Print Recipe button

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  bs101406 · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 2:25 am

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  Hey guys! I’m new to CSS and trying to customize my blog. Is there an easy way to add a “Print Recipe” button for each of my posts? I’ve tried searching around but can’t find anything.

  Thanks in advance!!

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 2:58 am

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  Yes. Under your Share options, just use the Print button.

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  bs101406 · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:06 am

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  Where is the Share Options?

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  bs101406 · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:17 am

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  Found the button. Is there a way to change CSS to only print the recipe – rather than the whole post?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:31 am

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  No, but the Print button removes the extras like the sidebar and header etc.

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:31 am

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  Also, this isn’t a CSS issue. The instructions of the Print button aren’t CSS-based at all, except in that it prints what’s in the Body of the post.

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  bs101406 · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:35 am

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  Thanks for your help! One more question….is there a way to create a Print Recipe link?

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  raincoaster · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:41 am

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  Well, the Share button IS that link. Do you mean you want something in the sidebar?

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  airodyssey · Member · Sep 19, 2010 at 3:50 am

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  I see that you have changed “Share This” for “Print Recipe”, so maybe that’s what you meant (to rename the button). Nice website btw! The brown sugar toffee cake looks delicious :-)

  In regards to your question about printing only the recipe and not the post too, I can think of two solutions:

  a) your visitors could highlight the recipe and then press Ctrl+P (or go to File, Print) and select to print the “selection” instead of “all”

  b) replace the print option with something like PrintFriendly.com, where users can remove items, like pictures or entire paragraphs, before printing. I chose that option for my blog.

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  bs101406 · Member · Sep 20, 2010 at 12:20 am

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  Thanks airodyssey!! It’s soo good!

  Thanks for the suggestions! I’ll check out the PrintFriendly.com option. I was just looking for an easy way that readers could print the recipe only and not the whole post.