PodcastFeedHandler handler

The PodcastFeedHandler handler is a handler generating RSS 2.0 podcast feeds that is based on the default Urlaube FeedHandler class.

Installation

Place the folder containing the handler into your handlers directory located at ./user/handlers/.

Configuration

To configure the handler you can change the corresponding settings in your configuration file located at ./user/config/config.php.

Podcast Author

You can set the following value to a string to define the podcast's author:

Handlers::set("podcast_author", NULL);

iTunes recommends this setting.

Podcast Block

You can set the following value to true to define that the podcast should be removed from podcast listings:

Handlers::set("podcast_block", NULL);

Podcast Category and Sub-Category

You can set the following values to strings to define the podcast's category and sub-category:

Handlers::set("podcast_category",    NULL);
Handlers::set("podcast_subcategory", NULL);

iTunes requires this setting.

Podcast Complete

You can set the following value to true to define that the podcast will not receive more episodes:

Handlers::set("podcast_complete", NULL);

Podcast Description

You can set the following value to a string to define the podcast's description:

Handlers::set("podcast_description", NULL);

iTunes requires this setting.

Podcast Explicit

You can set the following value to true to define that the podcast contains explicit content:

Handlers::set("podcast_explicit", NULL);

iTunes requires this setting.

Podcast Image

You can set the following value to a URL to define the podcast's image:

Handlers::set("podcast_image", NULL);

iTunes requires this setting.

Podcast New-Feed-URL

You can set the following value to a URL to define the podcast's new feed URL to be fetched for future episodes:

Handlers::set("podcast_newfeedurl", NULL);

Podcast Owner

You can set the following values to an e-mail address and string to define the podcast's owner:

Handlers::set("podcast_owner_email", NULL);
Handlers::set("podcast_owner_name",  NULL);

iTunes recommends this setting.

Podcast Type

You can set the following value to "episodic" or "serial" to define the podcast's type:

Handlers::set("podcast_type", NULL);

Usage

To use the handler you can add values to the header of your content files located at /user/content/*.

Block

You can set the following value to true to define that the episode should be removed from podcast listings:

Block: false

Description

You can set the following value to a string to define the episode's description:

Description:

iTunes recommends this setting.

Duration

You can set the following value to <hh>:<mm>:<ss> to define the episode's length:

Duration:

iTunes recommends this setting.

Enclosure

You can set the following values to a URL, an integer and MIME-type string to define the episode's audio file:

Enclosure:
EnclosureLength:
EnclosureType:

iTunes requires this setting.

Episode and Season

You can set the following values to integers to define the episode's season and number within the season:

Episode:
Season:

iTunes requires this setting for podcasts of type "serial".

EpisodeType

You can set the following value to full, trailer or bonus to define the episode's type:

EpisodeType:

Explicit

You can set the following value to true to define that the episode contains explicit content:

Explicit:

iTunes recommends this setting.

Image

You can set the following value to a URL to define the episode's image:

Image:

iTunes recommends this setting.