Blubrry PowerPress

  • Resolved Koinonos

    (@koinonos)


    6 years, 2 months ago

    I use Blubrry PowerPress to host our podcasts, but I would like to use Sermon Manager to display. In most pages and custom post types the Blubrry podcast options show at the bottom of the add new post. However this is missing from Sermon Manager. I don’t want the sermon files to be held on the website hosting, which is why we use Blubrry to host the files.
    How can I either enable the Blubrry PowerPress options on the Sermon CPT or do you have another solution for linking to podcast files on a different host?
    Many thanks.
    Robert

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  • Unless I’m missing something, all you need to do is copy the URL of the sermon file at Blubrry and paste that on the Sermon page “Sermon Files > Location of MP3”.

    Thread Starter Koinonos

    (@koinonos)

    Thanks Mike.
    I was able to copy a URL from a sermon at Blubrry and it was embedded in the Sermon post. However, the great thing about the Blubrry PowerPress plug-in is that you can also use it to upload to Blubrry hosting from within WordPress.

    So you got it working then?

    FWIW, before I used the Sermon Manager, I used a home-grown Sermon plugin I made and the Blubrry PowerPress plugin. Too many issues with it and I’m not a developer, so I switched to Sermon Manager.

    Thread Starter Koinonos

    (@koinonos)

    The URL part is thanks, but it would be great to find out whether the Blubrry PowerPress functionality can be added to the Sermon Manager Custom Post Types. It is probably just one line of standard WordPress code to add, but the question is what and where.

    Thread Starter Koinonos

    (@koinonos)

    I found the solution to part of the problem in the PowerPress forum.

    Add the line:
    define('POWERPRESS_POST_TYPES', 'post,wpfc_sermon');
    to wp-config.php

    The Add Podcast episode now shows in Add New Sermon. I can now upload podcast files to Blubrry when I create the sermon and attach to the sermon post.

    However, the Blubrry player doesn’t show on the Sermon. I have two options:
    1) Add [powerpress] shortcode to the Description field.
    2) Copy the Blubrry URL to the Location of MP3 field and use the Sermon Manager player.

    There must be some code to add to Sermon Manager so that it will display the Blubrry player, but at least I have a workaround whilst I look for it.

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Koinonos.
    Plugin Author wpforchurch

    (@wpforchurch)

    Hey @koinonos,

    We’ve been following this thread and just wanted to let you know we’re planning for full PowerPress support, it’s in our roadmap. Full disclosure, we haven’t yet landed on whether this will be only in the upcoming Pro version or whether it will be included in the free core version. Either way, full support for this is coming!

    Thread Starter Koinonos

    (@koinonos)

    Excellent!
    Thank you.

    Thread Starter Koinonos

    (@koinonos)

    I see PowerPress Compatability is now on the Pro Roadmap. Have you decided yet whether this will be included in the free version?

    I have the Blubrry player working in a fashion by adding a line of code to content-sermon-single.php
    <?php the_powerpress_content(); ?>
    The only problem is that this is overwritten with each update.

    Hi @koinonos,

    Pro has official compatibility out of the box, and free will not for now.

    Regarding updates overriding the file, you can follow this article: https://wpforchurch.com/my/knowledgebase/69/Modifying-the-Excerpt-of-a-Sermon-Archive.html

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