Redirect tag

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Redirect tag

I have recently redirected my podcast URL using the Tags:
"<itunes:new-feed-url> http://www.creativesweettv.com/MDG/Creative%20Sweet%20TV/rss.xml</itunes:new-feed-url>"
The redirect works when I test it directly into itunes however the iTunes store seem to be failing.

It tell me the feed URL cannot be found on the server. It seems to have picked up the new URL but cant find it. Its there; and it works. Could someone please take a look?
The Video podcast link is on
http://www.creativesweettv.com/sweet.html ( new feed )
On the itunes store seach for : Creative Sweet TV this fails.

I fear I am losing many subscribers.

Imac intel, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Extra Monitor loads of memeory.

Posted on Mar 31, 2007 4:51 PM

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Mar 31, 2007 10:21 PM in response to Mike.M.

A few guesses-

Is your old feed still able to be accessed by iTunes? If it has been taken down, the store will not be able to see the new feed tag in the first place, and nothing will work - put it back up if you have taken it down.

Here's what Feed Validator has to say about it. You need to add a "type" portion to each of your enclosure tags, for one thing. Try type="video/mp4" or type="video/quicktime". Fix your category tag (new category listings are found in the podcasting tech spec).

Also, when I subscribed to your feed, iTunes told me that it couldn't find a URL (which ends in "/Creative Sweet TV/rss.xml"). Spaces! If none of the things above fix your issue, maybe you should check to make sure that iTunes can deal with the format of your URLs.

Peach

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Mike.M. Author

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Mar 31, 2007 10:29 PM in response to Wrongway Peachfuzz

Hey Peach,
I think I know what your saying. When I made the original feed the tags were different.

NOW the catagories have changed and perhaps the spaces, so its thowing a wobbly. The feed is esetially exactly the same so Maybe its the Catagories and the type or somthin'

Ill give it ago thanks a stack. (Oh the old ones still up.)

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Mike.M. Author

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May 15, 2007 10:17 PM in response to Mike.M.

It was the spaces. I had to give in. I took down the old feed and resubmitted to a place there were no spaces in the directory that held the feed.

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