Initial Setup Issues

  • I’ve been using a handbuilt XML feed on this site along with Feedburner. I am trying to switch over to PowerPress to use its feed. I’ve installed PowerPress have entered the initial setup data and added a few podcasts using the entry fields at the bottom of my post pages.

    Here’s a podcast post page: https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/shows/tenkara-today/

    One my home page I have this code:

    <script type="text/javascript"><!--
function powerpress_pinw(pinw_url){window.open(pinw_url, 'PowerPressPlayer','toolbar=0,status=0,resizable=1,width=460,height=320'); return false;}
//-->
</script>

    Is this correct?

    I added this to the home page header:

    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ask About Fly Fishing - Podcast" href="https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/"/>

    Is this correct?

    On the ‘Submit Podcast to Apple Podcasts’ page it says my URL is https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/podcast/; however, that feed does not have the individual podcasts listed. When I use https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/ it does have the individual podcasts listed. So which one should I use both on the home page as well as other submission places?

    My Podcast is currently listed in iTunes. I logged into the iTunes Connect page and put in both of these URLS:

    https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/
    https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/podcast

    When I tried to validate them I get an error saying “Can’t download episodes from your feed. Failed validation.” What is the problem here? I have my audio files hosted on an Amazon S3 server. It has worked fine up to now. Is there a reason I shouldn’t be using Amazon?

    Also, when https://podba.se/ to validate it returns this:

    Podcasts should have a valid <itunes:summary> tag, or at least a <description>.

    Why am I getting this message?

    Also, when I use https://castfeedvalidator.com/ it will not validate the feed

    Why won’t Cast Feed Validator work with this feed?

    In the PowerPress settings it has a checkbox for “Wrap summary values with <![CDATA[ ... ]]> tags” Why would I want to do this? Should I do this?

    Also, in the https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/feed/ feed I see this:

    <image>
	<url>https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-aaff-favicon1-1-32x32.png</url>
	<title>Ask About Fly Fishing</title>
	<link>https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image>

    I don’t see anywhere that I gave info about using a favicon image. Is this generated automatically? Is this correct?

    I read about redirecting Feedburner so I know what to do about that, what else do I need to do to make sure everything is working properly?

    Thanks for your help,

    Roger

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