Your first podcast.
So, you've decided to join the world of pod casting. A great adventure lies ahead of you.
So, where do you begin?
Well, to start off, you create a Quick Blogcast account. This leverages the power of both blogging and pod casting, so you can have the right mix of tools to make your site fit you.
After you create your Blogcast account, and have created your template, you find yourself on what is commonly referred to as the Dashboard page. This page gives you an overview of the most used features of your Blogcast.
You'll see your blog Overview, Recent Entries, and Recent Comments, of which will be empty or have a 0 in most places. To change that, let's start by first creating a Hello World Podcast.If you have your own recording software, hook up your mic (and even video camera if you want to be seen by your fans) and start recording. Quick Blogcast handles seamlessly mp3, mp4, mov, and many other audio only and audio/video formats. Just pick which one works best for you.
Otherwise, from the top menu bar, select Manage Entries -> New Entry to use the Podcast Recorder embedded in Quick Blogcast.Next thing you need to do is click on the Add Podcast button. If you are redirected to a settings page, you'll need to enter in your default ID3 settings. Those settings are data that gets embedded inside every podcast you create with Quick Blogcast. When people download your podcast files, and play them, that data allows whatever player they are using to correctly display the information about the podcast, such as the image, podcaster, and more. After you complete that step, or if you didn't need to, you should now be on the Upload Podcast Page. If you created a podcast with your own software, you can click Browse to select the file, then upload to upload it to the site. Otherwise click on Record to start the Quick Recorder provided with Quick Blogcast.
The Quick Recorder program is relatively easy to use, and has plenty of tooltips and help to guide you through it. Once you complete your podcast in that application, you can upload it to Quick Blogcast. You'll land back on the Create Entry Page.
In the Title put in "Hello World!" (or whatever you wish to title your first podcast). For Categories, put in "welcome", or leave it blank, or a category of your choice. You can also select Categories from the accordion control on the left, and add in a category.
Once that has been added in, you can just click on the link to auto fill in the category for the new entry. If you feel like your first podcast fits in more then one category, feel free to add in as many as you wish, and separate by commas.
Now, you'll notice a little player was added to the entry. You can add whatever text you want before, after, or around it. If it's just an audio podcast, you may wish to add a picture, as well. Once you are done, pick Set the status from Draft to Published from the Entry Settings on the left, and click on Save.
Congratulations, your first podcast is done, and for better or for worse...
,people around the world can now hear your voice.
Is there a storage limit for uploading podcasts? Do we need to delete old podcasts if there is a maximum storage limit?
Thanks,
-RY
Greetings,
Currently the base storage limits are those set by your plan
You can also purchase additional space once you max out the premium limit. As to deleting episodes it very much depends on the kind of podcast you have. E.g if the material is ephemeral , or you see it's never requested from the stats then reclaiming the space may be useful.
Regards
John
Quick Blogcast Team
Is that per month, or is that overall?
Greetings Dustin,
Thanks for the inquiry on how the diskspace / transfer allowances work.
The plans have changed in size since I first posted that grid and an updated grid appears below. .
The answer is that it's both overall (diskspace) and per month.( bandwidth)
The Diskspace reflects how many podcasts / files you can store at any one time. A 1GB account is always a 1GB account unless you upgrade or pay for additional space. This is not a cumulative figure. For example you can't upload 1GB in March, then another 1GB in April without removing previously uploaded files or adding additional space to the account.
Bandwidth. This is the number of times that people can download the files stored on your account within a month.This resets every month. You can purchase additional bandwidth or set your account to deactivate your site until the next month's billing. Further information on this feature can be located here. http://help.godaddy.com/topic/477/article/3376
John
Quick Blogcast team
Once I've posted my Podcast, how do I get the URL to post it on iTunes?
Thanks in advance
Greetings Mark,
Sorry for the delay in replying. There are two url's that you can submit to iTunes for inclusion in their directory. . You only need to submit one of these and in most cases the podcast only one would be the best choice.
www.yourdomainname.com/podcasts-only/rss2.aspx Podcasts only
www.yourdomainname.com/rss2.aspx All feed items.
Regards
John
Widget Wrangler
Will my podcasts only be downloadable from iTunes, or also from my QuickBlogcast site?
Greetings Rose,
Your audience would still be able to subscribe or download podcasts from your site if you register your podcast feed with iTunes.
The podcast files are always downloaded from your blog account. What iTunes, and programs like it,do is to act as an intermediary and check your blogcast for new episodes and ,should there be a new one available, download it. If I've not explained this clearly please let me know and I'll write up a fuller explanation.
Regards John
On the Entry Settings page, what should I set the Maximum feed file size at if I am posting a podcast weekly that is in the 30 to 45mb range. It is set at 150kb. thanks
Mike,
The settings are in Kilo Bytes. 150KB = 0.14648MB.
This size will affect only for feeds. Incase if the maximum size of the feed in your settings is less than the feed buffer, the entries will not be seen on the feed page. Since the feeds are sorted in latest entry first, visitors will get your most current data and the updates still be ok.
Thanks