Author Topic: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes  (Read 1038 times)

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I started a new podcast. I published three episodes for it so far: http://film-book.com/tag/hear-the-walking-dead/

Only two of the episodes are showing up in the podcast's feed: http://film-book.com/feed/fear-the-walking-dead/

Only one of the episodes, the second episode, is showing up on the podcast's iTunes page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hear-walking-dead-fear-walking/id1037713764

I used the exact same settings for all of my podcasts. They have all shown fine. This is the first time this has happened.

I placed the podcast's feed in the Feed Validator and got this response: http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffilm-book.com%2Ffeed%2Ffear-the-walking-dead%2F

It identified line 64 as the problem.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd32qpbs3p9geyb/Screenshot%202015-09-17%2020.48.47.png?dl=0

I deleted the hyperlinks in that highlighted paragraph (thinking that was the problem) one by one. No effect.

I deleted the last paragraph line by line. No effect.

I deleted the entire last paragraph (thinking it was the code in the last paragraph that was the problem). After I did so, Feed validator shifted the yellow highlight up an entire paragraph.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ac6ycnkfa1l2qxu/Screenshot%202015-09-17%2020.48.18.png?dl=0

I erased that paragraph. Again, Feed Validator shifted the yellow highlight up an entire paragraph.

I completely erased the contents of the post, including the header image. Feed Validator shifted the yellow highlight down from line 64 to line 90.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5b2w3mjze88g2u9/Screenshot%202015-09-17%2021.00.47.png?dl=0


I don't understand what is going on.

The post that Feed Validator has a problem with is the only one showing up in iTunes.


How do I make all three podcast episodes (and all future episodes of this podcast) show in the feed?

How do I make all of the episodes show on iTunes?



Shawn Thorpe

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2015, 03:42:25 pm »
Your episode here: http://film-book.com/hear-the-walking-dead-the-fear-the-walking-dead-podcast-s1e3-the-dog/
isn't showing up in your podcast feed. Have you added the media URL to the Podcast Episode box of this WordPress entry and verified the URL? If so, are the duration and file size boxes filled out? If not, please correct these things and update the post.

Also, have you enabled Post Type podcasting or Category podcasting? If so, make sure that post has been saved under the proper category or post type.

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2015, 11:14:37 pm »
Category podcasting is enabled. I have not changed the default settings of Power Press since it was installed.

How do we make sure the post is saved under proper Category type?

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2015, 03:29:30 am »
Please log into your WordPress installation, go to PowerPress >> Settings, Advanced Mode >> Feeds >> Podcast Feeds and tell me what URL is listed next to "Special podcast only feed."


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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2015, 01:17:15 pm »
You said earlier that you have Category podcasting enabled. I think you may actually have Channel podcasting enabled instead. If this is the case, did you add your most recent episode to the correct PowerPress channel inside the WordPress post?

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 01:18:36 am »
Shawn:

as you can see:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/10b7kga7wyuvjac/Screenshot%202015-09-21%2001.13.00.png?dl=0

Category podcasting is enabled.

How do we make sure the post is saved under proper Category type?

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2015, 10:20:53 am »
Looks like you have both Category and Channel podcasting enabled. Are you sure you put the most recent episode into the correct PowerPress channel?

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 01:26:39 pm »
Yes. It is in the correct channel.

How do I set up everything so that the latest episode (and all future episodes) of Hear The Walking Dead shows in the Feed and on Itunes?

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2015, 07:44:19 pm »
We just published a new episode today. 4 episode have been published, but the third episode is not showing in the feed or on iTunes.

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2015, 08:58:17 pm »
The feed at: http://film-book.com/feed/fear-the-walking-dead/ doesn't contain anything for your third episode. Not the media enclosure or a blog post. Yet, the entry is appearing on your website. The only logical explanation for this is that the existing blog post hasn't properly been added to the category, channel or post type you're using to generate this feed. Double check all of these things in relation to that post and see if anything's missing.

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2015, 09:13:53 am »
Can you turn on previous/next navigation for your post types? This would allow me to see episode 4 and have a link to episode 3.

Also, double check when editing http://film-book.com/hear-the-walking-dead-the-fear-the-walking-dead-podcast-s1e3-the-dog/ that it is in the appropriate post type. I suspect it is a regular blog post.

One clue is the player links, episode 1, 2 and 4 are using the slug name "fear-the-walking-dead", where as episode 3 is using slug name "the-walking-dead".

You can color code the post type and podcast channel episode boxes, that may help you distinguish them at edit time.

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2015, 09:21:47 am »
Also, are you using podcast post types or podcast channels? There's a big difference. I almost suspect you are using channels.

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Re: 3 Podcast Episodes Published, Only 2 show in Feed, Only 1 shows on iTunes
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2015, 10:44:19 am »
We found out what the issue was: they placed the episode in the wrong slot. That is why it wasn't appearing in the feed or on iTunes. It was appearing in another feed and on another iTunes page.

Thank you for your help.