PowerPress subscribe page not working for categories

[elembemedia]

I have been unable to get the subscribe page to function for my category podcasts. I have three seperate podcasts that i want to each have their own subscribe page. I go into the main feed to have it generate the page, I delete the page ID from the main feed. Go into my category feeds and add the page ID under media. I then go to the subscribe page itself and edit the page and add the [powerpress_subscribe category="am-show"] but nothing changes on the page. I have followed everything from the page http://create.blubrry.com/resources/powerpress/advanced-tools-and-options/powerpress-subscribe-shortcode/ with no luck. Any ideas? My site is http://elembemedia.com

[angelo]

When you edit your category under PowerPress > Category podcasting, under the Appearance tab, what is the shortcode value PowerPress gives you?

[elembemedia]

[powerpress_subscribe category="455"]

[angelo]

Does that work when you use that in a page?

[elembemedia]

No, it always looks at my main feed, which right now has nothing in it. There's one of the pages I setup and you notice that its all for the default page.

http://elembemedia.com/subscribe-to-thunderbums/

Ive also noticed that when I have the subscribe links on, which show up under my media player, they all link to the main feed as well so I'm wondering if those issues are connected.

[angelo]

I wonder, are your podcast episodes going into "Posts" or are they going into a custom post type?

[elembemedia]

The theme I use does have custom post types but I have always used the "standard" setting. Is there a way for me to check if its categorizing them properly? I have never had any feed issues if that helps at all.

[angelo]

What is the URL to one of these category feeds?

It is possible that if the posts are in a custom post type (not the regular posts) that could explain the disconnect. I know we added code years ago to handle that for category feeds, but I also know that we did not implement the subscribe features for custom post types yet due to the complexity.

BTW you can implement the subscribe widget by specifying the iTunes Subscribe URL and the rss feed in the shortcode. Details here:

[elembemedia]

Here's one of the category feeds.

http://elembemedia.com/category/esoplaysessions/

Also, I think the last part of your previous comment got cut off. Thanks so much for the help!

[angelo]

Sorry I have crossed two different conversations on here.

This may be a bug, I will look further into it tomorrow.

[angelo]

Oh, this is the link I forgot to include: http://create.blubrry.com/resources/powerpress/advanced-tools-and-options/powerpress-subscribe-shortcode/

e.g.

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[powerpress_subscribe
   title="Geek News Central"
   image_url="http://geeknewscentral.com/GNCLogo3_1_1400x1400Audiot-262.jpg"
   feed_url="http://geeknewscentral.com/index.xml"
   itunes_url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/geek-news-central-audio/id73331167"]

[elembemedia]

Even that shortcode isn't working for me. I also tested with no plugins except blurry running and changed my theme to the 2015 built in Wordpress one and got the same issue. I also tried the code on a different site and got the same issue. Any ideas what could be causing it?

[angelo]

I've confirmed this is a bug.

If you put the shortcode in a post that also has the category set, then it works, but put it in a page that does not have the category set and you have the issue you're observing.

I am working on it now.

[angelo]

Fix ready for testing. Do you want the latest beta version to test it out? This and 1 other bug fix is all that's in the beta so far, if you are concerned about testing the beta it shouldn't be buggy except for this now working.

Another plus, the changes I made also fix the bug where the subscribe links below the player were not showing the category subscribe settings (feed, iTunes, subscribe page). This also is now fixed, but only if you select 1 category. If you select 2 or more then the subscribe links will be for the main feed.

[elembemedia]

I will gladly test the latest beta. Just tell me where to download it from.