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...
... 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...
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,...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
Hi Carol, Yes, you can delete comments etc. There is also a filter that will remove podcasts not marked 'clean39; from the directories and search results. --b ...
[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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
"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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... Right. It's referenced in the previous paragraph, which I didn't include. ... source." ... to load ... OK. Thanks, everybody. I thought I remembered...
... 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...
... I'm reasonably certain Apple pulled information from iPodder.org. They're likely the only ones who can confirm it, however. ... Which categories would...
... 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 -...
... 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...
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...
Wow.... They totally removed "Poetry" from the "Arts" section. We were just beginning to blossom... Interesting indeed. ... -- http://www.CloudyDayArt.com ...