@help If I sign up for the iTunes podcast directory then the title of my microcast must be the same as my blog, is that right? They can't be different?
@Omrrc I believe that it the case, mine is the same as my blog, even the description/bio you have on your profile will be the podcast’s description. To me that’s okay, otherwise you can do what @greghiggins did and open another Micro.blog just for the podcast.
@Omrrc A way around I found was to set my Site Title as my podcast name as it would show up in the podcast directory. And then manually replace wherver the Hugo variable SiteTitle showed up in the template files with my own name as the blog title.
@Omrrc Not at all! First, set your site title as your podcast name on the Edit Domain and Design page. Second, make a custom theme. Edit the "layouts/partials/head.html"
There you can set your title tag as the following:
<title>{{ if .IsHome }}Your Blog Name{{ else }}{{- block "title" . -}}Your Blog Name{{- if .Title }} - {{ .Title }}{{- end -}}{{- end -}}{{ end }}</title>
For a post titled "Confused Answer", this would generate the title as "Your Blog Name - Confused Answer". On homepage, it would keep it as "Your Blog Name".
Then you need to edit the following:
<link href="{{ .RSSLink }}" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{{ .Site.Title }}" />
to
<link href="{{ .RSSLink }}" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Your Blog Name" />
and
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json" title="{{ .Site.Title }}" href="{{ "feed.json" | absURL }}" />
to
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json" title="Your Blog Name" href="{{ "feed.json" | absURL }}" />
Third, you need to edit the file 'layouts/partials/profile.html'. Here, change
<h1 class="p-name" rel="me">{{ .Site.Author.name }}</h1>
to
<h1 class="p-name" rel="me">Your Blog Name</h1>
I did this yesterday only. I haven't faced any problems yet. It did successfully set my blog name to "Chaitanya" on the website and my podcast name to "Put It On Paper" on podcast players.
@chaitanya Man I wish I understood how to code and all this stuff. I would have just done this instead of starting a new site and paying for it.
@chaitanya Thanks for taking the time to reply. Will sit down this weekend and see if I can do that!
@chaitanya If I did that, I'd have to go through the whole process of getting it switched over in Apple Podcasts, huh?
@greghiggins Ah yes you'll have to update your RSS feed in Apple Podcasts. I moved from Buzzsprout to Micro.blog on Sunday. Within 24 hours of changing the feed, they'll update it for the public. Overcast, Pocket Casts, Castro get automatically updated from Apple Podcasts I guess. For other services you might have to change one by one.
@chaitanya another question. Can you do artwork the same way you were talking about the title? I have a specific logo that I'm using on the podcast but I don't want that to be the logo of my regular blog. If that makes sense.
@greghiggins Yes! The option already exists in Micro.blog settings. On the Edit Domain & Design page you can set up the podcast cover art. While your Account Photo can act as a blog logo.
@chaitanya Dangit....where you been all this time? lol. I may be hitting you back up later on to find out how to fix all this stuff. I need to talk to the main peeps about moving stuff over to my main blog. That would defintely make things a lot easier.
@greghiggins I was saving from my pocket money to come back on Micro.blog 😂 Hit me up anytime. I'll be more than happy to help.
@Omrrc If you have one site for both blog and podcast, it shares the title (under the Design tab), but you can override the podcast feed to customize the title. You'll need to create a custom theme and click the list.podcastxml.xml template to edit the title in the feed. Email help if you have questions and I can provide exact steps.
