Podcaster checklists #

This page collects the checklists of this section in one place, to print or copy into your team's tools. Each item links to the page that explains it.

Contents #

1. Launching a show
2. Every episode
3. The feed after changes
4. A live event
5. Retiring an episode
6. Once a month

Launching a show #

• To do: The episode class exists and has the fields the show needs (Building an episode class).
• To do: The media field uses Html5 Audio or Html5 Video (The media field and the file field).
• To do: The show folder, season folders and guests folder exist (Setting up the show structure).
• To do: Upload limits fit the largest episode (Upload limits and large files).
• To do: Hosting covers disk, traffic and backups for a year (Storage and bandwidth).
• To do: The podcast export is built, active, with all channel fields (Building a podcast feed).
• To do: The artwork address opens the cover image (Artwork and episode images).
• To do: The owner e-mail is a role address of the show (Channel fields reference).
• To do: Scheduling and approval are set up if needed (Scheduling a release, Approvals before release).
• To do: Test episodes are removed and the feed is checked (Checking your feed).
• To do: The privacy notice mentions embedded players and logs (Privacy and third-party players).
• To do: The feed is submitted to the directories you chose (Submitting to podcast directories).

Every episode #

• To do: Final MP3, constant bitrate, readable file name (Uploading audio).
• To do: Created in the right show or season folder (Publishing an episode).
• To do: Title with number, short description, show notes (Show notes template).
• To do: Guests related and credited as agreed (Guests and credits).
• To do: Sponsors disclosed (Writing show notes).
• To do: Music and clips cleared and credited (Rights and licensing of what you publish).
• To do: Transcript on the page or linked (Transcripts and captions).
• To do: Controller on, Autoplay and Loop off (Accessible players and pages).
• To do: Release date set, or published now (Scheduling a release).
• To do: After release: page plays signed out; feed lists it with the right enclosure.

The feed after changes #

Run after changing the export, the class, the host name, HTTPS or a proxy:

• To do: The feed answers 200 with application/rss+xml.
• To do: Links and enclosures use the public host and https://.
• To do: Every item has an enclosure with an audio or video type and the real length.
• To do: Range requests to a file answer 206.
• To do: Existing episodes kept their guid.

Details: Checking your feed.

A live event #

• To do: The stream is set up at the streaming service, with a fixed player address (Live streams and premieres).
• To do: The live page exists, with time and time zone, and the External video block (Embedding a video or a stream).
• To do: The page is announced or scheduled.
• To do: A layout rule switches the show page for the event, if wanted.
• To do: Afterwards: replay uploaded or embedded, notes and transcript added, audio published as an episode.

The production side: Live stream guide.

Retiring an episode #

• To do: Hide (reversible) or remove to the trash, not delete (Hiding and retiring episodes).
• To do: No other page, embed or newsletter links to it.
• To do: The feed no longer lists it after the cache time.
• To do: The reason and date are recorded.

Once a month #

• To do: The RSS list shows no Needs attention marker (RSS feeds).
• To do: Number of objects still covers the back catalog.
• To do: Disk usage is within the plan (Storage and bandwidth).
• To do: Download trends noted, with their definition (Downloads and statistics).
• To do: Broken links in show notes fixed (Link and content checks).
• To do: Tags tidied (Tags and topics).
• To do: Stale drafts removed (A release calendar).

Related pages #

• Press checklists
• Podcaster FAQ
• Podcasters reading path
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.