfect for pregnancy and weaning. With over 40 thousand followers on Instagram, his recipes are certainly loved by many people.
I developed the WordPress theme following a bespoke design using Adobe XD, and one of the standout features of the site is its recipe search function. This function is a custom post type that was built from scratch, allowing users to easily search for recipes using a variety of different criteria.
Recipe Website Development – The Importance of Search
The development of the recipe search function on At Dad’s Table began with a thorough analysis of the site’s needs and requirements. The team at Sokada identified that users were looking for a more robust and flexible search function that would allow them to easily find recipes that matched their specific criteria.
To meet these requirements, the team decided to build a custom post type from scratch. This allowed them to tailor the search function to the specific needs of the site, rather than relying on a pre-existing plugin or solution.
The custom post type was added without the need of any additional plugins, which allowed the team to easily define the various fields and taxonomies that would be used to organize and search the recipes. This included fields for ingredients, cooking time, and difficulty level, as well as taxonomies for cuisine type, dietary restrictions, and season.
Once the custom post type was in place, the team used WordPress’ powerful query functionality to build the search function. This allowed users to search for recipes using a variety of different criteria, including keyword search, ingredient search, and taxonomy search. The search results were then displayed in a user-friendly and easy-to-navigate format, making it easy for users to find the recipes they were looking for.
