Moving iTunes Podcast Video files from MobileMe to Another Hosting Site

You said earlier that you weren't using iWeb but were going from GarageBand straight to Podbean. If that's the case Podbean are presumably hosting your feed and you probably can't amend it.

If I misunderstood you and you were referring to the present feed, and the old feed was made in iWeb, then if I remember correctly it's Web/Sites/Sitename/Podcast/rss.xml unless you have something other than 'Podcast' as the folder name. if you're still lost, please post your iTunes Store URL (control-click on the podcast image and choose 'Copy URL').

Hi Roger, Yes, you had initially said that I still needed to change the feed on my iWeb even though I am moving all my Podcasts to Podbean. So I have been following your instructions to the "T" but am having difficulty on the first couple of steps. I have gone in and located the rss.xml however, it doesn't look anything like it should. Although, I could be wrong. But I am not finding the tags that I need to find.

So then I tried what you had said about copying the store URL, but that doesn not give me an rss.xml feed. I am attaching a portion of what I get when I go into iDisk.

Jackie’s Quilting Chronicles http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast.html A podcast to learn quilting tips, techniques and happenings. You might like to subscribe to my podcasts. This way you will get the most up to date inspiration! You can also visit me at www.cvquiltworks.com iWeb 3.0.2 http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_files/Untitled-1.jpg Jackie’s Quilting Chronicles http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast.html 60 no Jackie Kunkel Jackie Kunkel cantonvillagequiltworks@comcast.net A podcast to learn quilting tips, techniques and happenings. You might like to subscribe to my podcasts. This way you will get the most up to date inspiration! You can also visit me at www.cvquiltworks.com A podcast to learn quilting tips, techniques and happenings. You might like to subscribe to my podcasts. This way you will get the most up to date inspiration! You can also visit me at www.cvquiltworks.com Jackie Quilting Chronicles, Jackie Kunkel© en Jackie's Quilting Chronicles Episode 31 http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/Entries/2011/12/9_Jackies_Quilting_Chronicles_Episode_31. html 12e5988a-014d-4e16-9c0a-2ea5d6158b0b Fri, 9 Dec 2011 07:12:40 -0500 <a href="http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Media/Jackie %27s%20Quilting%20Chronicles%20Episode%2031.m4a"><img src="http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/Media/0,0,200,2001741b1ab_ebd83c85_a6165dda_3.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:10px; width:157px; height:157px;"/></a>Welcome to Episode 31! In this episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jake Finch and Melissa Thompson Maher both editors of a great new online quilting magazine called Generation Q. Come and find out a little more about Jake, Melissa, and Generation Q as we sit down at Quilt Market for a chat. You can also find out more about Generation Q on their website <a href="http://generationqmagazine.com/">generationqmagazine.com</a>. You can find me here at <a href="http://www.cvquiltworks.com/shop/">cvquiltworks.com</a>

I don't see any channel tags to then type in the new feed. I hope I am not doing this wrong. But I have followed everything that you have said and I am having the darndest time.

Go to the iTunes Store. Bring up your podcast. Control-click on the image, which may be yours or may be a default, and choose 'Copy URL'. Paste what you get into a post here. It will not be a feed URL but I can use it to get information.

Here you go: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jackies-quilting-chronicles/id322851404

Hope this helps! Thanks so much!

Your feed is at

http://web.me.com/jackiequilts/Canton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Villa ge_Quilt_Works_Podcast/rss.xml

Control-click on that link and choose 'Download linked file' or equivalent. Open the file in TextEdit in PLAIN TEXT MODE, not Rich Text which is often the default. Add the tag as described above. Save the file, don't let TextEdit add .txt on the end.

Upload the file to (iDisk)/Web/SitesCanton_Village_Quilt_Works_Podcast_2/Canton_Village_Quilt_Work s_Podcast/ folder

Got it and am in the process of doing it right now! Two questions though:

1. The URL of the new Feed, would it be the rss or just the plain URL?

2. The process of uploading to iDisk, not sure?

The URL must be of the rss.xml file or whatever Podbean call it. Check you have a working URL first by subscribing manually from the 'Advanced' menu in iTunes and checking that it shows your episodes and loads the top one. If it doesn't, don't use this URL: you need to make absolutely sure you are entering the URL of a functioning feed or you will lock yourself out altogether.

To upload: command-shift-i to mount your iDisk on the Desktop. It works just like an external hard disk (though vastly slower). Navigate down the folder heirarchy I outlined and when you can see the rss.xml file drag the amended version into the folder and allow it to over-write the original.

So I am assuming that this is the correct URL:

http://cvquiltworks.podbean.com/feed/

Not this:

http://cvquiltworks.podbean.com/

I did what you said, subscribed manually and it WORKED!! So I am assuming I should go ahead with the first feed and upload, correct?

Yes, http://cvquiltworks.podbean.com/feed/ is a working feed. Now can add the tag:

<itunes:new-feed-url>http://cvquiltworks.podbean.com/feed/</itunes:new-feed-url>

observing the methods I've outlined. Report back when you've done this and I'll check it.

Sorry, last question... I am ready to drag it in, but I am assuming that I need to save the new version first and then drag in the file that I saved? I can't just highlight the text edit and drag, it won't allow me to do so.

Having downloaded the file, and added the tag, save it with the same filename and make sure TextEdit doesn't add .txt on the end. Upload the saved file as I indicated, dragging it to the correct folder in iDisk.

Done! Can you check it now? Thank you!

iTunes is now using the Podbean feed: subscribers see it now, though the iTunes Store will probably take a day or two to catch up. Leave the iWeb feed there for a couple of weeks for the benefit of your subscribers, who will transfer to the new feed when their iTunes checks the feed.

Thank you so much for your patience and all your brilliant help!! It has been greatly appreciated!

I will leave iWeb as is and now just continue to publish all new podcasts to Podbean. Once again thank you!!