It says if the itunes:image tag isn't present, it will use the RSS image tag... can anyone say "redundant"?
-Josh On 2/18/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Josh, > > Do you know if iTunes will use the RSS <image> if the <itunes:image> > is left out? > > According to this... > http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2005/06/28#a682 > iTunes will use things like the RSS <category> if you don't use > <itunes:category>. > > (And yeah, I agree, iTunes RSS is one of the worst RSS extension I > have ever seen.) > > > See ya > > On 2/18/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know, I was just following the directions on the FeedBurner page. > > > > Here's what it says about channel image elements from the RSS 2.0 spec: > > ----------------------------------- > > <image> sub-element of <channel> > > > > <image> is an optional sub-element of <channel>, which contains three > > required and three optional sub-elements. > > > > <url> is the URL of a GIF, JPEG or PNG image that represents the channel. > > > > <title> describes the image, it's used in the ALT attribute of the > > HTML <img> tag when the channel is rendered in HTML. > > > > <link> is the URL of the site, when the channel is rendered, the image > > is a link to the site. (Note, in practice the image <title> and <link> > > should have the same value as the channel's <title> and <link>. > > > > Optional elements include <width> and <height>, numbers, indicating > > the width and height of the image in pixels. <description> contains > > text that is included in the TITLE attribute of the link formed around > > the image in the HTML rendering. > > > > Maximum value for width is 144, default value is 88. > > > > Maximum value for height is 400, default value is 31. > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Here's what it says about images in the iTunes spec (thanks for > > reinventing the wheel, Apple!): > > ----------------------------------- > > <itunes:image> > > > > This tag specifies the artwork for your podcast. Put the url to the > > image in the href attribute. iTunes prefers square .jpg images that > > are at least 300 x 300 pixels, which is different than what is > > specified for the standard RSS image tag. > > > > iTunes supports images in JPEG and PNG formats. The url must end in > > ".jpg" or ".png". If the itunes:image tag is not present, iTunes will > > use the contents of the RSS image tag. > > ----------------------------------- > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On 2/18/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello Josh > > > > > > On 2/18/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > - Enter the image URL (image should be no bigger than 144px tall or > > > > wide) > > > > > > Isn't the max size of an RSS Image 144x400 (and not 144x144 as you > > > suggested)? Or is there some application out there that only handle a > > > max of 144x144 RSS images? > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > See ya > > > > > > -- > > > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > > > > > charles @ reptile.ca > > > supercanadian @ gmail.com > > > > > > developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > Make Television http://maketelevision.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > charles @ reptile.ca > supercanadian @ gmail.com > > developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Make Television http://maketelevision.com/ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
