Podcasters reading path #

This page is for anyone new to this section who wants to read it in a sensible order. Start with the first hour, then follow the path for your role. The full map is on Podcasters, radio and streaming: start here.

Contents #

1. The first hour, for everyone
2. Producer launching a show
3. Editor publishing episodes
4. Administrator setting up the site
5. Radio and live producer
6. Network manager

The first hour, for everyone #

1. What Exponential does for a show (10 minutes)
2. What is not built in (10 minutes)
3. How a show maps to content (10 minutes)
4. The podcast feed explained (15 minutes)
5. Podcaster FAQ (15 minutes)

Producer launching a show #

1. Choosing a class for episodes
2. Setting up the show structure
3. Artwork and episode images
4. Building a podcast feed and Channel fields reference
5. Checking your feed
6. Submitting to podcast directories
7. Rights and licensing of what you publish
8. Storage and bandwidth
9. Podcaster checklists: "Launching a show"

Editor publishing episodes #

1. Uploading audio or Uploading video
2. Publishing an episode
3. Writing show notes and Show notes template
4. Guests and credits
5. Transcripts and captions and Accessible players and pages
6. Scheduling a release
7. Hiding and retiring episodes
8. Tags and topics

Background for editors: Creating and editing content, Images, media and uploads, Publishing, versions and the trash.

Administrator setting up the site #

1. Working with your administrator: the list of settings
2. Building an episode class
3. The media field and the file field
4. Episode mapping reference
5. Upload limits and large files
6. Approvals before release and Production stages with object states
7. Members-only episodes
8. CDN and external media hosting
9. Privacy and third-party players
10. Troubleshooting feeds and media

Background: RSS feeds, Workflows, Cronjobs.

Radio and live producer #

1. Live streams and premieres
2. Embedding a video or a stream
3. Media in rich text
4. A release calendar
5. From the press section: Live stream guide, Podcast and radio guests, Captions and accessible video

Network manager #

1. Feeds for readers and networks
2. Multilingual shows
3. Downloads and statistics
4. Moving, pausing or ending a show
5. Podcaster glossary

Related pages #

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