How to Podcast from your iPad and iPhone

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Mobile PodcasterPodcast from your

iPad or iPhone

2012 Mobile Podcasterwww.mobilepodcaster.com

User Guide
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Introduction - Dont Skip This!

These instructions will show you exactly how to record and publish a podcast from youriPad or iPhone and publish to your Wordpress site and iTunes. Mobile Podcaster is a

system of tools and services that when combined help achieve this. It includes theMobile Podcaster Wordpress Plugin, plus this instruction guide that walks you throughthe setup process.

This is fairly technical in nature, but Ive taken considerable time to provide detailedinstructions, screenshots and code to set everything up correctly.

Once setup, youll be able to record full length podcast episodes, upload them to yourserver, publish them to your Wordpress blog and have them appear in iTunes. All of thiswill be possible without ever touching your computer or logging into any online servicesonce everything is setup.

Set Aside 60 Minutes to Set Up the Mobile Podcaster System

Ive been using this process since January 2011 and it works beautifully.

Requirements iPad or iPhone Self installed version of Wordpress (not a wordpress.com blog) $1.99 VR+ VoiceRecorder app from iTunes

Contents

Step 1: Install & Setup VR+ Recording App! 2 Step 2: Install & Setup Podcasting Plugin in Wordpress! 5 Step 3: Install & Setup Mobile Podcaster Plugin in Wordpress! 19 And Finally ... Record & Publish Your Podcast!! 22 Frequently Asked Questions & Support! 24

Mobile Podcaster Podcast from your iPad or iPhone

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Step 1: Install & Setup VR+ Recording App

Visit iTunes and download VR+ for $1.99. Heres the link:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vr-voice-for-twitter-facebook/id299049482?mt=8#

This app is an iPhone app and it does not have a customized iPadversion. Dont worry about that though - its what you want. Its notwhat the app looks like that matters - its what it does that is important.

Install the iPhone version on either your iPhone and/or iPad.

Ive tried dozens of audio recording apps & this is the one you want for several reasons:

1. VR+ lets you record for an unlimited time

2. Recordings are in MP3 - this is really important - most voice apps are not MP3

3. Theres an online component that lets you share your recordings publicly

4. You can name your recordings and include a description

5. VR+ has variable quality settings

6. and other cool features not directly related to this project

You can see a full list of features here, if you want to learn more.

Setup your online VR+ account

Once youve installed VR+, you need to set up your VR+ online account.

Setup your free VR+ account here ... https://vr.shapeservices.com/signup.php


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Once youve registered, click on your name in the upper right hand corner to visit yourProfile settings. Fill in your Public Page URL if its blank. The RSS feed from this pagewill ultimately be used to upload your podcast episodes to your Wordpress site. Writedown the name you put in the Public Page URL. Youll need this later.


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Congratulations! The online portion of VR+ is now all setup.

Setup the VR+ app on your iPad or iPhone.

1. Open VR+ on your iPad or iPhone. Ifyoure on your iPad, be sure to click thelittle 2X button in the bottom right handcorner of your iPad to enlarge the app tofull screen viewing.

2. Go to Account tab. Enter yourUsername & Password and click Sign In.

3. Go to the General tab and click on the64 kbps recording quality setting. Thisgives you great recording quality with amodest file size. If you choose a higherquality, please keep your episodes shorterthan 10 minutes. The files get way too bigto manage for wireless transfer andstreaming.

Thats it for now - VR+ is setup and ready to go on your iPad or iPhone!


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Step 2: Install & Setup Podcasting Plugin in Wordpress

Now we need to setup a podcasting plugin on your Wordpress site to manage your MP3podcast episodes and make them looks nice one your sight with a custom audio player.

Mobile Podcaster supports two options: Option 1: Podcasting Plugin by TSG Option 2: BluBrry PowerPress Plugin

If you already have one of these plugins installed, skip ahead to Step 3.

Option 1: Podcasting Plugin by TSG

About the Podcasting Plugin by TSG

From the plugin author ...

The Podcasting Plugin by TSG brings complete podcasting support to WordPress.Podcasting will take a file from somewhere on the web (either your site or anothersite) and it will add it to an iTunes-based feed. Podcasting also includes a playerallowing visitors to your site to view the file on the web.

Features

Adds a dedicated Podcasting feed with full iTunes support

Includes the ability to have multiple podcasting feeds based on file format or otherfactors.

Includes both an audio and video player for in-post listening/watching Fully integrates with any existing enclosures already stored in WordPress

Offers a migration tool for users of podPress

Installing the Podcasting Plugin by TSG

The easiest way to install this plugin is to use the built-in Wordpress Plugin Uploader.

1. Login to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard

2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New

3. Search for podcasting4. Click Install Now under the Podcasting Plugin by TSG

5. Click Activate Plugin and the plugin is now installed and ready to customize


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Activate the plugin once installed and prompted ...

Setting up the Podcasting Plugin by TSGNow that you have the plugin installed, its time to set things up so that your podcastplays on your website and feeds iTunes so others can subscribe.


2. Navigate to Settings > Podcasting

3. Fill out your podcast setting for iTunes and click Save Changes near the bottom.

Title - If your podcast's title is different than your blog's title, change the title here.

Podcast Tagline - If your podcast's tagline is different than your blog's tagline,change the tagline here.

Summary - A detailed description of your podcast. iTunes allows up to 4,000characters and the tagline will be used if no summary is entered.


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Author - The default author of your podcast.

Podcast Art URL - An image which represents your podcast. iTunes uses thisimage on your podcast directory page and a smaller version in searches. iTunes

prefers square .jpg images that are at least 300 x 300 pixels, but any jpg or png willwork.

Primary Category - The category which most fits your podcast. The primarycategory is used in Top Podcasts lists and directory pages which include podcastart.

Category 2 - An optional additional category which is only used on directory pageswithout podcast art.

Category 3 - An optional additional category which is only used on directory pageswithout podcast art.

Keywords - Up to 12 comma-separated words which iTunes uses for searchplacement.

Explicit - Notifies readers your podcast contains explicit material. Select clean ifyour podcast removed any explicit content. Note: iTunes requires all explicit

podcast to mark them-self as one. Failure to do so can result in removal from theiTunes podcast directory.

Owner Name - Your podcast's owner's name. The owner name will not be publiclydisplayed and is used only by iTunes in the event they need to contact yourpodcast.

Owner E-mail Address - Your podcast's owner's e-mail address. The owner e-mail address will not be publicly displayed and is used only by iTunes in the event

they need to contact your podcast.

Player Location - Automatically insert the audio player or video player. Anyplayers manually inserted will override this setting, so players can still be manuallyplaced on a per-post basis.


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You can change the Player Width in the Audio Play Options if you want. Leaveeverything else with the default settings and click Save Changes.


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After you click Save Changes, copy the Podcast feed address from the top of thePodcasting Settings (URL). You will need this to paste into iTunes to submit yourpodcast to the iTunes directory.


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Submit Your Podcast to iTunes

NOTE: Submitting your podcast to iTunes is completely optional. If you only wantyour podcast to reside on your website and not on iTunes then skip this step. Irecommend you wait until your first podcast episode is on your site, beforesubmitting it to iTunes. They will not approve an empty feed for consideration.

Now its time to submit your podcast to iTunes. Open iTunes, go to the iTunes store,click on Podcasts from the top navigation menu and click Submit a Podcast.

A Podcast submission form will open. Paste the URL for your podcast here. This is theURL you copied from the Podcasting by TSG Settings page earlier. Click Continue.


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You can now review the podcast information that iTunes downloaded from your website.If you are not happy with anything here, go back to your Podcasting by TSG Settingspage and make the necessary changes and resubmit to iTunes.


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Once you are happy with the information that iTunes has about your Podcast, clickSubmit. You will get an email from Apple within 10 minutes confirming your submissionand you can expect to hear back from Apple within 72 hours with an Approval notice.

Congratulations! Your podcast is now on iTunes!

Option 2: Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

About the Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

From the plugin author ...

Blubrry PowerPress brings the essential features for podcasting to WordPress.Developed by podcasters for podcasters, PowerPress offers full iTunes support, theUpdate iTunes Listing feature, web audio/video media players and more.PowerPress is designed as an upgrade to PodPress.

HTML5 video support: Add both mp4 and webm media to each episode for maximumplatform compatibilityFull iTunes Support: Adds iTunes compliant podcast feeds to your WordPress blog.Integrated HTML5 and Flash Media Players: Audio/video web players with embedsupport from sites such as YouTube and Ustream.tv.Media Modifiers: Easily add, modify and remove podcasts form blog posts andpages.Migration tools: Quickly migrate from PodPress, Blogger or Movable Type withoutlosing 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.

Installing the Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

The easiest way to install this plugin is to use the built-in Wordpress Plugin Uploader.


2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New

3. Search for podcasting

4. Click Install Now under the Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin

5. Click Activate Plugin and the plugin is now installed and ready to customize


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Setting up the Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin

Now that you have the plugin installed, its time to set things up so that your podcastplays on your website and feeds iTunes so others can subscribe.


2. Navigate to PowerPress > Settings >Basic Settings

a. Fill out your basic settings and click Save Changes at the bottom.

i. check the box for Media URL

ii. check the box for Media File Size and Duration


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3. Navigate to PowerPress > Settings >Media Appearance

b. Fill out your media settings and click Save Changes at the bottom.

i. check the box for Enable PowerPress Media Players and Links (default)

ii. check the box for Display media and links Below page content (default)


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iii. check the box for Display Player

4. Navigate to PowerPress > Settings >iTunes

a. Fill out your iTunes settings and click Save Changes at the bottom.

i. Fill in iTunes Subtitle and Program Summary. Use some keywords here sothat when people search on iTunes they will find your podcast.


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ii. Fill in up to 12 iTunes Program Keywords or short phrases

iii. Select your iTunes Category and iTunes Explicit Rating

iv. Upload your iTunes Image for your album artwork. I recommend a squareimage that is 600 x 600 px

v. Fill in iTunes Talent Name and email address for notification from Apple


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After you click Save Changes, copy the Podcast feed address from the top of thePodcasting Settings (URL). You will need this to paste into iTunes to submit yourpodcast to the iTunes directory.

Submit Your Podcast to iTunes

NOTE: Submitting your podcast to iTunes is completely optional. If you only wantyour podcast to reside on your website and not on iTunes then skip this step. Irecommend you wait until your first podcast episode is on your site, beforesubmitting it to iTunes. They will not approve an empty feed for consideration.

Now its time to submit your podcast to iTunes. Either click on the link provided inBluBrry PowerPress Settings or open iTunes, go to the iTunes store, click on Podcasts

from the top navigation menu and click Submit a Podcast.

A Podcast submission form will open. Paste the URL for your podcast here. This is theURL you copied from the BluBrry PowerPress Settings page earlier. Click Continue.


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You can now review the podcast information that iTunes downloaded from your website.If you are not happy with anything here, go back to your BluBrry PowerPress Settingspage and make the necessary changes and resubmit to iTunes.


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Once you are happy with the information that iTunes has about your Podcast, clickSubmit. You will get an email from Apple within 10 minutes confirming your submissionand you can expect to hear back from Apple within 72 hours with an Approval notice.

Congratulations! Your podcast is now on iTunes!

Step 3: Install & Setup Mobile Podcaster Plugin in Wordpress

Now, lets setup and install the Mobile Podcaster Plugin in Wordpress. The purpose ofthis plugin is to scan your VR+ public feed for any new episodes and automaticallyupload them into your site as new posts.

The plugin does not just create a simple link to your MP3 - it actually grabs the MP3,title and description and uploads it to a podcasts folder within your Wordpress Uploadsdirectory. The benefit is that your files reside on your server, so you never have to fearlosing them in the future.

IMPORTANT: This plugin runs a cron job roughly every hour to upload your latestpodcast episode and publish your new blog post. If you have little or no traffic toyour website, the cron job will fire once someone visits your site.

Please do not be discouraged if you dont immediately see your new blog post. If itsbeen over an hour since you posted your audio to VR+, just visit your website totrigger Wordpress to run the cron job.

Installing the Mobile Podcaster Plugin

The plugin installation file is included in the files with this document and is called mobile-podcaster.zip. There is no need to unzip the files contents.

To install the plugin just upload the file in the Wordpress Plugin Install Menu in yourWordpress Admin Dashboard.


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Setting up the Mobile Podcaster Plugin

Now that you have the plugin installed, its time to set things up so that your podcastepisodes are properly imported into your site.


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2. Navigate to Settings > Mobile Podcaster

3. Fill in the name you chose for your VR+ Public Page URL

4. Select whether you want the blog posts for your new podcast episodes toautomatically Publishor Save as Draft. I highly recommend that you keep the defaultDraftoption selected until youre completely comfortable with how everything works.

5. Select the Podcasting Platform Plugin you are using on your site, either thePodcasting Plugin by TSG or BluBrry PowerPress Plugin.

Youll also notice a Cron Job line item. The Mobile Podcaster plugin has a built-in,custom cron job to automatically process your podcast episodes and generate new blogposts. The cron job runs approximately every hour, depending on the volume oftraffic to your site.

IMPORTANT:If it seems like the cron job is not firing and new blog posts are notpublishing as expecting, simply visit your website on any browser to manually triggerthe cron job to run. You can also go to Your Plugins dashboard, deactivate theMobile Podcaster plugin and then Activate it again to reset the Cron Job clock.When you do this it will fire again in 60 seconds.

Below the settings are links to frequently asked questions and support information.Thats it for the Mobile Podcaster plugin!


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And Finally ... Record & Publish Your Podcast!

Its finally time to record and publish your podcast.

Open VR+ on your iPad or iPhoneClick the big Record button and speakinto the microphone.

Hint: the iPhone microphone is on thebottom on either side of the dockingplug. The iPad microphone is on the top

near the power button.

Click the Pause button if you need totake a break

Click the Stop button when you arefinished

Select Cancel if you want to listen to yourrecording or click More if you are ready topublish.

If you choose Cancel, then click onpodcast recording to Play the audio orclick on the small blue arrow next to the

episode to proceed to renaming anduploading the file.


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When you hit More after recording youwill see these Actions menu. Click on

the Rename option near the bottom.

Rename your recording. This will be thetitle of the corresponding blog post and

podcast episode in iTunes. You canalways change it later in Wordpress if youwant and iTunes will automatically update.


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Click Upload to VR+ Online if you areready to publish.

Next you will be prompted to Add aNote.

Add a Note to your recording. This will bethe body of your blog post and the long

description included in your iTunespodcast episode. Keep this as long orshort as you wish and feel free to includeparagraph breaks - my Wordpress pluginwill pick up on this and correctly formatyour content.

Make sure you the Make recordingpublic option to the ON position.

Click Upload and youre done!

Frequently Asked Questions & Support

Mobile Podcaster Pluginhttp://www.mobilepodcaster.com/faqhttp://www.mobilepodcaster.com/support

Podcasting Plugin by TSGhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/podcasting/

BluBrry PowerPress Podcasting Pluginhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/powerpress/

VR+ by Shape Serviceshttps://vr.shapeservices.com

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