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Hi,

I have an existing S9y blog (http://www.dereketnyre.com) and I would like to use this blog to create a PodCast.

I installed the PodCast plugin and now I'm not sure what to do next.

I assume I add the mp3 file to the media library and then add a link to the file in my blog entry?

Which RSS feed do I use to point people to my podcast?

Can the podcast content be kept separate from my main blog?

Does anyone else have a podcast that is hosted with a s9y blog?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Derek

Even though I have not used the PodCast plugin on my own, I'll try to answer this.

If you enter the plugin configuration of the podcast plugin you'll see a Usage information box. It tells you that in its default configuration, it picks up on special bbCode-style tagS:
But you can switch the tagging mechanism to simple <a href> style.

So either you get used to that BBCode markup, which gives you more flexible control over podcast conversion, or you change to <a href> style and insert files through the media gallery.

Then you can link to your usual RSS 2.0 feed which should contain the podcast-enclosure!

You can keep podcast content seperate from your main blog by creating a category where you insert your podcast, do you mean such a thing?

HTH - maybe some users of the plugin (I know there are some, but I never noted down their URLs) can answer here as well.

Regards,
Garvin

Garvin -

Thank you for the information.

Having the 2.0 RSS built into S9y will make hosting a podcast simple.

I will give this a try this evening and post my results.

Derek

i've got a small problem:

installed podcast plugin and in preview mode, everything works fine, but if I save the post, it will appear as it is written (i. e. [podcast: "..."]), not "transformed" into the link to the file...

http://havlikpetr.n3rds.net/archives/55 ... -test.html
(not in english, but I think it will be enough just for the ilustration)

any idea why it is so? :}

Which event plugins do you have installed in which order? It might be a caching or interoperability problem with other markup plugins...

I just looked at it: Yes, it is a problem of markup plugins. Some plugin translates " quotes into typographic quotes, and then the podcast string can'T be detected...

You will need to shuffle the event plugin execution order, so that the podcast plugin gets executed before your markup plugin...

Regards,
Garvin

garvinhicking wrote:Which event plugins do you have installed in which order? It might be a caching or interoperability problem with other markup plugins...

I just looked at it: Yes, it is a problem of markup plugins. Some plugin translates " quotes into typographic quotes, and then the podcast string can'T be detected...

You will need to shuffle the event plugin execution order, so that the podcast plugin gets executed before your markup plugin...

Regards,
Garvin

it works, thanks!