The solution
Smart internal linking at render time. We built a custom Antlers modifier that scans every recipe as it renders, detects 4 patterns (tin size, oven type, yeast type, ingredient substitution) and adds quiet helper lines like "💡 Different tin size? Calculate the conversion". Max one link per tool per recipe, the JSON-LD schema is never polluted, and the result is that 170+ recipes now link contextually to 4 tools — without a single manually edited post.
Complete schema.org implementation. Server-side rendered Recipe JSON-LD with HowToStep per step (name + url + matching #step-N anchors), so Google's step-by-step rich results link directly to the relevant point in the instructions. Plus Article, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, AggregateRating and SoftwareApplication schemas, and a custom MarkdownFaq Antlers tag that auto-generates FAQPage schema from the existing H2/H3 structure in tool texts. All 200+ pages have titles of 50-60 characters, meta descriptions of 140-165 characters, OG tags and canonical.
Baker-specific UX. Baking mode with full-screen overlay for floury fingers, Wake Lock API toggle that keeps the screen on while the dough rises, portion adjustment that live-rescales all ingredients ("5 dl flour" → "7.5 dl flour" when you switch from 8 to 12 servings), a separate print stylesheet without navigation and comments, Pinterest integration with pre-filled image + description, and a 5-star rating widget built in Alpine.js with honeypot spam protection — stored as a Statamic Collection and exposed as AggregateRating in the schema.
Performance. Vite asset bundling and fingerprinting, lazy-loaded images, fetchpriority="high" on the hero, and Glide image cropping for optimised thumbnails.
We took the same approach on the Technicon case, where Statamic handles a complex product portfolio for the pharma industry — proof that the same CMS scales from content-heavy recipe site to B2B portal with technical specifications.
The full technology stack is — Statamic 6, Laravel 12, PHP 8.3, Antlers, Alpine.js, Vite/SCSS, Git-based deployment.
Our conclusion
Skal Vi Bage shows what a modern recipe site can do when SEO work is built on top of solid Antlers and Laravel discipline — not as an afterthought. For content-heavy sites, Statamic is the right choice in 2026.
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