Podcast Your Archive

The necessary tools to podcast your archive are built-in to the system so as you are editing your media archives, you are also updating your podcast at the same time!

About Podcasting

Podcasting is different from allowing someone to download an audio or video file from your website. Podcasting uses a technology called RSS to send a file to a program that can read and display RSS information. This program is called an RSS Reader. Google offers one a free RSS reader program (http://www.google.com/reader) and they are also built into most modern browsers.

Podcasting with iTunes

iTunes is the program that most people associate with podcasting. iTunes uses standard RSS technology to accept your podcast feed along with some additional information about your file that iTunes publishes. SiteWrench v4 allows you to podcast any Media Archive individually through iTunes.

Getting Started Podcasting with iTunes

To add your podcast to iTunes you will need an iTunes account. Most human Americans have iTunes accounts, but we STRONGLY encourage you to not use your personal iTunes account for your church's podcast. During the setup process and possibly in the future, iTunes will need to be able to communicate with you via email. A best practice is to create an iTunes account for the church that is tied to a non-personal email address (ex: webmaster@yourdomain.com or media@yourdomain.com or iTunes@yourdomain.com) which is routed to an active email address or is routinely checked.

Step 1: Open iTunes and login to the church's account or create a new account for the church.

Step 2: Navigate to the iTunes store section.

Step 3: Select Podcast from the left-hand iTunes STORE menu


Step 4: Click the Submit Podcast link


Step 5: Paste in the link from the archive which you want to podcast.


Continue through the steps to complete the submission to iTunes. After the Podcast URL is successfully submitted, Itunes will review the podcast and will send an email to the "Podcast Manager" with the Store ID #.  This will be in a link.  This is the link that you will use to post on your site to send users directly to your podcast in iTunes!  This process usually takes 24-48 hours.




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