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JessieB, if you missed it, ipodcatter looks in the directory you spec in the ‘Local path to audio files’ field at the bottom of the WP-iPodCatter options panel.

DineVine,

iTunes may take weeks to update (I wish is was more responsive also).

Back to something we can fix. Is the getID3 directory ncluded in the wp-ipodcatter.zip file into your plugins directory?

If not, give that a shot. If so, definitely let me know.

cwachs, thanks. Do you have any other duplicate tags, like explicit, category, or block?

Gotcha. My apologies on the mass of empty custom tags – that bug has been fixed. I’d recommend removing them using a database admin tool like phpMyAdmin. It will be faster than through WordPress’ admin tool. Make sure you have v1.0 of the plugin and let me know if multiples re-appear after you’ve eradicated the existing ones.

cwachs,
In your ‘create new post’ or ‘edit post’ screen, do you see an ‘iTunes Podcast Tags’ section right below the ‘Publish’ buttons?

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I don’t know of any reason why it wouldn’t work on Windows.

Could you try activating one of my other plugins, wp-catt or wp-ical (both at https://garrickvanburen.com) and let me know if you experience the same thing.

Also, let me know if there’s other plugins that are & aren’t visible for you.

cwachs, two questions; 1. can you set the duration manually? 2. is the getid3 directory in the wp-ipodcatter.zip file in your plugins directory?

cwachs,

The itunes:link tag error with FeedValidator is a known issue. The href should be a link to your podcast’s ‘cover image’. Set this as a URL in the WP-iPodCatter options panel, under Podcast Cover Image URLs.

On the ‘invalid duration’ issue, make sure the ‘local path to audio files’ at the bottom of the WP-iPodCatter options panel is the full server path to your /audio/ directory. In your case, I suspect it will be your WordPress recommended File Upload destination directory with /audio instead of /wp-content.

If you want to use the same keywords for every podcast, then yes, it may make more sense to hardcode them in the RSS file. Alternativesly, you could set ‘pre-wedding podcast’ as the default category and select ‘use WordPress categories’ for itunes:keywords.

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take a look at what feedvalidator says:

https://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=https://www.addictedtorace.com/?feed=rss2

Looks like the plugin can’t find the getid3 directory. It looks like I
neglected to include it in the v1.0 zip file.

My apologizes. Redownload the plugin fromhttps://garrickvanburen.com/download/wpipodcatter.zip , and upload the getid3 directory to your plugin directory.

Let me know if that solves the problem.

The code in the getid3 directory automatically detects the duration of the podcast for the itunes:duration tag. It only does this if the mp3 files are in the same directory as WordPress.

Thanks for setting up your podcast like this and bringing this oversight to my attention.

WP-iPodcatter is now v1.0

https://garrickvanburen.com/wpipodcatter/
https://garrickvanburen.com/downloads/wpipodcatter.zip

Jeremy,

The 0.9a version supports both Apple’s 300*300 iTunes cover image and an RSS standard channel image @ 144*144px.

https://garrickvanburen.com/archive/call-for-testers-wp-ipodcatter-09a
https://garrickvanburen.com/downloads/wpipodcatter09a.zip

The next version of the plugin won’t have ‘talk radio’ hard coded.

Run your feed through the Nobody Likes Onions FeedCheck. If the images show up, then it’s up to Apple.

I started with the replacement wp-rss2.php file Kevin Devin wrote, expanded it and turned it into a plugin, WP-iPodCatter. You can now specify categories, duration, and explicit tags at a post-specific level.

https://garrickvanburen.com/wpipodcatter/

I wasn’t able to use the PageToFront plugin and get access to my blog. I was aiming to do something like:

SiteRoot/
‘About’ Page (Front)
/Blog

I ended up with the following structure:

SiteRoot/
/Blog
/Blog/’About’ Page

and using a htaccess redirect to fake the front page.