================================================================================ DirCaster 0.8a, released 01/11/2007. http://www.DirCaster.org ================================================================================ NOTES: Open Source code but please leave all references to prior work intact when making changes. Current maintainer: Dr. Bill Bailey - DrBill@DirCaster.org Based on the original DirCaster by Ryan King (http://www.shadydentist.com) ID3v2.x tag support added by Warren Stone and utilizing getid3 library by James Heinrich , http://www.getid3.org. iTunes specific tag support by Warren Stone ================================================================================ ChangeLog for DirCaster Version 0.8a ================================================================================ 2007-01-09 - Henry L. Ratliff - ratman@houston.rr.com . Added logic to obtain overrides from a text file See the override.1st file for details ================================================================================ ChangeLog for DirCaster Version 0.7b ================================================================================ Fixed the same problem as "pubDate" for "LastBuildDate" in iTunes Feed 2007-01-03 Dr. Bill Bailey ================================================================================ ChangeLog for DirCaster Version 0.7a ================================================================================ 2006-12-25 H. L. Ratliff . Fixed several PHP Notice errors issued when error level set to ALL . Patched occasion where single digit day in pubdate sometimes displayed for example ' 1' instead of ' 01'. new function fixDat() . Substituted RSS title tag value with file name when id3 title value is empty. stripType() drops the file extension . Corrected raw '&' in RSS title tag (use '&' instead) . Fixed variable name error which caused, the logic to produce only a set number of feeds, not to work. Controlled by $maxFeeds. ================================================================================ Many, many thanks to Henry from the DirCaster Maintainer! ================================================================================ ChangeLog for DirCaster Version 0.6a ================================================================================ . Added the ability to use the new feed URL option on iTunes RSS feeds Look for these lines: --------------------------------------------------------------------- $NEWfeedURL="http://podcast.TheComputerCurmudgeon.com/dircaster.php"; $NEWfeedURL_ON="no"; --------------------------------------------------------------------- If the variable $NEWfeedURL_ON is set to "yes" then when iTunes reads your feed, it will reset your feed location to the value of the string $NEWfeedURL. The default is "no" as your feed does not typically change. . Added new values of iTunes RSS feed values including "GUID" which is actually just the value of the MP3 file location. . Updated the getid3 tag library to the latest version as of December 22, 2006. ================================================================================ INSTALLATION: UnZip the contents of the file DirCasterV08a.zip (which you must have already done to see this file!) Retain the directory structure of the Zip archive and FTP all the files and directory structure to your web server. Your web server must be running at least PHP 4. If you are using Apache as your web server, and it is set up to use .htaccess files, you can create a .htaccess file for your directory on the server that points to either the dircaster.php file or to the index.php file, depending on how you want to present the MP3 files to the web. Now simply FTP your MP3 files (podcasts or VODcasts) in this same directory, and they will be "served out" via a valid RSS file. Point your subscriptions to the directory on your web server and the dircaster.php file. For example, my files are in a directory that the URL http://podcast.thecomputercurmudgeon.com points to, so my RRS feed filename would be: http://podcast.thecomputercurmudgeon.com/dircaster.php Your RSS feed may be checked by entering your URL into: http://feedvalidator.org BE SURE THAT YOUR MP3 FILES HAVE VALID ID3 INFORMATION! You can use the MP3 Tag Tools available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/massid3lib to fill in the appropriate information in your MP3 files. Enjoy podcasting to the web! More inforamation and a tutorial can be found at: http://www.DirCaster.org