Publishing Content

You have two options for getting your media files into your libsyn account: upload right from your browser, or use an FTP client to upload your files. [http://www.makepropaganda.com/products.html Propaganda] (by [http://www.mixmeister.com Mixmeister Technology]) is an audio production tool with built in FTP support and a free libsyn trial.

You can upload files using your web browser from two places in your libsyn account:

The 'Media Files' tab

Once you're logged into libsyn, click the Media Tab.

Then click the 'upload' button. Here you'll see a simple form with. Click the 'browse' button and you'll be prompted to locate a file on your computer. Find the file you are uploading and click 'ok'.

Choose the Quickcast option if you want to Quickcast your file.

Please note if you are uploading via the web that there is a 50 megabyte size limit. If your file is larger than 50 megabytes, you'll need to uplolad it via FTP.

If you are ready to add a new post or episode to your blog page and rss feed, and your file is ready to be uploaded, you can upload and create your post at the same time.

To Upload Via FTP:

The first thing you will need is an FTP client. Some variations are SmartFTP, CuteFTP, and FileZilla for windows, and CyberDuck for MacOSX.

You should download, install, and run your client of choice. Then, you'll want to connect.

now, there are three pieces of information you'll need: * the hostname = 'ftp.libsyn.com' * your username (which is the same as your libsyn username) * your password (which is the same as your libsyn password)

Using these three pieces of information (and the port as 21, which comes by default), you should be able to connect. Usually, your local hard drive is on the left, and your libsyn account is on the right. If you locate the file you'd like to upload on your local hard drive, and drag it to the libsyn account on the right, the file will upload.

A few FTP clients like Cyberduck show only the remote directory, (yout Libsyn account) you can drag and drop files from a Finder window, (OSX) or My Computer window (Windows 95 and up) to start an upload.

Once the file is uploaded, it should be reflected in your media files tab, and you can manipulate the files accordingly.

When you 'Quickcast' your files, the libsyn system reads the ID3 tags from your file and creates a post using the information discovered.

Quickcasts can be created when uploading via the web or via FTP.

'To ``quickcast`` via the web' * login to your libsyn account * click the ``media files`` tab * click ``upload`` * click browse to find the file on your computer * select the ``quickcast this file`` check-box * click ``load file``

'To quickcast via FTP' * use your ftp client to login to 'ftp.libsyn.com' * upload your file to the /quickcasts folder

To make sure your quickcast was successful, check your * blog page url: http://your-libsyn-username.libsyn.com * rss feed url: http://your-libsyn-username.libsyn.com/rss

Click the Text Blog Post box to make a entry to your feed with no podcast media file enclosure.

You can post a PDF file in your RSS feed no special tags are required and are one of the formats that iTunes will download. This makes show notes and picture index or any other info you may need to send in print will appear.

Click the Podcast Episode button to make a Podcast entry to your blogpage and feed.

The main difference between a Podcast Episode and a Text Blog Post is the fact that there will be an enclosure tag added to the post, which will link to a media file that you choose to accompany your post. Select this file in the Podcast Media File box, either by selecting a file that you've already uploaded from your media files in the drop box, or by browsing your PC to upload a new file.

This is the list of all known working file types that Libsyn auto encodes into your RSS file, may need updating.

*video *.mov *.m4v *All Windows Media *audio *.mp3 *.aac

Really any type of file can be added to your Libsyn feed. This does not ensure that all podcatchers or listeners will be able to access the file. That depends on the software the user has installed on their computer (Windows Media vs Mac users etc…). This goes for podcatchers as well. ITunes, for instance, has a list of files that they can accept: Supported file formats include .m4a, .mp3, .mov, .mp4, .m4v, and .pdf.

There are two artwork files. One is shown as the main logo for sites like iTunes music store, the other one is in the music file. To add the artwork to the music file (aka podcast) you have to add it to the file before you upload it.

Here is how you do it:

First open your podcast in iTunes select the file and open the artwork panel and drag your artwork into the box in fig 1:

Next update your id3 tags in the “Get Info” box and then move the file to your upload folder like in fig 2.:

Helpful Hint: One of the Commands availible when you right-click on an audio file in iTunes is “Show Song File” this will open a new Finder or Windows Explorer window, with the directory containing the file already opened.

When you upload the file into Libsyn the artwork will be embedded.

You can do this in bulk by selecting all the files you want to add artwork to.

To have artwork for your program show up in iTMS, click the 'settings' tab in your dashboard. Once there click the 'iTunes'. From this page you can choose and upload a file to be associated with your show for the iTunes store.

The art work must be no bigger than 300×300.

With Libsyn your feed would be http://username.libsyn.com/rss

If you should choose not to use the Blog that Libsyn provides for you, make one text post on the libsyn blog, and write up a short explanation that this page is just a placeholder, and include links to your correct Blog page, and RSS Feed. That way if people end up there by mistake, they will find the correct blog. You can also add a Meta Refresh Tag to the html of your blog page, in the Advanced Settings page.

Additionally, you could make that post a podcast, and associate it with a short media file in which you read the text of the above refrenced blog post.

When you use a third-party blog, you will need to link to your media files, The URL will be http://media.libsyn.com/media/(insert-username-here)/(Insert-Filename-here) this is the link where anyone can download the media file. It can also be found under the 'enclosure' section of your Media Tab, in the file info box for each file.

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Like many websites, filenames on Libsyn are case sensitive. For simplicity's sake use a consistent naming convention.**

Your Libsyn RSS feed is generated automatically when you use the Libsyn publishing tools. Your RSS feed is available by default at <i>your-username</i>.libsyn.com/rss <b>or</b> if you are using a custom domain name it will be your-domain-name.com/rss

The various properties of your RSS feed can be manipulated through the Settings and Publish tabs.

For information about which fields in the libsyn dashboard relate to various RSS properties, check out the Libsyn RSS Properties Map.

FeedBurner is a program that will automatically corrects any RSS[http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/rss] feed for any RSS reader as well as display a web page. The only way to add or remove content from your web page is by adding or removing the content from your RSS feed. The real help is in the ability to change host with out having to contact every directory yourself and the fact that the RSS file has no bandwidth limits. TWIT says that there 30k RSS file has a bandwidth of 30Gb a month.

An alternative method is to register a domain name See Setting Up Your Account for more information on DNS Servers.

This procedure will allow you to place a script on your static HTML pages (your standard website) that will automatically add and update the content, including links to your podcasts, from your libsyn blog (i.e. myaccount.libsyn.com):

1. go to http://www.feedburner.com/ and set up a free account

2. Once registered and logged in, go to your feed control panel

3. There is a tab called “Publicize”. Click it.

4. On the left-hand menu bar, click “BuzzBoost” to enter the BuzzBoost application.

5. This will ask you a few questions and then give you a line of code to paste in to your HTML page. You also get a preview at the bottom.

6. Format the HTML (text style, size, etc.) to taste. Publish to your webserver.

7. Done, a la http://www.caninecampus.com/podcast.htm

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