Comments on: No posts this week, again… http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/ Mad ramblings whenever I feel like it.... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:47:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Conn http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3351 Conn Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:43:04 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3351 Hi Elly, is it this feed? http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?feed=rss2 The feed does contain a link to the MP3, and that appears in Google Reader. But there is no enclosure tag - so it can't be downloaded automatically by podcatchers such as iTunes. The good news is, it should be easy to fix. There may be something in WP - or in the plugin setting you can tweak, but the easiest way to make a podcast-with-enclosures feed would be to put it through Feedburner. Feedburner's SmartCast service will pick up on the first media file linked in each post and create an enclosure tagin the the output feed. (I already tried it and it works! ;) ) Really looking forward to hearing these on my iPod! :) Regards, Conn Hi Elly, is it this feed? http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?feed=rss2

The feed does contain a link to the MP3, and that appears in Google Reader. But there is no enclosure tag – so it can’t be downloaded automatically by podcatchers such as iTunes.

The good news is, it should be easy to fix. There may be something in WP – or in the plugin setting you can tweak, but the easiest way to make a podcast-with-enclosures feed would be to put it through Feedburner. Feedburner’s SmartCast service will pick up on the first media file linked in each post and create an enclosure tagin the the output feed. (I already tried it and it works! ;) )

Really looking forward to hearing these on my iPod! :)

Regards,
Conn

]]> By: ellybabes http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 ellybabes Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:54:47 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3345 Hey Conn, they should be available as downloads via her new RSS feed - showing up for me in Google Reader anyway... Hey Conn, they should be available as downloads via her new RSS feed – showing up for me in Google Reader anyway…

]]> By: Conn http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3343 Conn Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:12:42 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3343 Elly, Your mother sounds great - as always! I know I asked you before about making the podcasts available for download - but I can't remember what your answer was. If you do make them available that way, and enclosed in the RSS feed I'm sure Grannymar will reach a wider audience. As I mentioned before, I never listen to podcasts on my computer. I find it too distracting while I work, and when I'm not working I like to get out and about. I listen to podcasts like I used to listen to radio. In the car, in the kitchen, out walking etc. You might be interested in the Podpress plugin. It uses the same kind of player as the one you've installed, but it also supports RSS and allows you to configure the iTunes information. all the best, Conn Elly,

Your mother sounds great – as always! I know I asked you before about making the podcasts available for download – but I can’t remember what your answer was. If you do make them available that way, and enclosed in the RSS feed I’m sure Grannymar will reach a wider audience. As I mentioned before, I never listen to podcasts on my computer. I find it too distracting while I work, and when I’m not working I like to get out and about. I listen to podcasts like I used to listen to radio. In the car, in the kitchen, out walking etc.

You might be interested in the Podpress plugin. It uses the same kind of player as the one you’ve installed, but it also supports RSS and allows you to configure the iTunes information.

all the best,
Conn

]]> By: Grandad http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3336 Grandad Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:11:44 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3336 But that leaves no room for the whiskey? But that leaves no room for the whiskey?

]]> By: ellybabes http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 ellybabes Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:57:25 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3335 One level teaspoon in a cup of coffee, filled to the brim, no milk. One level teaspoon in a cup of coffee, filled to the brim, no milk.

]]> By: Grandad http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3333 Grandad Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:46:20 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3333 Aw shucks! Thanks :) Michele is just there to be annoyed. BTW, does your Mum take sugar? Aw shucks! Thanks :)

Michele is just there to be annoyed.

BTW, does your Mum take sugar?

]]> By: ellybabes http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3332 ellybabes Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:44:09 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3332 <i>“Don’t do it. The world would never be the same again!�</i> And the world isn't the same anymore. It's a happier place as we read your droll words... And hell, we all love to annoy Michele!! :-) “Don’t do it. The world would never be the same again!�

And the world isn’t the same anymore. It’s a happier place as we read your droll words…

And hell, we all love to annoy Michele!! :-)

]]> By: Grannymar http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3331 Grannymar Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:30 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3331 Huh! Talking about me behind my back. Again!!! It feels a bit like 'Does she take sugar'! I am not dead YET! ;) Huh! Talking about me behind my back. Again!!!

It feels a bit like ‘Does she take sugar’!

I am not dead YET! ;)

]]> By: Grandad http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3330 Grandad Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:39:02 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3330 Last October, I was chatting to Michele about his blogging. I mused that I might try it for the laugh. His response? "Don't do it. The world would never be the same again!" That's why I started. Last October, I was chatting to Michele about his blogging. I mused that I might try it for the laugh. His response?

“Don’t do it. The world would never be the same again!”

That’s why I started.

]]> By: ellybabes http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/comment-page-1/#comment-3329 ellybabes Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:36:46 +0000 http://blog.ellybabes.com/2007/07/29/no-posts-this-week-again/#comment-3329 You, Granny & Grannymar together? The world will never be the same again! You, Granny & Grannymar together? The world will never be the same again!

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