I wonder how they picked the ones to list ... -- Dan Kuykendall (aka Seek3r) http://www.mightyseek.com In God we trust, all others we virus scan. Programmer -...
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J Wynia
phpgeek
Jun 29, 2006 9:45 pm
I've been thinking of adding an Episode Zero to my podcast, hard-coded into the feed. This episode would introduce the show a bit and give some context to new...
20360
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jun 29, 2006 10:01 pm
... It's a fine idea, but the technical question is this: how will you ensure that the "episode zero" is always the top item on the feed, and therefore the...
20361
Dan Kuykendall
dansysop
Jun 29, 2006 10:12 pm
Thats a cool idea. Since it would be the first in the feed, it would always be downloaded by new subscribers, and as long as the URL and <GUID> dont change,...
20362
Evo Terra
tmanscipan
Jun 29, 2006 10:18 pm
... I did this for a while. Figured if it was good enough for Slusher, it's good enough for me. But it only took a few mails from listeners complaining that...
20363
Evo Terra
tmanscipan
Jun 29, 2006 10:28 pm
... Not always. When I was doing this, the entire <item> was hard coded -- it never changed. Yet problems resulted. ... Please do. If you can figure a way to...
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Dan Kuykendall
dansysop
Jun 29, 2006 10:29 pm
... If its always the oldest in the feed then it will be downloaded or give the user the option to download it. As long as its static, with the GUID, URL and...
20365
Dan Kuykendall
dansysop
Jun 29, 2006 10:39 pm
... That makes sense if you put it as the first item. But if its at the bottom, this shouldn't happen. -- Dan Kuykendall (aka Seek3r) http://www.mightyseek.com...
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Carol Kendall
madmacnz
Jun 29, 2006 10:44 pm
Hi everyone Iım new to podcasting and have just helped a group of 9 and 10 year olds create their first school podcast we have made three Episodes and are...
20367
Brian Woods
mrplague
Jun 29, 2006 10:49 pm
Hi Carol, Yes, you can delete comments etc. There is also a filter that will remove podcasts not marked 'clean' from the directories and search results. --b ...
20368
J Wynia
phpgeek
Jun 30, 2006 12:31 am
[snip] I did this for a while. Figured if it was good enough for Slusher, it's good enough for me. But it only took a few mails from listeners complaining that...
20369
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jun 30, 2006 1:11 am
... Sure, new users will have the option to download the oldest item in the feed, but most of them won't. When I subscribe to a new podcast I don't do a lot...
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Dan Kuykendall
dansysop
Jun 30, 2006 6:20 am
... Good point, but I still think its a useful idea. Would be nice to extend RSS2 to support an <about> tag which could have a url attribute that would be the...
20371
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jun 30, 2006 7:14 am
... URL detection isn't really the problem. The reason it'll take manual entry is because I'll want to use PodPress's ability to override the itunes:author...
20372
Amy Bellinger
amybellinger...
Jun 30, 2006 11:33 pm
Want to make sure I'm represneting this right. "The early podcast directories, such as Podcast Alley and Podcast Pickle [others?] used the open directory as...
20373
Kevin Devin
kdevin
Jul 1, 2006 12:31 am
"used the open directory..." Do you mean iPodder.org? "Oddly, Apple's iTunes, when it launched podcast support in June 2005, did not take advantage of the...
20374
Dan Kuykendall
dansysop
Jul 1, 2006 12:36 am
... Apple did get data thru Podcast Alley . I personally helped put together some of the data. I guess I cannot be 100% certain they used the data, but it...
20375
Kris Smith
ksmithtlqi
Jul 1, 2006 12:43 am
I was surfing for Gnomedex posts and ran across one from Paul Colligan that mentions that Apple changed all the podcast categories without telling anyone! Not...
20376
mercuryqs
Jul 1, 2006 12:53 am
Dear friends, I have an online play-by-post role playing group and website called "The Death of Night: A Living Novel." http://www.deathofnight.com We've tried...
20377
Shawn Thorpe
phantompower01
Jul 1, 2006 1:36 am
I noticed after uploading my last 'cast that my LibSyn account is listed as being over quota. One of the options given by the LibSyn website in order to fix...
20378
vetzine_publishers@...
chipstomper
Jul 1, 2006 1:36 am
VetZine Pulls The Plug After some 14 years of publishing on the internet VetZine will pull the plug at Midnight June 30 central time USA I refuse to further...
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Amy Bellinger
amybellinger...
Jul 1, 2006 2:00 am
... Right. It's referenced in the previous paragraph, which I didn't include. ... source." ... to load ... OK. Thanks, everybody. I thought I remembered...
20380
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jul 1, 2006 2:42 am
... Question: if this has been a successful strategy for your PBEM, and your players enjoy it, why aren't any of them willing to step up to the plate? They...
20381
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jul 1, 2006 2:45 am
... I'm reasonably certain Apple pulled information from iPodder.org. They're likely the only ones who can confirm it, however. ... Which categories would...
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Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jul 1, 2006 2:51 am
... It sounds to me like you should e-mail Libsyn with this question, or post it on the Libsyn forums. -- Have Fun, Steve Eley (sfeley@...) ESCAPE POD -...
20383
Stephen Eley
sfeley
Jul 1, 2006 3:09 am
... From the e-mail I just got from Apple: "Please note that we will support the use of the old category names for the next few months, so there is no...
20384
Kevin Devin
kdevin
Jul 1, 2006 3:31 am
Now that what I call taxonomy on a diet. :-) Pretty large "lump" for tech-related casts. -KHD ... -- Kevin H. Devin In the Trenches podcast ...
20385
misspeter
Jul 1, 2006 3:38 am
... God forbid they ever admit there is more the one kind of music. :-/ -- http://www.musicNerve.com - strange music for strange people...
20386
Matt Kane's Brain
mkb218
Jul 1, 2006 3:52 am
... That goes for most directories, unfortunately. Grrr. -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim -> mkbatwerk || mkbwriu mkb@......
20387
Evo Terra
tmanscipan
Jul 1, 2006 3:53 am
Yeah... there are no where enough genre podcasters out there to justify having a "science fiction" category any more. And it's about time you paired that...
