FacDev Media Training Series   /     Adding a Link to a RSS Feed

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Click on the title of this blog posting to listen to this podcast episode. The transcript is provided below.:: Transcript ::In order for students or colleagues to subscribe to your podcast, they need to either know the URL for the XML feed of your podcast or they need to be able to easily find the link to the URL. Since XML feed addresses can be cumbersome to distribute to your intended audience via email, the easiest way to spread the word about your podcast is to add a link to your XML feed to the blog you've created for your podcast.If you visit the FacDev Media Training Series blog that was created to correspond with this podcast at facdevmedia.blogspot.com, you'll notice in the right column there is a text link listed for "Podcast Feed – XML." Also, if you scroll down the page slightly you'll see a section called "Subscribe" in which are posted several different buttons which also link to the XML feed for the podcast. The link that you create for your podcast can be either a text link, button, or both….it's up to you. On the "Introduction to Podcasting" handout are provided some sample podcast subscribe buttons that you can choose from if you are looking for a pre-made button to use. However, any button or text link technically can be used as a link to your podcast feed. Commonly, orange buttons found on websites indicate RSS feeds of some sort. If you'd like to use one of the buttons provided on the handout that accompanies this series, simply right-click on a button and save it to your computer. Then, upload it with your audio file to your web space and create a link to it in your blog or website template. We've also provided links under "Blogger Help" to the resources that Blogger has provided which details how to customize the template for your blog to include a button to your podcast feed. Click on the "templates" section within Blogger help for more details.You aren't limited to creating a link to your podcast only on your blog. If you have another web presence, you can just as easily add a link to your podcast from that location as well. If you utilize a course management system such as Blackboard, you can include within your online course a link to your podcast, making it possible to leverage the content pushing capabilities of podcasting in conjunction with your online or web-enhanced course. In regards to your podcast XML feed created using FeedBurner…keep in mind that FeedBurner automatically pings your blog and re-updates your podcast ever 30 mins. Therefore, if you add a new posting to your blog with a link to a new mp3 file, it may take up to 30 mins. before the new posting will appear in your XML feed. You can manually ping FeedBurner to force it to update sooner. A link to ping FeedBurner is provided at facdevmedia.blogspot.comIn the next episode we'll take a look at how to submit your podcat to the podcast directory in the iTunes music store.

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Click on the title of this blog posting to listen to this podcast episode. The transcript is provided below. :: Transcript :: In order for students or colleagues to subscribe to your podcast, they need to either know the URL for the XML feed of your podcast or they need to be able to easily find the link to the URL. Since XML feed addresses can be cumbersome to distribute to your intended audience via email, the easiest way to spread the word about your podcast is to add a link to your XML feed to the blog you've created for your podcast. If you visit the FacDev Media Training Series blog that was created to correspond with this podcast at facdevmedia.blogspot.com, you'll notice in the right column there is a text link listed for "Podcast Feed – XML." Also, if you scroll down the page slightly you'll see a section called "Subscribe" in which are posted several different buttons which also link to the XML feed for the podcast. The link that you create for your podcast can be either a text link, button, or both….it's up to you. On the "Introduction to Podcasting" handout are provided some sample podcast subscribe buttons that you can choose from if you are looking for a pre-made button to use. However, any button or text link technically can be used as a link to your podcast feed. Commonly, orange buttons found on websites indicate RSS feeds of some sort. If you'd like to use one of the buttons provided on the handout that accompanies this series, simply right-click on a button and save it to your computer. Then, upload it with your audio file to your web space and create a link to it in your blog or website template. We've also provided links under "Blogger Help" to the resources that Blogger has provided which details how to customize the template for your blog to include a button to your podcast feed. Click on the "templates" section within Blogger help for more details. You aren't limited to creating a link to your podcast only on your blog. If you have another web presence, you can just as easily add a link to your podcast from that location as well. If you utilize a course management system such as Blackboard, you can include within your online course a link to your podcast, making it possible to leverage the content pushing capabilities of podcasting in conjunction with your online or web-enhanced course. In regards to your podcast XML feed created using FeedBurner…keep in mind that FeedBurner automatically pings your blog and re-updates your podcast ever 30 mins. Therefore, if you add a new posting to your blog with a link to a new mp3 file, it may take up to 30 mins. before the new posting will appear in your XML feed. You can manually ping FeedBurner to force it to update sooner. A link to ping FeedBurner is provided at facdevmedia.blogspot.com In the next episode we'll take a look at how to submit your podcat to the podcast directory in the iTunes music store.

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Click on the title of this blog posting to listen to this podcast episode. The transcript is provided below. :: Transcript :: In order for students or colleagues to subscribe to your podcast, they need to either know the URL for the XML feed of your podca
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Publishing date
2006-03-07 11:02
Link
http://facdevmedia.blogspot.com/2006/03/adding-link-to-rss-feed_07.html
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  Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center, Northern Illinois University
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http://www.niu.edu/facdev/media/mp3/howtopodcast04.mp3
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