Podcasts & iTunes

[Kevin Huntsinger]

I went to Appearance/Theme Options and entered all of the information for my Audio section and even created a page with the audio fee template. I then copied that URL and followed the steps to add it to iTunes and get this error:

Feed URL contains an invalid character. Only letters, without accents, numbers, and simple punctuation may be used.

This is the url: http://www.familylifecc.tv/ourpodcastaudiofeed ‎

What gives?

[Bill Robbins]

Hi Kevin,

I noticed if I visit http://www.familylifecc.tv/ourpodcastaudiofeed in my browser I’m getting a not found error. Double check that the page is published and that is the correct URL for me if you don’t mind.

Thanks,
Bill

[Kevin Huntsinger]

http://www.familylifecc.tv/our-podcast-audio-feed ‎

[Bill Robbins]

Thanks Kevin. Here are a few things I noticed in the feed:

1. Podcast Archive URL — In the theme options in the audio feed tab, you’ll need to enter the URL to your podcast archive. Looks like it’ll be this: http://www.familylifecc.tv/series
2. Category and Sub-Category — Apple defines these for users. They have a list way down on http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.htm if you want to take a look. For most churches, you’ll want to use Religion & Spirituality as the category and Christianity as the sub-category. For the category, make sure to use the ampersand there and not the word “and.”
3. Duration — in each podcast episode next to where you upload the files, there is a spot for the duration of the media files. You’ll need something entered there as a time, even if it isn’t correct.

Try changing those items and see if that doesn’t help out. Let me know what you turn up then.

Take care,
Bill

[Kevin Huntsinger]

Ah.. I went and changed the information you suggested and now I get this error:

Can’t parse your feed. Invalid XML: Error on line 30: The reference to entity “c.getContext” must end with the “;” delimiter.

[Bill Robbins]

What’s the URL you’re using this time around? I’m getting a not found on http://www.familylifecc.tv/our-podcast-audio-feed now too.

[Kevin Huntsinger]

Ah.. yeah, may fault. I had deleted that page for the audio feed. I recreated the page for the audio feed and ran into a logo size limiter issue as it needed to be 1400X1400 pixels.. I fixed that and BAM all better. Thank you again Bill your knowledge and patience in this matter. It is now resolved! You are the BEST!!

[Bill Robbins]

Fantastic! I’m glad to hear you’re all good to go with the feed. If you need anything else, just let me know.

Have a great Thanksgiving 🙂

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