Podcasting Milestone: Full iTunes Support

Jun 28, 2007 at 6:29pm in Code, On the Web

Today marks a major milestone in my Google Summer of Code project. Podcasting in WordPress now fully supports iTunes. In addition to iTunes support, my current podcasting build creates a true separate podcast feed (with configurable options) and allows enclosures to be added which do not appear in a post.

To celebrate this milestone, I’m kicking off my first round of user testing. I’m looking for testers who can setup an install of WordPress 2.3 SVN, have access to phpMyAdmin, and don’t mind answering a few questions. If you’re interested in testing WordPress’ upcoming podcasting support, drop me an email. I’m hoping to get everyone setup for testing by Monday.

6 Comments

1 Chris on Jun 28, 2007 at 9:10 pm (Quote):

Send me info.
2 Ronald Heft on Jun 28, 2007 at 9:40 pm (Quote):

Alright, Chris, you’re on the list. I’ll be getting a mailing out this weekend (Monday at the latest) with more information.
3 ichigo on Jun 29, 2007 at 1:47 am (Quote):

you can count me in. just tell me what you need us to look for :o)
4 ladynada on Jul 3, 2007 at 9:06 pm (Quote):

Will you contact me please about a pay for plugin idea that I assume you could knock out for me in a day or two sometime when you get a chance? it is for a good cause and has to do with export xml wxr and xmlrpc - I am desparate.
please email me either way at ladynada@comcast.net. I am begging
nada
5 Peter on Nov 13, 2007 at 10:37 am (Quote):

hey there,

I am using wordpress and have your podcasting plugin. I am submitting my podcast to itunes and I cant seem to get the podcast art to display in itunes. what am I suppose to be using for the podcast url? My podcast artwork sits on my desktop. my site is http://www.djpetercanellis.com

if you could be assist it would be great thanks

peter
6 Ronald Heft on Nov 13, 2007 at 9:21 pm (Quote):

Hello Peter,

You need to upload the artwork somewhere visible to the web. WordPress provides built in tools for doing this. On the Write Page under the Upload section, just browse for your artwork, and click Upload. When it’s done, you should be presented with a thumbnail preview.

Now go to the Podcasting options and in the Artwork section, enter the following URL:
```
http://djpetercanellis.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/artwork.jpg
```
Replace that last section “artwork.jpg” with the name of artwork you uploaded. So if your artwork was called “image.jpg”, the URL would look like this:
```
http://djpetercanellis.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/image.jpg
```
Hope this helps!