Publish / Refresh XML Feed#
Add Podcast Name to Taxonomy in Drupal#
Make sure that the new podcast has been added to the Podcast Series taxonomy. Creating the taxonomy term is how we generate the XML feed.
- Add the new podcast term.
- Get the XML feed address by placing the term ID in the URL:
https://library.nashville.org/podcasts/
[term-id]/feed.xml
- Edit the podcast term to paste the XML feed address in the RSS subscription field.
Publish New Podcast Feed#
Apple podcasts#
Note: Login in Password manager (need to be in Shared Systems folder)
- Go to https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/login
- Login using username and password (currently this is Kyle Cook’s login and we need to figure out a way to change this).
- Click Podcasts Connect.
- Paste in the
.xml
feed URL. - Click “validate” button.
- Check the info and click “submit” button.
- Apple will send an email to the podcast email address when the podcast is accepted. This email address is our LibAnswers email.
- You can also refresh the podcasts admin page to see when it is updated.
- Once the podcast is verified, search for the podcast on Apple Podcasts and copy the URL.
- Paste the podcast URL into the “apple podcasts” section of the term page.
- Save the term page.
Google Podcasts#
Note: Login in Password manager (need to be in Shared Systems folder)
- Go to https://podcastsmanager.google.com/
- Login to the nplwebservices@gmail.com account. Login using username and password saved in Password manager.
- Find the menu and click “add show.”
- Paste in the XML feed and click next.
- Click to send verification code. Code will be sent to nplwebservices@gmail.com account. Or it may be sent to LibAnswers.
- Paste verification code into Google Podcasts.
- Google will review the feed, which may take a few days. Google FAQs say: “If this is a new show in Podcasts Manager, wait a few days for Google to start serving your podcast and accumulating data.” So check back a few days after submitting the podcast.
- You might need to generate a link directly to the podcast (feed must be served first): https://search.google.com/devtools/podcast/preview
- Paste the podcast URL into the “google podcasts” section of the term page.
- Save the term page.
Pocket Casts#
Note: No login info needed
- Go to https://www.pocketcasts.com/submit/
- Enter the podcast XML feed URL.
- Mark the feed “public.”
- Click Submit.
- You should see a “success” message and a Pocket Casts URL. Copy the URL and paste into the podcast term “feeds” section.
- Save the term page.
RSS#
Note: No login info needed
- Get ID for the podcast term.
- Copy this URL: https://library.nashville.org/podcasts/[term-id]/feed.xml
- Paste into the podcast term “rss” section.
- Replace the term-id text with the actual ID for the podcast term.
- Save the term page.
Spotify#
Note: Login in Password manager (need to be in Shared Systems folder)
- Go to https://podcasters.spotify.com/
- Login using username and password saved in password repo.
- Click the menu.
- Click “add or claim your podcast.”
- Click “get started.”
- Paste in the XML feed -- you should get a “next” button.
- Click “send code” -- Spotify will send a code to the email address associated with NPL’s Spotify account. This is currently connected to LibAnswers.
- Log in to LibAnswers and get the code.
- Type the code in the field in Spotify.
- Click “next.”
- Fill out the form for language, host, category, etc.
- Click submit. You should get a success screen with a URL for your podcast on Spotify. Copy the link.
- Paste into the podcast term “spotify” section.
- Save the term page.
TuneIn#
Note: No login info needed
- Go to https://cms.tunein.com/podcasters/
- Scroll down and find the “Publish a Podcast” button -- click the button.
- Fill out the form.
- Click submit.
- You’ll get an email when the podcast has been added to TuneIn. After you get the email, search TuneIn to find the podcast URL.
- Paste the TuneIn URL into the podcast term “tunein” section.
- Save the term page.
YouTube#
YouTube is updating with new episodes powered offer our RSS feeds. Manage using YouTube Studio.
Refresh Existing Podcast feeds#
See information above and look for a “refresh feed” link or something similar.