creating and editing an rss feed for a podcast (help needed)

[redshirts]

He, I tried folowing this tutorial for creating an rss feed for a podcast but i cant seem to get it to work.

This is the page it's supposed to be on.

can anybody help me with this?

[Erin6]

Sorry to hear that the RSS feed isn't working for you. What happened when you followed the steps on the Community thread that you referenced?

Thanks, and enjoy your day!

Erin

Weebly Community Manager

[redshirts]

I followerd all the steps in the tutorial, put a few tags in the xml code that are needed for itunes and when I uploaded it and tried to open the rss link it gave an error message

like it say's right here.

So now i'm kind of at a loss.

[Adam7]

You'll need to edit your XML file to change the URL of it to match the actual URL on your site.  The URL you currently have for the file is a 404, so it's causing an error with the XML file.

Change this:

<atom:link href="http://www.redshirtstabletop.nl/redshirts-podcast.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />

to this:

<atom:link href="http://www.redshirtstabletop.nl/uploads/7/0/4/2/70424995/podcast.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />

[redshirts]

Hey Adam, I tried that, but still got the same error

[Adam7]

When I check the link you gave above it still shows the old version.  Did you upload the new file using the same link on your site?

[redshirts]

Hey Adam,

Yes I did. I replaced the code with the part that you gave me. it fits the link that it goes to. Then I re uploaded the file and published again, but no change. If I go to the published site and dowload the xml file it says the following:

Spoiler

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<channel>
<atom:link href="http://www.redshirtstabletop.nl/uploads/7/0/4/2/70424995/podcast.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
    <title>Redshirts Podcast</title>
    <description>De leukste brom voor Nederlandse tabletop roleplaying en wargaming, Tijd voor een nederlandse actual play DD podcast.</description>
    <link>www.redshirtstaletop.nl</link>
    <language>nl</language>
    <copyright>Copyright 2016</copyright>
    <lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:17 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
    <webMaster>redshirtsgames@gmail.com (Joerie den Ouden)</webMaster>

<item>
<title>Redshirts DD Podcast Teaser</title>
<link>http://www.redshirtstabletop.nl/redshirts-podcast</link>
<image>http://www.redshirtstabletop.nl/uploads/7/0/4/2/70424995/6634556_orig.jpg</image>
<copyright> Redshirts Tabletop & Roleplay 2016</copyright>
<itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:keywords>podcast D&D dnd redshirts nederland dutch live play dungeons dragons audio fun entertainment vermaak</itunes:keywords>
<guid>http://70424995-949704208706672364.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/7/0/4/2/70424995/redshirts_teaser....>
<description>De teaser voor de aankomende DD Podcast</description>
<enclosure url="http://70424995-949704208706672364.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/7/0/4/2/70424995/redshirts_teaser...." length="6727227" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<category>Podcasts</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:17 GMT</pubDate>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>

[Adam7]

Ok - I think it might be caching the file and not overwriting it when you re-upload.  Try deleting the current element you used to upload so it deletes the file, then add a new one and upload your file again that has the updated URL in it.

[redshirts]

no still no dice.

I removed the file upload element. published. then added it again and uploaded the right file and still nothing I'm afraid

[Adam7]

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@redshirts wrote:

no still no dice.

I removed the file upload element. published. then added it again and uploaded the right file and still nothing I'm afraid

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Thanks for trying that.  I'm wondering if there's some errant characters getting in there. I have a version I edited that I can upload to your site and publish, if you don't mind?

[redshirts]

Uh, yeah, you can of course sure. how does that work?

[Adam7]

Can you try again? Your XML file is now valid and shouldn't through any errors.  Basically, you needed to add "xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" to the RSS tag so it would validate your itunes specific tags, and remove any "&" symbols from the copyright and keywords tags because those cause rendering errors.

[redshirts]

Well, I kind of worked. So there is progress

I had to put in some more tags for itunes (because they need a lot of info) and stuff seems to be going wrong on that side now. But the feed works. 

You wouldn't be able to help me with itunes rss tags and such would you (or anyone?)

[Adam7]

Apple has resources on what tags you can use in their help documentation:

https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390

[jimmyrut]

Hey redshirts

Did you end up having any luck with this?  I'm going through the process now and it's fast turning into a nightmare.

My question to you, does the xml file have to be uploaded to the same page on weebly where the podcast is located or can it be on a seperate page etc?

Cheers

JR

[SCC-Temecula]

After spending sometime with customer support today, it appears Weebly doesn't support podcasts. The lady I talked to didn't even know about podcasts or understand how they work. She didn't seem to understand why I'd want someone to download my podcast through an app or in iTunes. 

All that said, it looks like the only way to put a podcast on Weebly it needs to be through another website, and then embedded onto your site.

[JFanaki]

Please let me know if you've done any more work on this.  I've been trying to figure out how to create an RSS feed to do a podcast myself.  Anything you have found out would be really helpful to me.

[yogawithrosie]

Im also trying to figure this out.  I was given some instructions that work with other web hosters such as Wordpress, but it appears Weebly blog pages aren't compatible.