Georgia Podcast Network redesign is live!

Monday, May 12, 2008 | 12:49 pm

Reposting from Rusty:
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The redesign of the Georgia Podcast Network is live!

The short version of what’s new is:

  • Create podcasts, add episodes to them, or add your affiliate podcast to the directory without having to go through an administrator. Podcasts now work sort of like diaries on Tondee’s Tavern and other group blogs. Everybody can have one, but not everything makes the front page.
  • Let other members post episodes to your podcast. You can name co-hosts individually, or set the “group podcast” option to let any registered member post an episode. For examples of group podcasts, see (un)ConCast and Politics is Vocal.
  • Album art, channel, and other meta information can be attached to podcasts
  • Post M4V video in addition to MP3 audio
  • Nifty Flash uploader
  • Embeddable players and widgets
  • iTunes meta information in podcast RSS feeds
  • Can redirect podcast RSS feeds to Feedburner
  • Webplay and download statistics
  • Rebuilt podcast directory
  • Pretty new theme
  • Better performance. Up to 8 times faster under normal server load

That’s not everything, but that’s the important stuff. There are still some minor CSS issues to work out in Internet Explorer 6, but it should be relatively bug-free other than that. Have a look and let us know what you think!

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Rusty teaches podcasting with Drupal

Monday, August 20, 2007 | 11:23 am

Tomorrow night, Rusty will be doing a presentation on podcasting with Drupal, at the monthly Drupal Atlanta meeting. It’s in Alpharetta, at the 5 Seasons Brewery, starting at 7:00. Here are the details:

Drupal core contains everything you need to post podcasts without any third-party modules, so just come with a working Drupal 5 installation if you’d like to participate.

The method I’ll teach uses the stripped-down CCK (Content Construction Kit) that’s built into Drupal 5 along with the core Upload module. It’s not the only way to podcast with Drupal, but I think for most purposes it’s the best way. During the opening presentation, we’ll briefly discuss the pros and cons of using this method versus other methods (like using the Audio and/or Video modules).

We may play with SWF Tools if there’s time to show you how you can add Flash players to enhance the user experience. The module is currently broken but expected to be fixed soon, and in the very near future will be the best and easiest way to add Flash players to your podcast. If time permits, we can also discuss how to add Flash players using PHPTemplate.

I think he should do this presentation at PodCamp Atlanta next year, too. :)

Sorry about the lack of blogging… I just haven’t felt like it, with everything that’s been going on (sporadic net access included). I’ll be back into the swing of things eventually. Today, I feel delirious.

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