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How To Create A XML File For A Podcast And Your Website.

Why would you want to do this. You see the RSS Feed Button On Top Of My Blog Goes To My Blog Posts. But The RSS Feed Button on the RightHandSide Just above the Picture of myself has a RSS Button For A Podcast. The Difference In The Code Between The Top Rss Feed Button And The Bottom on the Righthandside is The Top RSS Feed Button Html Code Doesn’t Include the Enclosure Tag and The Righthandside Html Code Does.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>
- <rss version=”2.0″ xmlns:atom=”http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom”>
- <channel>
<atom:link href=”Name of your xml file Goes Here” rel=”self” type=”application/rss+xml” />
<generator>Webnet77.com Podcast Generator Version 0.2.0</generator>

<channel>
<title></title>
<description></description>
<link></link>

<item>
<title></title>
<description></description>
<link>l</link>
</item>

<item>
<title></title>
<description>!</description>
<link></link>
</item>

<item>
<title></title>
<description></description>
<link></link>
</item>

</channel>

</rss>

http://searchenginewatch.com/2175271

So this would be for a regular RSS Feed Without a Podcast. The Podcast You Need To Use Enclosure Tags For Your Audio Files.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ ?>
- <rss version=”2.0″ xmlns:atom=”http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom”>
- <channel>
<atom:link href=”Your Website Link Here” rel=”self” type=”application/rss+xml” />
<generator>Webnet77.com Podcast Generator Version 0.2.0</generator>

<title>Your Title of Your Podcast Here</title>

<description>Your Description of Your Website Here.</description>

<link>Your Link To Your Website</link>

<language>en</language>

<copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright>

<lastBuildDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:17:41 GMT</lastBuildDate>

<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:17:41 GMT</pubDate>

<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>

<webMaster>Your Email Address here </webMaster>

- <item>

<title>The Title Of Your What Your Podcast Is About Here</title>

<link>Link To Your Specfic Podcast</link>

<guid>Where Your Podcast Is Located On Your Directory</guid>

<description>The Description Of Your Podcast, For Example, Internet Marketing Is Cool!</description>

<enclosure url=”The Same as The guid, Where Your Podcast is Located On Your Server” length=”3757620″ type=”audio/mpeg” />

<category>Podcasts</category>

<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:17:41 GMT</pubDate>

</item>

</channel>

</rss>

http://webnet77.com/podcast-rss/index.pl/PODS

So the code is basically the same except the item, title, description, link. The xml file with the podcast has a guid tag, and enclosure tag. The enclosure tag is where you uploaded your mp3 file.

For example :

http://tom.com/audio/TomTalkingAboutFishing.mp3

This file you uploaded to your server with the file path. So your enclosure and guid tags would include this filepath.

After you create your xml files, you would upload them to your server. You can do that by using FTP Software. I use Filezilla. You can download Filezilla Here.

So You have both steps done.

1. You have created two xml files, one for your blog, If you have WordPress You can skip this step. A Rss Feed Has Already Been Created For You.

But if you have another website with no Rss Feed. You can Use This Free RSS Feed Generator. Click Here. Just Follow The Steps I have Described and you will be able to create your own xml file.

2. Name the Xml File. I would name them differnet names. Name1.xml and Name2.xml

3. Upload Your Xml Files To Your Server.Using Filezilla.  Take note of your filepath.
If you uploaded them to your root directory.

This would be the filepath to the Rss Feed Directories or Podcast Directories. For instance.

http://yourdomainname.com/Name1.xml
Would be your filepath.

Then your would take this filepath and go to a Rss Feed Directory and or Podcast Rss Feed Directory.

Submit them to these directories. The object is to create a xml file and submit your filepath to these Rss Directories so you get more traffic to your website.

4. To create a Podcast Xml File. Click here. You will be able to Generate a Xml File Here.
Then you would take the file , upload it with Filezilla and take note of the filepath again.

5. To recap, Create two xml files, upload them using Filezilla Ftp Software. Take note of your Filepath. Take the filepath for the two xml files and submit them to RSS Directories.

6. The Filepath for the Regular Rss Feed Goes To The Rss Feed Directories. The Filepath for the Podcast goes to the Podcast Rss Feed Directories. Separate the Regular Rss Feed Directories From The Podcast Directories. Like I said at the beginning of the post the podcast html code has  enclosure tags where your mp3 audio exists on your website.

7. Next blogpost I will go over how to create the Rss Feed Button  on your website. Get A Image and Link the image to your xml File.

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Thanks for Reading My Post.
And Have A great Day.
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