Re: An alternative and very accessible blogging alternative ...
- From: Steve Holmes <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:30:30 -0700
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Sure it can. But the point of podcasting is one should use the RSS feed
and operate on a subscription basis rather than downloading manually
with a web browser. Word Press includes that link just like any other
link but also encloses it for the feed.
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 05:46:13PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote:
> Ah, good thing I didn't try using that method. I'm sure explorer can't play
> an mp3 file inline with the blog post.
>
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> From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: An alternative and very accessible blogging alternative ...
>
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> >I can't say for the wordpress.com service as I don't have that service.
> >For my setup, I have to upload the file separately. Even though it is
> >on my same host because WP will extract any attached files and try and
> >include them inline with the original e-mail text. You could well
> >imagine what would happen with a binary file like an MP3:). I really
> >don't mind the FTP step; it's just another step. In fact, I've been
> >thinking about writing some linux scripts in either shell script or perl
> >to combine the file tagging, uploading, and show notes mailing into a
> >single step. I see that project as being pretty easy to do; I'd just
> >have to specify a lot of parameters such as show title, date, episode
> >number, and show notes text to make it all happen but you'd have to
> >specify sooner or later no matter what process you use.
> >
> >On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:28:43PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote:
> >>Ah, wonder if the free service gives you the email thingy on
> >>wordpress.com?
> >>Can you actually attach the podcast to the email message itself, or do we
> >>still need to ftp that in? The email way seems a a lot easier than the
> >>web
> >>forms. Outlook has an insert hyperlink thing, but it seems to be
> >>unavailable.
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:21 PM
> >>Subject: Re: An alternative and very accessible blogging alternative ...
> >>
> >>
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> >>>Well, what I plan to do from now on is to edit the show notes for my
> >>>podcast in an external editor; I can either do this in my e-mail client
> >>>direcly or just insert the whole thing into my e-mail when finished.
> >>>Anyhow, I can mail my blog postings to a secret e-mail address for my
> >>>WordPress installation and it will post it for me:). The recent
> >>>versions of WordPress support e-mailing blog postings natively; you just
> >>>have to configure it accordingly.
> >>>
> >>>Now if you are satisfied doing posts as I described above, then many
> >>>text editers have HTML macro facilities so an anchor link can be created
> >>>by using those features. Both emacs and Note Tab Pro are two such
> >>>editors that come to mind that support doing this.
> >>>
> >>>When I looked at the resulting RSS feed from my WP installation, it
> >>>looked clean to me and should probably work well with the popular
> >>>podcatcher programs out there. For me, feedburner, just took the RSS
> >>>feed and added some of the other fluff such as itunes tags and I think
> >>>something for Yahoo.
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:59:00PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote:
> >>>>Are there word plugins that one can use so you can just type the url,
> >>>>highlight it, and make a hyperlink around it? An editor of some kind
> >>>>just
> >>>>seems more doable than these web boxes. How does it know what link to
> >>>>use
> >>>>for the enclosure? The last time I played with Wordpress, the rss links
> >>>>were invalid after installing it, and you almost need to do it in a
> >>>>shell
> >>>>account to edit the files.
> >>>>
> >>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:27 PM
> >>>>Subject: Re: An alternative and very accessible blogging alternative
> >>>>...
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>>Jaws has nothing to do with it. This is all web based and yes,
> >>>>>WordPress can support podcasting. Basically, you post your blog and
> >>>>>include a standard anchor element pointing to your MP3 file and
> >>>>>WordPress will build an enclosure element into your RSS feed. I would
> >>>>>recommend uploading your MP3 files to wherever you presently host them
> >>>>>and then post the blog as I mentioned above. That's what I do though
> >>>>>I
> >>>>>have WP installed on my hosting service. I haven't been to
> >>>>>wordpress.com so dunno if they support hosting of audio content also
> >>>>>or
> >>>>>not. From what I've seen so far with WordPress, it is very accessible
> >>>>>to most/all web browsers and I'm sure all screen readers can handle it
> >>>>>with no problems. I don't think it even has any javascript in it
> >>>>>either
> >>>>>which is often a big help:).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:31:24PM -0500, Jerry Mader wrote:
> >>>>>>Can this software do podcasts though or?
> >>>>>>I'm wondering about that.
> >>>>>>and how easy is it to use with jaws?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Jerry Mader
> >>>>>>Owner of the blind forem and the Jerry Mader Cast.
> >>>>>>point your pod catcher to this address
> >>>>>>feeds.feedburner.com/TheBlindForem
> >>>>>>Or
> >>>>>>feeds.feedburner.com/TheJerryMaderCast
> >>>>>>Don't have a pod catcher you can download one at
> >>>>>>http://juicereceiver.sorceforge.net
> >>>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>>From: "Jeff Bishop" <jeff.bishop@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:26 PM
> >>>>>>Subject: An alternative and very accessible blogging alternative ...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Hello Everyone,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Wordpress at:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>http://www.wordpress.com
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Is now offering a blogging service similar to LiveJournal, Blogger,
> >>>>>>>Spaces.msn.com, etc, etc. It is very very accessible with no visual
> >>>>>>>verification issues whatsoever.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Jeff
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
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