Custom Episode Description in iTunes Not Working

[IceQueen155]

A while back I set up the PowerPress settings so that I could enter my own iTunes Summary instead of iTunes pulling my whole blog post into the episode summary. But despite filling out the iTunes Summary Field for weeks iTunes still pulls the description from the whole blog posts instead. I've been looking all over on how to fix it but I haven't found a solution anywhere.

[Shawn Thorpe]

What's the URL to your iTunes Store listing? Also, are you looking at your show in the iTunes desktop application or the iOS Podcasts app?

[IceQueen155]

The url: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/digipodify-a-digimon-podcast/id949258397

I'm looking at it in the iOS Podcast app. It seems to be working in the desktop application but how it looks in the app is my real concern.

[mgdell]

Believe it or not, the iTunes desktop and the IOS Podcasts App use different things for the Episode description (makes no sense to me either).

It seems the IOS app uses your blog post no matter what you put as the itunes episode description. 

-Mike

[IceQueen155]

Aw man Would you by any chance know how to change it?

[mgdell]

Not really.  Change the blog post I guess    

Complaining about Apple is sort of like complaining about the weather.  Doesn't do much good either way

-Mike

[mgdell]

To explain more,  iTunes (the Desktop App and the store) use the <itunes:summary> tag first, if that doesn't exist it uses the <description> tag in the RSS feed and lastly <content:encoded> tag (your blog post). 

The Podcasts IOS App use (in this order) <content:encoded> then <itunes:summary> and lastly <description>. 

Until Apple changes it (contact them to complain), it will just be that way..  Yes, it sucks

-Mike