What parts of workflows are you looking to use? If only / mostly automated emails, you'll find tools that integrate with HubSpot in the Marketplace (Outfunnel, for one, is used by many HubSpot free/starter uses to send automated emails and drips)
Once your starter is established, it can be used for a wide variety of sourdough bread recipes including this scrumptious sourdough bread with olive oil (most popular recipe on my blog!), my sourdough focaccia, sourdough pizza crust, sourdough sandwich bread and soft sourdough cinnamon rolls to name a few!
Looking for an easy, sourdough starter recipe for beginners? Adapted from my bestselling book Artisan Sourdough Made Simple, follow my no-nonsense guide for practical tips, tricks, and ongoing care- anyone can do it.
Before you begin: Establish a feeding schedule. In other words, feed your starter at the same time each day. This will establish consistency, which sourdough starters love. Consider feeding your starter in the morning when you wake up.
TIP: Looking for a warm spot? Place your starter on a cookie sheet inside the oven (turned off) with the light on for an hour or two (it can get hot in there, so keep you eye on it!). Center rack is best. You can also use a proofing box set to your desired temperature, or a microwave with the door ajar and light on.
Thanks for your recipe. I have a question plse, when naking a loaf of focaccio, do you have to use your enture starter or only a percentage of it, and if so, how much?
Thank you
Sonia
Cape Town
Hello,
Thanks for the recipe and instructions.
This is my first attempt at a sourdough starter. Today is day 6. I noticed yesterday it smells bad when I was feeding it. Is that normal or has something gone wrong?
Hi,
I just started my sourdough starter. I was curious if after day 7 I continue to discard half the starter add then add 1/2 cup of flour and 1/4 cup of water every day or if I have to create a new starter for my next loaf?
Thank you!
either feed it every day like you were or put it in the fridge and feed it once a week. you can take it out of the fridge and feed/bring to room temp before you bake again. the sourdough started should be able to be used over and over again.
You can feed it with whole wheat flour if you prefer. It will just become a 100% whole wheat starter instead. Completely fine. Just keep in mind, when used in various sourdough bread and sourdough discard recipes, it will add a heartier taste and texture depending on the quantity used.
Hello, I am just starting with my first sour dough starter ever. I would like to check if the lid should be tightly closed or it should be just loose? Would like to avoid some disaster in my kitchen or on my face :-)
Thank you and thank you for sharing this recipe! I am super excited to have my first sour dough made at home.
Petra
In terms of the shared drive access (Manager, Content Manager, Contributor, Commenter and Viewer) , what are the differences in Business Starter ? I heard that the access is limited as compare with standard.
I am facing the exact same issue - i recently started a new workspace account with Starter plan, i've pooled storage enabled and can see that its pooled when i go to the drive app (bottom left corner). However i don't have see any option / the button for "Shared Drive" nor can i set it up in the settings.
I already contacted the support which forwarded me to the SMB Workspace team. I've written two emails and got two answers but they don't even understand the problem to be honest, they just send me default links like this:
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which isn't the answer for the question. This is extremely frustrating..
@Marcin_Milewski Is there any chance you can check on this issue? The problem we are facing here is not the pooled storage itself. Its basically just the missing "Shared Drive" Button and the option to enable it in the settings.
Nor do we even see the "Shared Drives" below the "My Drive" like shown in this clip =-mE3-LhuAms
As seems to be a common problem google probably forgot to rollout the settings option for shared drive creation to the Starter plan
The Business Starter plans have pooled storage, that provides a more simple and flexible way to manage storage, as all storage is shared across the organization, removing the need to manage it on a per-user basis
Is there any way to know if my Workspace has gotten Pooled Storage or not yet? My users seem to all be limited to 30GB but all limits are turned off in settings, so maybe that indicates that we don't have Pooled Storage yet?
Is there any update on how to see if our account has had pooled storage added yet? In your July response you indicated that Workspaces added after May 15, 2023 would have this automatically, but my Workspace was created in June and didn't seem to have it. Is there something special that I need to check/enable? If we would be part of the roll out after all, is there a target date by which basic customers should expect to have this feature?
Per Support, you seem to have your information not fully correct. It appears that May of 2023 the rollout of pooled storage to Starter accounts began, but currently support claims that will not be completed until Q1 or Q2 of 2024. Although you may seem to have pooled storage from the "Storage" menu in the Workspace admin console, you may not. Apparently you can check if you have no or a higher than 30GB per user storage limit on Drive, then show the "Storage Limit" column in the Directory/Users view. If it shows 30GB then you are on per-user storage still...
Disappointing seeing all the conflicting information regarding this and I have to reach out to support and press them to dig deeper in order to get these answers. The projected completion date should just be on the blog post and communicated to staff so they can respond correctly in places like this...
Hi Marcin,
I have a Google Workspace Business Starter and am a super admin and manager for shared drives. For some reason, I am not able to add new folders or files and am not able to edit. It says I don't have permission to edit. I looked at the admin console, and I can access everything. Do you know, or does anyone know, why this is happening?
Help is much appreciated!
Thanks, Alexia
Same question. I migrated from legacy G Suite to "Business Starter" so unable to write to support. Pooled storage was announced for this plan until the end of 2023, but there are still no signs of implementation in my Admin Console. What is approximate date of this very needed feature?
"Shared drives will become available after pooled storage rolls out to all existing Business Starter customers." workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/05/pooled-storage-shared-drives-for-google-workspace-business-starter.html
Hi Chikko, I am +1 on the same issue of "missing shared drive button" on the "Google business starter" plan I can't believe how much time has wasted by mark an unsolved question solved by pointing to the wrong direction.
The answer is simple: the Shared drives feature is NOT available for business starter plan. See screenshot below:
I downgraded from standard to starter because didn't need the features. Had created shared drive before doing so. After downgrading I got pooled storage instantly. I can still see the shared drive that was created before, but can't add new ones. I can see managed shared drives in admin console and can delete the one that is there but can't add new ones. I do have pooled storage. On the storage page there is a card saying my plan doesn't have shared drives.
...so I guess google is just slow to rollout pooled storage and shared drives to starter plans. As far as I saw there aren't any updates on rollout progress from google's side since May 2023. Someone mentioned Q1-2 2024 for finishing rollout of pooled storage.
...anyway, I guess the point is, it is no wonder there is so much confusion.
I need to increase the storage for a small quantity of our staff, but are unable to do so. We are on a Business Starter plan and according to your pricing plans we get 30 GB pooled storage per user. Can anyone please clarify this for me.
It appears that our organisation's transition to pooled storage has not been completed yet. Although there are no storage limits set for individual users, each user is still restricted to 30 GB of storage. This limitation poses a significant problem as I currently have no means to increase the storage for a user under the current plan. Resolving this issue and enabling the allocation of additional storage for users is of utmost importance.
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