odcasting is the next step subscribed to the RSS/Atom feed.
up from blogging. While The problem has never been in
blogging is done by armies getting the content to the web
of pajama-clad ordinary people, page, but in getting the content
podcasting is done by many of to work through the feed systems.
these same people, though less Wordpress, in most cases, will
often in pajamas, in front of a automatically include new
digital or audio recorder. Short podcasting data in your RSS/Atom
pieces are recorded, then feed system. This makes it easy
distributed via RSS 2.0 or Atom for you to deliver content and
to their website, typically a for your users to subscribe to
blog site. Listeners and viewers that content.
can then download podcasts using
podcast clients. A good podcast For most people, WordPress 1.5
client (for example, Juice, and above will podcast easily and
CastPodder, or iTunes) will allow automatically. When you link to
you to subscribe to the RSS/Atom the audio file in a WordPress
feed of your favorite podcasters post using the full URL address,
and automatically download the it automatically adds it to the
content to a computer or to a RSS/Atom feed and makes it usable
portable audio player when new as a podcast. Make sure you use a
items are available. full address:
Most podcasters create their Wrong: My podcast
content in MP3 or MP4 audio or Right: My podcast
video files and upload them,
linking to the file in a blog Your last step is to put a link
post. Users can then click the to your RSS/Atom feed on your
link to download the content if page. By default, the feeds are
they're not automatically located at the bottom of your
WordPress page. The link should to republish the post containing
look something like this if the link. If you've linked to a
you're using RSS: file that for any reason is not
fully accessible from your blog,
http://example.com/wordpress/?fee your podcast won't work properly
d=rss2 when it is up because WordPress
won't have the correct file size
If you're using Atom, the link information.
will look like this:
For Apache servers and others
http://example.com/wordpress/?fee that use the .htaccess file,
d=atom you'll need to add a directive to
the config file or .htaccess file
In earlier versions of WordPress, to get the server to recognize
automated links work for posts podcast files (m4a and m4b)
only, not for static pages. properly. You can simply add this
Because WordPress needs to line to the file you use:
maintain accurate file size
information, if you change a AddType audio/x-m4a .m4a>
linked file you should be certain
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