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4 Podcast property templates

Kristof Kocsis edited this page May 13, 2019 · 1 revision

These are templates that you can copy and paste in your _config.yml file. These templates only include properties that relate to the whole podcast.

You can find more information about the individual properties on the Podcast properties page.

Bare minimum

Fastest and easiest way to get started.

These are all the properties that:

  • are required for a valid feed and
  • are required to get accepted by iTunes review
  • don't have default values
# Channel properties
title:
description:
language:
category:
imageURL:
itunesExplicit:

# Other info
email:

# Jekyll properties
baseurl:
url:

# Build settings (only touch this if you know what you are doing)
permalink: /episodes/:slug
markdown: kramdown
theme: minima
plugins:
- jekyll-feed

Bare minimum + recommended

Maximise your chances of getting featured on iTunes.

These are all the properties in that are

  • related to podcasting
  • don't have default values.
title:
description:
language:
category:
imageUrl:
itunesExplicit:
itunesAuthor:
itunesOwnerEmail:
itunesOwnerName:

# Other info
email:

# Jekyll properties
baseurl:
url:

# Build settings (only touch this if you know what you are doing)
permalink: /episodes/:slug
markdown: kramdown
theme: minima
plugins:
- jekyll-feed

Bare minimum + recommended + optional

Great for editing features that aren't necessarily related for podcasting.

These are all the properties:

  • without default values.
title: 
description:
language:
managingEditor:
webMaster:
category:
cloud:
ttl:
imageUrl:
rating:
textInputTitle:
textInputDescription:
textInputName:
textInputLink:
skipHours:
skipDays:
itunesExplicit:
itunesAuthor:
itunesOwnerEmail:
itunesOwnerName:
itunesType:
itunesNewFeedUrl:
itunesBlock:
itunesComplete:

# Other info
email:
twitter_username: 
github_username:

# Jekyll properties
baseurl:
url:

# Build settings (only touch this if you know what you are doing)
permalink: /episodes/:slug
markdown: kramdown
theme: minima
plugins:
- jekyll-feed

Every property

For the most hardcore podcasters only...

These are all the properties on an RSS feed.

title: 
link:
description:
language:
copyright:
managingEditor:
webMaster:
pubDate:
lastBuildDate:
category:
generator:
docs:
cloud:
ttl:
imageUrl:
imageTitle:
imageLink:
rating:
textInputTitle:
textInputDescription:
textInputName:
textInputLink:
skipHours:
skipDays:
itunesImage:
itunesCategory:
itunesExplicit:
itunesAuthor:
itunesOwner:
itunesType:
itunesNewFeedUrl:
itunesBlock:
itunesComplete:

# Other info
email:
twitter_username: 
github_username:

# Jekyll properties
baseurl:
url:

# Build settings (only touch this if you know what you are doing)
permalink: /episodes/:slug
markdown: kramdown
theme: minima
plugins:
- jekyll-feed