As a test I uploaded the file Dave provided to my site (and change the
extension to xml) and it works perfectly.
Nicely done Dave!
It's located here for now: http://x1101.net/podcast/stardri.xml
I can take it down in the future if you like.
/x1101
On Aug 1, 2014, Dave Morriss <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 01/08/14 20:48, lostnbronx wrote:
>> A fixed feed would be greatly appreciated! I confess I don't really
>> understand RSS very well. It probably shows.
>
>:-)
>
>Whenever I think I understand RSS I discover I don't. For example, I
>got
>confused earlier between the <link> (a mandatory hyperlink to the item)
>and <guid> (an optional unique identifier for the item).
>
>There's a good tutorial at http://www.w3schools.com/RSS/rss_intro.asp
>if
>you ever want to check out this stuff.
>
>Anyway, I have attached a little Perl script (for reference, and in
>case
>you want to run it), and the result of running it on your mp3 feed. I
>simply took the <link> URL and made it an enclosure. I also did so when
>there was already an enclosure.
>
>If this isn't good then tell me and I'll hack it some more. I'll do a
>quick and dirty hack for the ogg feed too, but will not clog the list
>with that one.
>
>> I was using archive.org for hosting until about half-way through the
>> production of the audiobook, but then they changed in their uploading
>> interface (after all these years), and I suddenly couldn't get into
>my
>> account anymore. Getting technical help out of them is like
>wandering
>> in the desert, so I decided to put everything on a shared server
>slice
>> that I can control. I redid the entire feed at that time, but I
>guess
>> I did it wrong.
>
>I sympathise. I got some great help from them for a while then all went
>quiet. It's a shame because what they are doing in the Internet Archive
>is truly wonderful.
>
>> BTW, I use Listgarden to generate the feeds. There's probably a way
>> to get the <enclosure> tag in there. I'll look into it for the
>> future.
>
>I don't know I'm afraid. Worst case, a quick and dirty Perl script can
>solve many problems, and the XML::RSS module is your friend :-)
>
>Dave
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