The cloud service is hosted on the web site BeerSmithRecipes.com. Your cloud account is associated with your license, but also lets you store, share recipes between mobile and desktop devices or share recipes with your friend. Using this feature, you can copy recipes to your cloud folder and they will appear on your BeerSmithRecipes.com account.
New: BeerSmith now lets you create folders in the cloud to organize your recipes, rate recipes in the cloud and also a new feature was added for unlisted recipes to let you share a recipe with a friend but not have it show up in the public listing. Also all communications on both desktop and mobile are now secure via a https:// (SSL) connection.
The cloud folder gives you a shared set of recipes that can be accessed via your account from any computer running BeerSmith. It also lets you publish recipes as shared so anyone can access it.
See Also: The BeerSmith Cloud
Getting Started with BeerSmithRecipes.com
o | You first need to register for an account at BeerSmithRecipes.com - You should have done this when you activated your license. |
o | Use the Register button on the web site to register for a new account. You will need an active email address. |
o | After registering a confirmation code and link will be sent to your email address. You will need to use this code and link to activate your account. |
o | Once you have activated your account you can log into your account at any time using your user name and password |
Adding Recipes to Your Account
o | Open BeerSmith 3 and click on the Cloud icon on the View menu or ribbon |
o | When prompted, use the user name and password you established above to log into your cloud folder |
o | Once you are logged in you can Copy/Paste recipes between the cloud folder and your My Recipes folders. |
o | You can also use the Move to Folder and Copy to Folder to copy to various local and cloud folders. |
o | You can also right click on any normal recipe and use the Copy or Move to Folder command to copy recipes to your cloud folder |
o | Recipes added to your cloud folder will instantly appear in your Recipes folder online if you log into BeerSmithRecipes.com from any web browser. |
Sharing Recipes
o | Newly added recipes in your cloud folder are private by default. To share them with others you can use the Shared/Private icon on the ribbon from within BeerSmith. A shared recipe is public and can be found and downloaded by anyone. |
o | There is a new Unlisted sharing option as well. Unlisted recipes do not show up in search results and can only be accessed by the sharing id or link provided. |
o | You can also log into your online BeerSmithRecipes.com account and share recipes from there using the Mark as Private/Mark as Shared links |
Upgrading your Cloud Storage
o | The default basic account only allows space for 15 recipes in the cloud folder. Subscribers have a Gold level account that gives you 125 recipes. |
o | You can upgrade your account to a higher level of membership at any time by logging into your account on BeerSmithRecipes.com and using the Upgrade button on the main menu. |
o | Due to the costs of maintaining the server, bandwidth, etc, the service is subscription based with most subscriptions lasting a year. |
Finding Recipes Online
o | Within BeerSmith use the Cloud Search view to find new recipes online. |
o | You can search the extensive database of shared recipes by visiting BeerSmithRecipes.com and using the search feature |
o | When you find recipes of interest, you can Bookmark them using the Bookmark link. |
o | Later you can Download or create private copies of the recipe in your cloud folder for use in BeerSmith. |
Reviewing Recipes
o | Click on the Rate button to rate a recipe you have in your cloud folder or one you found using the Cloud search view. |
o | If you are logged in to the BeerSmithRecipes.com web site you can review recipes and add your comments to each review. |
Managing Your Profile
o | Use the Profile menu item to edit your user profile or manage your licenses and activation. Here you can enter your real name (if desired), tagline, location, club, and website. By default your profile is PUBLIC information, except for your email which is not shared. |
o | You can also manage Notifications here. By default you will receive emails when someone posts a comment on your recipe, sends a message to you, or follows you. |
o | You can set up a gravitar by clicking on the Add Gravitar button. The site uses the gravitar system for storing avatar images, In order for your gravatar to show up on the web site it is important that you use the same email address when registering your gravitar that you used when registering for BeerSmithRecipes.com |
o | You can also set the Units (Metric or English) used to display recipes from your profile page. |
Following Other Brewers
o | You can search for fellow brewers by email address, name or user name using the Find Friends button on the main page at BeerSmithRecipes.com just below the main search box. |
o | If you have friends on the site, you can follow them using the Follow User button. This lets you see when they add new comments or post new recipes to the site. |
o | You can see a list of all of the latest events related to your friends from the Friends main menu item. |
Posting to Your Wall
o | Each user has a Wall for comments and links available from the Wall menu item online. |
o | You can leave comments on your own wall or post to another's wall. |
Private Messaging
o | BeerSmithRecipes.com also has a simple private messaging system. You can go to your inbox and send messages to other friends from there. |
o | You can decide not to receive private messages using the Notifications section of your Profile. |