Installing PodPress

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It seems that the only Podcasting plugin in town is PodPress. WordPress creates enclosures when you link to a Podcast, but it doesn’t have a niceity like a player. Something that screams, I’m a Podcast of Alan screaming.

Unzip straight into the plugins directory. Enable the plugin. Write a test post.

Podcasts are created by filling out a form at the end of the post.

Update: I have an issue with the MP3 player. It is too small. I’d much prefer that were a larger, and had a nice juicy play button, like on the Odeo player.

Update: The markup for the the PodPress player is difficult to style. It uses line breaks, and it is not enclosed in a div. None of the elements have a CSS class. I have to hack podpress_theme.php to add an enclosing div.

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John Byrne, on June 1st, 2006 at 6:32 am Said:

Hi Alan,

How did you go with that editing the podpress_theme.php file? I’m having an issue which may relate to your post. You can see on our site, bran.com.au, that the bottom of the player is only one line break away from the “Posted in…” comments line, but I think I need to have the same thing you mentioned, and enclose this within DIV tags so that there is some separation. Although I have been using HTML for almost 10 years I have never progressed beyond that, apart from a bit of CSS, so fishing out the right spot to enter the DIV tag within a PHP document is all a bit daunting. I don’t suppose you could give me a hint on where to insert the tag?

I’m pretty happy with podPress generally though (despite having some issues trying to upgrade from 5.0 to 5.6). I think it really saves me a lot of work, and automates quite a lot of what I thought I was going to have to do manually.

Alan, on June 5th, 2006 at 6:45 pm Said:

I’ve emailed you the file. If you drop it in place, and you’re still using 5.0, because I’ve not upgraded since, then you’ll see that my hacked podpress_theme.php gives you some divs with classes you can sink your CSS into.

Paul, on July 21st, 2006 at 1:30 am Said:

I have been trying to style podpress_theme.php as well and I would love to have a peek at your podpress_theme.php if I may. I am having a tough time styling podpress and appreciate any help or files you may have for the public on it.

Also what version is the podpress_theme.php and do you think it would matter if I was running a different one?

jen, on January 4th, 2007 at 5:54 pm Said:

hi - i’d also like to have a peek at your podpress_theme.php if you don’t mind :) thank you!

MCS, on February 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm Said:

Sounds pretty useful, would love to see the file as well (if you get the chance!)

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