I'm using the PodPress plugin and for the most part everything is working fine. When I post an mp3 or video it shows up on the page and the user can use the player or download the file. The problem I'm having is that for some reason, the items never show up to on my feed or to my feed reader. I am using a modified theme but I never modified any of the wp core pages. Could I have accidentally removed something from page.php that WordPress uses to create/complete the feed?
[Plugin: PodPress] Items Never Post to Reader (6 posts)
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bgajus
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Dgold
Posted 3 years ago #the feed is not created in
page.php-- it's in a deeper file that isn't changed when you change themes, normally.wp-includes/feed-rss2.phpPodPress does have an effect on your feed, not sure if it replaces the file that makes the feed. Might want to double check that all podpress files uploaded properly.
Try validating your feed
http://feedvalidator.org/Is your feed being forwarded to FeedBurner or just regular?
Can you just add an enclose to a post manually, and it would appear in the feed? (Like link to an mp3 in a post)
You could try disable all plugins except PodPress and try it.
One guy has said PP didn't work with WP 2.7, but I use it on WP 2.6 and it works
just trying to think of some ways to diagnose it for your case.
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Posted 3 years ago #I'll try to answer your questions the best I know.
1. Yes, the feed does validate with feedvalidator.org.
2. Not sure, so probably not.
3. How do I do this?
4. Unfortunately, I can't disable the plugins without taking the site down. -
Posted 3 years ago #2. You'd know about feedburner if you had it, so forget that.
3. Try manually putting an enclosure in a Podcast. Here's how. Just write a link to an mp3 in a post. It should be a link that goes direct to an .mp3 address. After you save the Post, WP has the feature that it automatically makes an "enclosure" (it's basically a podcast now even without a plugin). You'll see it under the Edit Post > Custom Fields area, after you've saved it. Now go see if this mp3 is in your Feed like it should be.
4. If you possibly could, you need to re-code your theme where deactivating plugins will NOT take down the whole site. You can usually do this by putting IF/THEN conditional statements on all your plugin calls in your theme. It's a bit of PHP tweaking. Makes it much easier to test.
4B. Alternative method then: Switch your Theme to the Default theme. Now you should be able to deactivate all the Plugins without breaking your page. So test Just PodPress on your site with Default theme enabled, and then see if your feed is still broken.
hope these ideas help
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Posted 3 years ago #Here's how. Just write a link to an mp3 in a post. It should be a link that goes direct to an .mp3 address. After you save the Post, WP has the feature that it automatically makes an "enclosure"
Could my problem be that I'm trying to do this in a PAGE rather than a POST???
podPress allows you to add Media Files for podcasting on a PAGE.
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Posted 3 years ago #Well, WP PAGES are normally not in your RSS feed. * (Well, actually, normally there is an RSS feed for each Page that can be generated, but it's generally not displayed as an RSS feed choice in your browser address bar).
You would have to take extra steps to put a Page into your site's overall RSS, either by mixing Pages in with Posts in the normal feed, or find the feed that's automatic for the Page and put the code in your Header and your Sidebar so people know to subscribe to the Page feed instead.
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