Adding an image to a podcast RSS Feed

[Corey Bryant]

I used this to help create an RSS feed for podcasting

<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<rss version="2.0">
	<channel>
		<title>Merchant Account Show</title>
		<link>http://www.merchantaccountshow.net</link>
		<description>Merchant Account information brought to you by LoudCommerce and Lynn Brooks</description>
		<language>en-us</language>
		<copyright></copyright>
		<lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:42:44 GMT</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>tdscripts.com Podcast Generator</generator>		<webMaster></webMaster>
		<ttl>1</ttl>
		<item>
			<title>Non Receipt of Goods or Services Chargeback Codes</title>
			<description>There is only one chargeback reason code in this group. These chargebacks can happen from time to time if the consumer claims the services were not provided or the goods were not delivered - maybe even not received in a timely fashion.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:42:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<enclosure url="http://www.merchantaccountshow.net/mp3/loud-ps-20061224.mp3" length="1.97M" type="audio/mpeg"/>
			</item>
		</channel>
	</rss>

and it seems to work. I then found this one from iTunes re: RSS feeds for podcasting. Is the one from Apple's site 'better' in the long run?

It also shows

<itunes:image href="http://example.com/podcasts/everything/AllAboutEverything.jpg" />

to add an image. Should I possibly use two different feeds or what can I use to add an image?

Thank you!

[gimbras]

I was looking for the same thing too. I think!
I wanted to know if it is possible to add a favicon to the RSS Feeds.

I use Firefox and Opera to read my RSS Feeds and only after I visit one of the feeds the favicon appears. But I wanted it to be loaded prior to that, when the feed loads.

Can anybody help me, please?

Thanks.

[Corey Bryant]

This is what I came up with

<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<rss version="2.0">
	<channel>
		<title>Merchant Account Show</title>
		<link>http://www.merchantaccountshow.net</link>
		<description>Merchant Account information brought to you by LoudCommerce and Lynn Brooks</description>
		<language>en-us</language>
		<copyright>LoudCommerce 2006</copyright>
		<lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:42:44 GMT</lastBuildDate>
		<generator>LoudCommerce</generator>
		<image>
			<url>http://www.loudcommerce.com/images/logo/first-data-merchant-services.gif</url>
			<title>LoudCommerce - Merchant Account Solutions</title>
			<link>http://www.loudcommerce.com/</link>
			<description>Process your credit cards with a leader in the industry</description>
		</image>		
		<webMaster></webMaster>
		<ttl>1</ttl>
		<item>
			<title>Non Receipt of Goods or Services Chargeback Codes</title>
			<description>There is only one chargeback reason code in this group. These chargebacks can happen from time to time if the consumer claims the services were not provided or the goods were not delivered - maybe even not received in a timely fashion.</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:42:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<enclosure url="http://www.merchantaccountshow.net/mp3/loud-ps-20061224.mp3" length="1.97M" type="audio/mpeg"/>
			</item>
		</channel>
	</rss>

and the image shows in my Sony Playstation portable GUI and it links over to our website

[yodasw16]

You can have both <image> and <itunes:image> in the same feed. If you are submitting your feed to iTunes, then I would certainly include the itunes image tag. If you aren't, then it isn't necessary. go here for all of the itunes specs.

[Corey Bryant]

Thanks! I was not certain if the extra tags would be read, thrown out, etc by the other readers.

[gimbras]

I read somewhere else that favicon is not possible to show up.
But I went forward and add that image tag to my feeds and I can see it using Opera9+ ou IE7.