Add/Change Podcast Picture at iTunes Store

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Add/Change Podcast Picture at iTunes Store

How do I change the generic picture of my podcast at the iTunes store? I've read the tech sheet, but can't find anything in the rss.xml file on .mac that has anything to do with the picture. The feed picks up the text from the main page and reproduces it on the iTunes page, but it doesn't do anything with the picture. I'd like to add our own personal logo.

Here is the address at the iTunes store:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=286193656

Thanks for any help.

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iWeb 1.1.2

Posted on Jul 28, 2008 7:18 AM

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Answer 1

Wyodor

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Jul 28, 2008 10:04 AM in response to William C.

Change the picture at this location:

http://htlcms.org/images/general/itunes_podcast.png

!http://htlcms.org/images/general/itunes_podcast.png!

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Answer 2

William C. Author

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Jul 28, 2008 10:10 AM in response to Wyodor

Oops! My mistake. I posted the wrong podcast. (That one was mine too, but it has the right picture!)

Here's the correct iTunes address:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=286040700

Sorry about that.

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Answer 3

Wyodor

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Jul 29, 2008 6:46 AM in response to William C.

I don't use iWeb to publish a podcast, but for the occasion I did. I used iWeb 08.

iWeb uses the topmost image on the podcast summary page as the illustration in the iTunes Store.

When you submit a podcast you see it in the preview before sending it.

I looked at the rss feed of your podcast and I think there's an error in the URL to the image (the second line).

<image>

<url> http://web.mac.com/wcwirla/iWeb/TheGodWhisperers/Home/http%3A/www.mac.com/st/1/sharedassets/1.1/Common/Templates/Frees tyle/About%20Me/navfill-v2.jpg</url>

<title>The God Whisperers</title>
<link> http://web.mac.com/wcwirla/iWeb/TheGodWhisperers/Home/Home.html</link>
</image>

This part is especially wrong:

TheGodWhisperers/Home/http%3A/www.mac.com

Open the rss feed in your Home site with a text-editor and change the URL to another image. It may take some time for the correct image to be displayed in the iTunes Store.

Use an image that's 300x300 pixels.

web.mac.com/wcwirla/iWeb/TheGodWhisperers/Home/rss.xml

Hope this helps.

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Answer 4

William C. Author

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Aug 1, 2008 9:58 PM in response to Wyodor

I can look at the rss.xml file but I can't alter it on the .mac server. How does one do this?

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Answer 5

William C. Author

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Aug 10, 2008 6:21 AM in response to William C.

If figured it out. I found the rss.xml file in the Home folder of the web site. I opened the file and added a line in this format:

<itunes:image href="http://example.com/podcasts/everything/AllAboutEverything.jpg" />

using the address of the picture I wanted. Saved and waited.

Voila! The picture appears.

Interstingly, the line I added no longer appears in rss.xml, but the picture remains.

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Answer 6

Aug 11, 2008 8:31 PM in response to William C.

I have been trying to do the same thing and i can not figure out how to find my rss.xml feed or this home folder for my iweb web site. I am using ilife 08. We create the podcast on logic move it to garageband move it to iweb and post it to itunes. Any help would be awesome. If there is any other info i need to put on here let me know thank you.

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=286236328

http://web.mac.com/lordcuppytutu is the site.

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