Easy--cheat! copy one!

Sometimes the easiest way to do something is to just do it. And for that purpose, we are pleased to offer you a sample RSS/XML file that you can use for your podcast. Simple copy the file below and save it as a text file with a name like mypodcast.xml. Then, go through and switch out the details that are in bold with your details and upload it to your webserver.

BLUE STUFF--replace
BOLD BLACK--remove

<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
<title>My Podcast</title>
<link>http://www.mywebsite.com</link>
<description>THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT IN A DESCRIPTION OF THE PODCAST / BAND, ETC.</description>
<generator>My Text Editor</generator>
<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
<language>en-us</language> Of course, you can put in a different language
<copyright>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/</copyright>OPTIONAL--you may not want this language
<managingEditor>myemail@mywebsite.com </managingEditor>
<webMaster>myemail@mywebsite.com </webMaster>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:17:37 -0800</pubDate>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:17:37 -0800<</lastBuildDate>
<category>Rock</category>
<ttl>720</ttl>

<image>
<url>http://www.mywebsite.com/podcastimage/144.jpg</url>This is your logo.
<title>My Podcast</title>
<link>http://www.mywebsite.com</link>
<width>300</width>
<height>300</height>
</image>


Now, once you do all that, you go through and do it again with "special tags" for Itunes

<itunes:author>My Name</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT IN A SHORT TITLE OF THE PODCAST / BAND, ETC.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT IN A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PODCAST / BAND, ETC.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:keywords>rock band music punk techno etc etc etc... </itunes:keywords>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>Put YES if you use language or sex or naughty things.

<itunes:image href="http://www.mywebsite.com/podcastimage/144.jpg"/>
<itunes:owner>
<itunes:name>My Name</itunes:name>
<itunes:email>myemail@mywebsite.com</itunes:email>
</itunes:owner>
<itunes:category text="Rock">
<itunes:category text="Music"/>
</itunes:category>


OK, that is all that you need for the PODCAST, now you need to do the stuff for each specific show. Each time you add a new show, you'll need to copy the stuff below and paste it into your RSS/XML, editing it to reflect the details of the new show.

<item>
<title>Podcast 1: The Show at CBGB</title>
<link>http://www.mywebsite.com/mp3/show1.mp3</link>
<description>We played CBGB last night eventhough it has now turned into yuppie condos.</description>
<author>myemail@mywebsite.com</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 18:17:32 -0800</pubDate>
<category>Rock</category>
<enclosure url="http://www.mywebsite.com/mp3/show1.mp3" length="110039585" type="audio/mpeg"/> This is a VERY important line as it tells the listeners' software where to find your mp3s. Please be sure to fill it out with the link to the mp3, the length (mbs x 1000 basically) and the type, which is usually audio/mpeg).

And then we do it again for Itunes...

<itunes:author>The Band</itunes:author>
<itunes:subtitle>We played CBGB last night eventhough it has now turned into yuppie condos.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>We played CBGB last night eventhough it has now turned into yuppie condos.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:duration>11:00</itunes:duration>
</item>

Each show in of your podcast, each 'episode' is defined as the items between the <item> </item> tags. To create a new listing, copy everything from <item> to </item> and paste it in your RSS (usually above the previous show but below the basic / <channel> information).

and don't forget this as the last line of your file...

</channel>

Now upload the file to your webserver (remember the exact address) and check the file by running it through the free XML validation programs that are on the net.

If the feed works, feel free to add it to the Podcast Directory.

So do you have more questions? Contact us and we'll see if we can help.