=== Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin === Contributors: Angelo Mandato, Blubrry.com Tags: podcasting, podcast, podcaster, itunes, enclosure, zune, iphone, youtube, viddler, blip.tv, ustream, podcasting, audio, video, rss2, feed, player, media, rss, mp3, music, embed, feedburner, statistics, stats, flv, flash, id3, episodes, blubrry, webm, mp4, m4v, wordpressmu, mu, wordpress mu, mediacaster, post, plugin, posts, simple, social, dashboard, TSG, Buzzsprout, MTR, WP-boxCast, CastMyBlog Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 3.1 Stable tag: 2.0.2 Blubrry PowerPress brings the essential features for podcasting to WordPress including full iTunes support, web audio/video media players and more. == Description == Blubrry PowerPress brings the essential features for podcasting to WordPress. Developed by podcasters for podcasters, PowerPress offers full iTunes support, the Update iTunes Listing feature, web audio/video media players and more. PowerPress is designed as an upgrade to PodPress. *PowerPress is developed and maintained by [Blubrry](http://www.blubrry.com), a podcasting company and community providing tools and resources for podcasters to measure, monetize, publish and host podcasts. Although we'd like you to become a member of [Blubrry](http://www.blubrry.com/createaccount.php), **no membership is required** to use this free open source podcasting plugin.* = Key Features = - HTML5 video support: Add both mp4 and webm media to each episode for maximum platform compatibility - Full iTunes Support: Adds iTunes compliant podcast feeds to your WordPress blog. - Integrated HTML5 and Flash Media Players: Audio/video web players with embed support from sites such as YouTube and Ustream.tv. - Media Modifiers: Easily add, modify and remove podcasts form blog posts and pages. - Migration tools: Quickly migrate from PodPress, Blogger or Movable Type without losing episodes. - Multi-podcast support: Create separate podcasts by category (category casting) or by media format (Podcast Channels). - Supported Media Formats: mp3, m4a, mp4, m4v, webm, ogg, oga, ogv, wma, ra, mp4a, m4v, mp4v, mpg, asf, avi, wmv, flv, swf, mov, divx, 3gp, midi, wav, aa, pdf, torrent, m4b, m4r. - *Media Statistics: Get FREE Blubrry Media Statistics from your WordPress dashboard. * Languages supported: English, Danish, French, Simplified Chinese ([Want to translate PowerPress?](http://www.blubrry.com/powerpress_translate/)) *The Blubrry basic statistics service is FREE. Our [Premium Statistics Service](https://secure.blubrry.com/podcast-statistics-premium/), which includes U.S. downloads, trending and exporting, is available for $5 month. = Full iTunes Support = iTunes can make up between 50 and 95 percent of a podcaster's audience. PowerPress comes with the following iTunes specific features. * iTunes compliant podcast feeds: The appropriate tags are added to your feeds so your iTunes listing looks great. * Optimized iTunes Summary: Converts your blog post content to a format suited for viewing in iTunes ([learn more](http://help.blubrry.com/blubrry-powerpress/powerpress-settings/enhanced-itunes-summary/)) * Upload iTunes Artwork: Upload and change your iTunes artwork directly from within PowerPress settings. = Integrated Media Players = Blubrry PowerPress includes extensive web player options to display your podcast audio and video in your web pages. * 6 Audio Players: Pick from 6 audio players including the popular [1 Pixel Out Player](http://wpaudioplayer.com/whatsnew) and HTML5 audio player. * 2 Video Players: Pick between HTML5 video or Flow Player Classic Flash player. * Position player above or below your post content or use the`[powerpress]` shortcode and position the player where you want. * Place the player exactly where you want by adding the [powerpress] shortcode tag directly in your post content. * Add video embeds from sites such as YouTube, Viddler, Blip.tv and Ustream.tv. * Provides download, play in new window and embed links. * Formats supported: mp3, m4v, mp4, m4a, webm, ogg, ogv, oga, wma, mov, pdf, swf, avi, mpeg and more. = Integrates with Blubrry's Services = Make your life easier by adding our FREE or paid services to streamline your podcast productivity. * Quickly access your Blubrry media download statistics from your WordPress dashboard. * Publish Blubrry hosted media directly from your blog. * View Blubrry hosting usage quota from your blog. * Configure how Blubrry writes media (ID3) tags within PowerPress settings. The Blubrry basic statistics service is FREE. Our [Premium Statistics Service](https://secure.blubrry.com/podcast-statistics-premium/), which includes U.S. downloads, trending and exporting, is available for $5 month. Blubrry [Media Hosting](https://secure.blubrry.com/podcast-publishing-premium-with-hosting/) packages start at $12. = Advanced Features = Want more? Check out the advanced features. * Embeds! Provide embeds your audience can take with them (just like YouTube embeds) * Media size and duration detection: Enter your media URL and let the PowerPress do the rest. * Category Casting: Add podcast support to your WordPress category feeds. * Custom Podcast Channels: Distribute multiple formats (audio/video) and versions (short/full length). * Tag/Keyword Podcast Feeds (Tag Casting): Add iTunes compliant attributes to your tag feeds. * FeedBurner Support: Use FeedBurner.com to host your podcast feeds. * *User Role Management: Control which users in your blog can podcast. * **Custom Post Types: Use the new Custom Post Types feature found in WordPress 3.0 * Diagnostics: Check to see if your server is configured to support all of the available features in PowerPress. * WordPress MU: Blubrry PowerPress is compatible with [WordPress MU](http://mu.wordpress.org/) *User Role Management requires a separate plugin to manage WordPress Roles and Capabilities. **Custom Post Types feature requires a separate plugin to manage custom post types. = Migrating from PodPress = We made it easy to migrate from PodPress to PowerPress. * Install and enable PowerPress * Configure the "PodPress Episodes" setting in PowerPress to "Include in Posts and Feeds" * Disable PodPress PowerPress will continue where PodPress left off by including your previously created PodPress episodes in your feeds and web pages. = Migrating from plugin "Podcasting" = We made it easy to migrate from plugin "Podcasting" to PowerPress. * Install and enable PowerPress * Disable plugin "Podcasting" PowerPress will continue where plugin "Podcasting" left off by including your previously created episodes in your feeds and web pages. = Need Help? = . . . or have some ideas that could improve the plugin? * Visit the Blubrry [Community Forum](http://forum.blubrry.com/) * Use the Blubrry [Contact Us](http://www.blubrry.com/contact.php) form * Blubrry [PowerPress Documentation](http://help.blubrry.com/blubrry-powerpress/) * Check out [PodcastFAQ.com](http://www.podcastfaq.com/) - everything you need to know about podcasting == Frequently Asked Questions == = Why doesn't Blubrry PowerPress support multiple enclosures in one feed item/post? = Blubrry PowerPress does not allow you to include multiple media files for one feed item (blog post). This is because each podcatcher handles multiple enclosures in feeds differently. iTunes will download the first enclosure that it sees in the feed ignoring the rest. Other podcatchers and podcasting directories either pick up the first enclosure or the last in each post item. This inconsistency combined with the fact that [Dave Winer does not recommend multiple enclosures](http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2004/12/21) and the [FeedValidator.org recommendation against it](http://www.feedvalidator.org/docs/warning/DuplicateEnclosure.html) is why the Blubrry PowerPress does not support them. As a alternative, PowerPress allows you to create additional Custom Podcast Feeds to associate any magnitude of media format and/or length in a blog post to specific custom feeds. For example, you can create one blog post associated to separate video and audio podcast feeds saving you time from entering your show notes twice. = Why doesn't Blubrry PowerPress include media statistics built-in? = Blubrry PowerPress does not include media statistics built-in. This is not because Blubrry has its own statistics service, although that's a good reason by itself. Maintaining and calculating statistics is a resource and server intensive task that would add bloat to an otherwise efficient WordPress podcasting plugin. We recommend using your media hosting's web statistics to give you basic download numbers and, if you are seeking more grandular measurements such as client and geographical information for each episode, you're more than welcome to use the [Blubrry Statistics service](http://www.blubrry.com/podcast_statistics/) as well. As of Blubrry PowerPress version 0.8, you may now access your Blubrry Statistics from within your WordPress dashboard. = How do you insert the player within a blog post? = You can insert the media player within yoru blog posts by using the WordPress shortcode feature. The shortcode for PowerPress is [powerpress] (all lowercase) You may use the shortcode to add a player to other media files (non episode files) by specifying the media url in the shortcode: [powerpress url="http://example.com/path/to/media.mp3"] For advanced users with multiple podcast feeds, you may insert the player for a specific feed by specifying the feed slug in the shortcode: [powerpress feed="podcast"] If you want to specify a cover image, add an image attribute which points to the specific image url: [powerpress image="http://example.com/path/to/cover_image.jpg"] *Experimental* = Why can't you upload large media files? = File uploads are tricky to handle because there are so many web hosting variations with different upload size limits. We recommend using an FTP application to upload large media files. FTP is much more efficient than web based uploads and is typically provided by nearly all web hosting providers. = Will you be upgrading the version of Flow Player to 3.x? = Because of the feature restrictions and branding that FlowPlayer.org places on FlowPlayer 3.x versions, we do not plan on updating the player packaged with PowerPress. The **PAID open-source** FlowPlayer is not compatible with the **FREE open source** PowerPress plugin. == Installation == To install Blubrry PowerPress manually, follow these steps: 1. Copy the entire directory from the downloaded zip file into the /wp-content/plugins/ folder. 2. Activate the "Blubrry PowerPress" plugin in the Plugin Management page. 3. Configure your Blubrry PowerPress by going to the **Settings** > **Blubrry PowerPress** page. == Screenshots == 1. Add podcast episode, found within the edit post screen 2. Select from 5 audio mp3 players for your web site 3. Example of the Flow Player Classic in a blog post 4. Example of the 1 Pixel Out Audio Player in a blog post 5. Cross section of Blubrry PowerPress iTunes settings page == Changelog == = Announcement = * The future major release of PowerPress (3.x) will no longer be compatible with WordPress 2.8.x and 2.9.x. Please upgrade to WordPress 3.0 or newer to install future versions of PowerPress. * Translation support is now complete. Please visit the following link if you would like to have a version in your language: [http://www.blubrry.com/powerpress_translate/](http://www.blubrry.com/powerpress_translate/) = 2.0.2 = * Released on 3/29/2011 * Fixed bug with Category Podcasting screen not displaying categories correctly. We are now calling the `wp_dropdown_categories()` function with the appropirate parameters. * Fixed fatal error `Call to undefined function powerpressplayer_get_extension()` in dashboard when option 'Disable PowerPress Media Players and Links' is selected. * Added `` within `