Recent changes to mod-podcaster

Can't "Add New Podcast"

Tim — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:46:58 -0000

After installing the podcaster module and adding a
channel successfully, I tried to "Add New Podcast" and
the browser window went blank. I thought I set the
permissions for the directories accurately.

Here are the permissions I currently have:

parent directory...
drwxr-xr-x 10 root shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
podcaster

subdirectories...
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
boost
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
class
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
docs
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005 img
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005 inc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 501 shared 1410 Jul 18 2005
index.php
drwxr-xr-x 2 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
lang
-rwxr-xr-x 1 501 shared 4204 Jul 28 2005
README
drwxr-xr-x 5 501 shared 4096 Jul 28 2005
templates

What should I try next?

requested change to runtime.php

cloudman71 — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:46:42 -0000

Within the file /inc/runtime.php reference is made to
index.php - a change should be made to how this file is
referenced.

For example -
a href= "/index.php? etc assumes that index file is in
document root and not in a directory.

So if phpwebsite is installed in /subdirectory
then /index.php is called instead of
/subdirectory/index.php

removing the "/" character from in front of the call to
file should suffice.

ie
a href= "index.php? etc
^^^/^^^ removed

Make backend file Safari compatible

Shaun Murray — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:15:33 -0000

Safari doesn't like redirecting to URLs with square brackets in them.

In /class/Channel.php

Just under the comment 'Write out backend file', remove the square
brackets in the URL so it says...

PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS=

If you've existing channeln.php files, edit those too.

Approving podcasts inserts the wrong date

Shaun Murray — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:09:11 -0000

in class/Podcast.php

function approve($id)

Just comment out the created and updated lines to prevent corrupt dates.

Mime type test fails on branches

Shaun Murray — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:05:49 -0000

In class/Podcast.php

In edit()

Change the test to use the /images folder instead of the module/img/
folder and it works...

ie.

/* test to see if mime_type check will work for imports */
$testfile = $GLOBALS['core']->home_dir . 'images/podcaster/
podcaster.png';

Add support for Apple's podcasting tools

Shaun Murray — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:01:31 -0000

Garageband 3 creates files in 'audio/x-m4a' mime format.

To support these change conf/config.php and add the filetype...

define("PODCASTER_FILE_TYPES", "audio/mpeg,audio/mp3,audio/x-
m4a");

Need one-click subscription

Matthew Rowe — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:10:25 -0000

It would be great if podcaster supported the one-
click subscription method.
See the information here:

http://forums.feedburner.com/viewtopic.php?t=861

Looks like it needs to serve up a .pcast file with
the correct mime-type which then hooks into your
podcatching software.

Can't create channels on branch sites

Shaun Murray — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:13:44 -0000

In class/Channel.php

_save()

Under the comment...

// Check if directory for backend channels is writeable

change the next line to...

$dir = $GLOBALS['core']->home_dir .'files/podcaster/';

Need user-defined path to MP3

David Sweeney — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:29:34 -0000

The default path to the MP3 uploads of
/files/podcaster/ needs to be user-definable. For
example, I want to put my BIG MP3 files on another
server rather than my home server where the PHPWebsite
is located. For example:

http://familyrunners.org/index.php?module=podcaster&PODCASTS_MAN_OP=CreateRSS&PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS\[]=1

As a workaround, I've edited the RSS template, but this
is only a temporary fix and will only work as long as I
have one channel.

add/edit Podcast created/updated fields incorrect

David Sweeney — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:25:37 -0000

When adding or editing a new podcast to a channel, the
created and updated fields are populated with the year
(2005) rather than the date integer. This creates a
Jan 1, 1970 created date in the RSS feed.