iTunes new feed URL and other questions

[Zachary DuBois]

Hello,
I am using the Power Press plugin for Wordpress and I would like to change my permalink without loosing my subscribers. I know that if you want to set the new feed you need to give the URL of the new feed. iTunes says the new feed must be there when you change it. How could I set the new feed URL with the new link. What I am tying to do is change the default permalink (http://accountproductions.com/?p=123 or http://accountproductions.com/?feed=podcast) to the day and name one (http://accountproductions.com/2012/08/05/sample-post/ or http://accountproductions.com/feed/podcast/). How could I do this and ensure that it will update the feed without removing my iTunes listing because I know to set the new feed URL you need to have a feed already there. Is that correct?
Also, how long until iTunes will remove podcasts for not having their feed available?

[mgdell]

Just go ahead and make the permalink change but instead of doing the new feed URL in powerpress, do a 301 redirect.

This will have an instant effect and will get all the non-itunes subscribers.

For instructions and a little about the 301 check this out: http://www.podcastfaq.com/syndicating-your-podcast/changing-your-podcast-rss-feed-address-url/

This will do the trick for you.

-Mike

[Zachary DuBois]

Hello,
Thanks for that website. I will look more towards it in the morning. How long until iTunes will remove your listing for being not available though?
Thanks!

[Zachary DuBois]

so my .htaccess file should look like this

Code: [Select]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^?feed=podcast http://accountproductions.com/feed/podcast/ [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

[Zachary DuBois]

This gives me error 500 internal server error. Please help!

[angelo]

ModRewrite doesn't match Query string values the way you're trying to make them match. You also need to escape characters.

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