Using the Podcasts Application

Adding a podcast is a two part process (at the beginning). Each podcast will need to belong to a show, and will be added as an episode of that show.

Add a show

  1. Locate the Podcasts section in the admin panel and click the ‘add’ button next to Shows.
  2. Fill out the name of the show.

The slug will be filled in automatically.

  1. Type in a summary for the show.
  2. Select the sites the podcast show will be available on.
  3. Click the magnifying glass icon to select the Author(s) of the show.
  4. Select a custom template prefix for this podcast (if applicable, see your designer for clarification).

This field uses “template_prefix” to pull in an override, versus the full template name (like flatpage overrides). To explain, template_prefix uses the following syntax to find template overrides: podcasts/<show.template_prefix>_show_detail.html

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Using the following filepath example from the template directory:

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You will need to “call” the template in admin by only entering the prefix in the text entry field labeled “Template Prefix”, as seen in the image below.

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  1. Fill out the ‘subtitle’ field and select a category for this show from the drop down menu.
  2. Select a feed image from your hard drive.
  3. Click save.

Adding an Episode

  1. Locate the podcasts section in the admin panel and click the ‘add’ button next to Episodes.
  2. Fill out the title of the episode.

The slug will be filled in automatically.

  1. Type a description of the episode.
  2. Fill in the URL for the Podcast.
  3. Fill out the release date/time.
  4. Select the category the Podcast episode belongs to.

Be as specific as possible when selecting a category. If this podcast is about Windows 7, select the [News]/Science/Technology/PC/Windows category.

  1. Click save.

iTunes Integration

For iTunes integration, navigate to Podcasts >> Shows and select the show you wish to submit to iTunes. Click on the iTunes Info tab at the top of the show and fill out the required information for iTunes.

  • Subtitle is the title that will display just below the main title in iTunes and is required by iTunes
  • Category is a list of categories from Apple that your podcast must be a part of, these can not be edited and are dictated by iTunes and are required.
  • Explicit is a checkbox to select whether or not this podcast contains explicit content.
  • Image is the cover image that will be used in iTunes for display in their player and is required.

You can then submit the RSS feed to your iTunes podcasters account. The RSS feed will be:

https://your-site.com/rss/podcasts/show-slug/
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Spotify Integration

For Spotify you will want to go ahead and fill in the Feed Image on the iTunes Info tab as Spotify also uses that image as well.

In the Spotify tab at the top of the show, enter an email that you have access to. Spotify uses this email to verify that you are the owner of this podcast and is required.

Then you can submit your RSS feed to your Spotify podcasters account. The RSS feed will be:

https://your-site.com/rss/podcasts/show-slug/spotify/
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**Note that due to Spotify's different requirements on RSS feeds, the URL is different than that of iTunes.

iHeart Radio Integration

For iHeart Radio Integration, nothing special is needed, you can fill in the Feed Image on the iTunes Info tab and then use the same feed URL as iTunes and submit it to your iHeart Radio podcasters dashboard.

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