Configuring Channels for Publications

If you are uploading episodes to a server, you must specify the channel settings. Except for the channel name, the values set for the Publications node are inherited by the child nodes. You cannot rename the Publications node; however, you can add subfolders and name them whatever you want. You cannot specify different channel settings for different folders; channel settings for all the folders are same. If you change the channel settings for one folder, then the channel settings for all the subfolders and the main Publications folder change automatically. You can drag and drop the channels in subfolders and specify different channel settings for the channels.

To configure general channel settings

1. In the Navigation pane, click the Publications tab.

2. Click the Configuration tab and specify the following information:

   • Title - Provide a title for the channel. The Title box is automatically populated based on what you typed in the tree, but you can type a different title.

   • Email - Type the webmaster's email address. A valid email address is in the format <username>@<domain_name or host_name>, such as abc@example.com.

   • Summary - Provide a relevant summary and description for the channel.

3. Click Advanced to add additional information about the owner of the channel. The Optional Channel Fields dialog box appears in which you can provide information such as Language, Copyright, Editor email, Category, and Skip Hours.

4. In the Publish Configuration area, specify the following details:

   • Upload Type - Click the drop-down menu to specify FTP or HTTP.

   • Server and Port - Type the name and port of the server on which you want to publish the RSS feed, or click Site Manager to open the Select site dialog box, which lists each of the sites defined in CuteFTP. In the Select site dialog box, click a site, then click OK. The site's configuration data is imported into the CutePODCast Manager.

   • User Name - Type the user name given to you by your hosting provider.

   • Password - Type the password given to you by your hosting provider.

   • Remote Path - Type the path on which you will upload the channel.

   • RSS Filename - Click the drop-down list and select an XML file.

   • Base URL - Type the address at which the episode will be available for download. Provide the complete http path. e.g., http:\\www.globalscape.com\podcast\.

5. Click Apply to save the channel settings.