Struggling to get Podcast feed populated

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  ukprepared · Member · May 14, 2015 at 7:30 pm

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  Hi,

  I’m struggling to get my Podcast feed to populate.

  I saw a previous comment saying that HTTPS wasn’t allowed on the Image and when I’ve gone back in, I notice the audio files I’ve embedded also have the HTTPS prefix. I’ve manually changed those back to just standard HTTP.

  However, when I’ve used Chrome to examine the contents of my Podcast feed, all the header information appears there, but not episodes with enclosures.

  Have I got the embedding wrong?

  Some guidance would be most appreciated.

  Thanks

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  ukprepared · Member · May 15, 2015 at 6:20 am

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  Just thought I would update.

  Looking at the standard RSS feed for my site I can see the Enclosures are added to the blog entries, yet the Podcast category feed remains with only header information.

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  justjennifer · Member · May 15, 2015 at 6:24 am

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  Have a look at the Support doc on podcasting. Perhaps that will help to answer your questions.

  Create a Podcast

  If not please do post back here.

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  ukprepared · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:01 pm

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  Hello again,

  I’ve re-read the document suggested above and I think I’m compliant with the recommendations.

  This morning I added an MP3 hosted with a different ISP.

  If I add my standard site RSS feed to iTunes it brings down the enclosure for the post with the externally hosted MP3.

  The Podcast category feed remains with header type only information and no post or enclosure entries being generated.

  I don’t know where to check next.

  All a bit frustrating really considering the main reason for the site was to launch a podcast. :-)

  Any further suggestions would be received with thanks.

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  siobhyb · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:15 pm

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  Hi there.

  I noticed that you have both a category and tag named ‘Podcast.’ It’s not possible for categories and tags to share a slug. With this in mind, the slug for your tag is ‘podcast,’ and for your category it’s ‘podcast-2.’ Your podcast is associated with your category, and so it’s feed can be found here:

  http://sonsoflibertyuk.net/category/podcast-2/feed/

  I’m wondering if you were originally looking up the feed without the extra ‘-2’ in the URL? Let me know if that helps or if you’re still having issues. I’ll be happy to troubleshoot further with you.

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  ukprepared · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:37 pm

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  Hi @siobhyb

  That’s one nail hit well and truly on the head.

  I’ve killed off the Podcast category and called it shows. Reset the settings for media and all has burst into life.

  Many thanks for your eyes on this one.

  You swift response is appreciated and sees WP.com achieve a Gold Level support standard.

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  timethief · Member · May 15, 2015 at 4:38 pm

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  @siobhyb
  Thanks for the quick assist here. :)

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  siobhyb · Member · May 15, 2015 at 5:11 pm

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  You’re welcome! :) Glad we got to the bottom of that.

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  justjennifer · Member · May 21, 2015 at 5:36 am

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  @siobhyb thank you, Excellent!

  And although I couldn’t find it, is there a mention somewhere about using the same word as both a tag and a category and why it should be avoided? The above thread is the perfect example and maybe a troubleshooting section about it would be appropriate for the Podcasting support doc?

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  siobhyb · Member · May 21, 2015 at 9:44 am

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  That’s a great point, @justjennifer! I’ll add reviewing the troubleshooting section of the documentation to my task list. :)