My flavor recipe/calculator concept?

[newguy13]

i found this web site that has this calculator that gives you an option to plug in the flavors you have and you can click a button and in theory it will show you recipes that have your flavors. I say theory cause i have 25 flavors in stock and its saying that there are no recipes that just contain my flavors..im assuming its because the site/calculator just doesnt have soo many recipe's.......does anyone else have a page thats similar to what i described?

 

[eikon]

I think I've seen the site you are talking about. If it's the same, the major flaw is a lack of standardized flavoring names. Lets say you have TFA Pomegranate, there may be 10 recipes using that flavor. Does a recipe call for "Pomegranate (TFA)", or "Pomegranate TFA", or "TFA Pomegranate", maybe it's "Pomegranate Flavor Concentrate (TFA)". You and I see those as the same, the database sees four unique entries. The way around this is hours of programing dozens of little things like;

<?php 
        $flavor = "Pomegranate Flavor Concentrate (TFA)";
        if (strpos($flavor,'Pomegranate')!== false)  
        { echo "here is a recipe"; } 
?>

I love the idea, and I'm not coming down on the person that built the site, I know there are blood sweat and tears all over that code. It's just going to take a lot more work. I do this kind of stuff for a living and wouldn't want to take on a project like this if you paid me. So remember to at-least pay your respects to those who do projects like this as a labor of love.

also, there are not many recipes in the database.

 

[ianferrell]

There's always my site... I don't have tons of recipes yet, but all flavor names are standardized (There's 688 in there). There is a bit of a 'limitation' in that you have to create an account to search, but it will remember you and your ingredient list. I'm still contemplating the best way to implement a cross-supplier flavor system, as of now if you have TPA Strawberry in your inventory a recipe that asks for FA Strawberry will not match. I think a cross-reference based on single flavor percentages might be 'ok' but it would be a bit of a bear and taste is just so subjective. Even if you got a conversion factor for strength that worked fairly well it'd be a crap shoot since the flavor profiles will inevitably be a bit different.

We're still in 'alpha' mode, but are hoping to do a more public beta test soon. Try it out, and feel free to make suggestions here or via PM.

diyRecipeBook

 

[newguy13]

Thanks for the feedback!
Anymore feedback would be greatly apreciated

@eikon your right though..i can only imagine how long that must have taken

 

[Dave_in_OK]

ianferrell I love your concept and site so I joined it and can't wait until is fully functional Don't see how to input my inventory list yet but the way your system is set up is great!

Edit: Found the list feature in the profile section to easy.

Input my inventory and love the way the search function works being new to vaping and just starting to mix my own juice I can see this as a must have! Hope those with their own recipes input their favorites

 

[ianferrell]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. I'm always trying to add more recipes... But if you find any you like, you can always add them. If you add someone elses recipe you can give the original creator credit and a link to where you found it. Use the Alternate Creator and Link field in the recipe editor and the recipe will display as tho they created it.

 

[Dave_in_OK]

Nice I have a few that I like but didn't want it to seem as if they where mine. So as soon as I can find the link I'll input those.

 

[ianferrell]

If the original creator wants their recipe back I can change ownership if they ask too... So don't feel bad adding stuff. I'm working on adding the recipes from breaktru's ejuice Me Up calculator too... Just have to write some scripts to convert it all over.

On second thought... I might add a recipe importer and make it user friendly so that anyone can import their eJuice Me Up recipes... Hmm...

 

[eikon]

If the original creator wants their recipe back I can change ownership if they ask too... So don't feel bad adding stuff. I'm working on adding the recipes from breaktru's eJuice Me Up calculator too... Just have to write some scripts to convert it all over.

On second thought... I might add a recipe importer and make it user friendly so that anyone can import their eJuice Me Up recipes... Hmm...

Wow!!! just created an acct on your site. Amazing!!

 

[breaktru]

eJuice Me Up version 12.0.0.0 has just been released with 2 more flavoring lines added.