Podcast Manager
- Yes
- Simple management: The administrator component is simple and descriptive, making it simple to properly input podcast metadata
- Easy file management: Manage your podcast files from the Joomla! administrator interface via a customized version of the core Media Manager designed to specifically process the files allowed by iTunes as podcast episodes
- Host multiple feeds: With the 1.7 release, the ability to host multiple feeds was added by popular user request, a perfect solution for producers with feeds in multiple languages
- iTunes parsable: The RSS feed produced is a valid RSS feed and is designed around the requirements to be broadcasted in iTunes, allowing users to share their broadcast with the world
- Play files directly from your site: Through the content plugin, playing files is as simple as adding a {podcast Title} in an article, a process made simple through the button plugin which displays all the podcasts in the component
- New to 2.1, statistic tracking using popular services such as Blubrry and Podtrac.
Would love to know what types of issues you're having and what features you think are missing. Aside from the last few months where my day job has been very taxing on my time, I respond fairly quickly to messages sent to me via my website or GitHub. So, feel free to get in touch and let me know what's up.
The component is indeed geared towards supporting iTunes, and when I made the decision to remove those tags from the latest version, I did it based on the fact that when I tested locally with Google Chrome with RSS Subscription Extension (the only browser I had available to me due to being deployed with the US military), the description was still populated.
I have provided numerous methods to contact me via my website (linked from this listing) to report bugs, as well as linking to my website from the Podcast Manager Control Panel on your website, and cannot fix bugs unless I am aware of them. This review is the first I've heard of this problem, and now that I am aware of it, I will fix it.
The lack of ability to add a redirect url is a little frustrating however, as I have now lost the ability to use the statistic tracking service I was using under Wordpress.
Overall though, it is a great extension with alot of potential.
The only thing that I don't understand (would like to change) is I would like the feed subscription page (and the others that show the various podcasts in a list) to use my template. I use j51_oxygen and all I see is an unformatted page with the files listed...
How can I get the display to be congruent with the rest of my pages?
Thank you!
Roger
If you'll contact me through my website, I should be able to help you. The page should not be unformatted since it is designed to follow Joomla! template standards, so it seems something isn't happening correctly. I'm currently on the move, so I may not be able to dedicate time to support for another week or so.
However I am unable to get my feed to validate and so cannot use it with iTunes, nor Feedburner. This is a drawback for me.
Was having trouble finding a good module for 1.6 and higher that will provide easy Itunes capabilities. As someone new to Joomla and web design I would like to see the RSS feed easily accessible so I can tell Itunes or feedburner what my RSS feed is. If I am missing this Sorry, but would be great to see it so that it can be copied and pasted.
Hello,
There are two ways to link to your site's RSS feed. The simplest way is to copy the link in the Podcast Manager module once you've configured it. The second is to create your own menu item pointing to a RSS Feed, as it's listed when you create menu items. If you need any additional help, just let me know.
Second thing, which has been a real difficulty for me : the file manager. I no longer use it and send my files using ftp client. When you use it to upload your files or to create a folder for a new feed, the file manager is changing folder permissions and then refusing tu upload (on my host at least)... Everything gets ok when you do without it. Good to know...
Last thing : another player or customizable code would be a great option (I wrote you about this a few time ago...)
Anyway, thanks for this great job !
Straightforwad to assign the feeds (e.g.News, Magazine) to a menu item, then each new edition appears in the appropriate section as it is added.
Would like to be able to have the list show the most recent edition at the top. But I may need to look deeper to find how. I would also be good to have (say) the past two or three editions listed then the rest move to an archive. But I do know that there are other extensions to do this kind of thing so maybe one of theose combined would do this for me.
Looking forward to the stable release, but the beta has not had any problems so far for me.
Thank you for the constructive feedback and the suggestions. As I mentioned in your e-mail through my site, I will work to improve the extensions and add these features. User feedback really helps to improve my work, so I greatly appreciate it.
Also,there is no actual link to this componate-when you click on the download link-available via directory-its shows,this page doesnt exist error.Developer should provide direct contact for him on page,along with possible screenshots or demo of his product.
Hi there,
To answer each of your concerns:
- Does not install: I personally test all the functionality against a local installation of the Joomla! 1.6 trunk, to include install and uninstall. If it isn't installing for you, there could be a few different issues, and I'm willing to work with you to resolve them via a comment on the release notification on my site, a ticket via my Assembla space (linked from my site), or an e-mail (via the "Contact Me" link at the top of my site). I do my best to respond to all issues fairly quickly, however, I am currently deployed so internet availability isn't always the greatest.
- Link to site: I finished all the documentation on my site on April 3 and published that evening. It's possible you may have requested the link prior to it being published, in which case, I apologize.
- Extension demo: I am in the process of building a demo site for this and my other extension. I'm actually looking to have this complete within the next week or two as it's taken some time to build a fresh site from scratch.
