for some reason, last weeks podcast isn't available:

The URL "http://www.wunh.org/mp3/2006-02-20.mp3" could not be found on the server.

any idea why?

gd... I can't believe I didn't notice that yet this week.
damn it.

I'm going to write a script to do this for me from now on.

One more thing...

on RTTP Mobile, I keep getting a 413 error on my phone. any ideas on the cause or a possible solution?

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't

hm... not sure. rttp mobile I gues isn't WAP compliant.
I'm working on that.

if it helps, I've got a RAZR v3 for a phone now. maybe set up the text version to generate WML, and have all WML files parse as PHP.

also, when are we going to get RTTP Syndication via RSS? :-P

there already is...

an I just looked, convertion to WML is a minor change.

well.. it's still broken that why i didn't say anything about it:
http://www.returntothepit.com/news.xml

get rid of the "news - " at the beginning of the file for starters.

I have an RSS feed for the shroud site (yeah, I was bored at work one day)

http://www.shroud-of-bereavement.com/feed.xml

so if you want a hand with RTTP's RSS feed, I'd be more then happy to give you a hand

thank you for the offer, but I do everything myself. I had the code written correctly and then broke it trying to get the xml for itunes to work.

also, you would have to have access to my databases to get it working and aint nobody touching those.

the_reverend said:

understandable about db access, I'm the same way. it's actually probably an easy fix anyways.

just look at the first couple of lines, you have "news - " before you start the XML document. (if you go to view source code) it's probably misplaced text or something.

good luck with the fix, and let us know when it's working again

as I said, it was working and then I broke it getting itunes to work... which itunes still refuses to put in there db for no reason.

oh! now here's an idea... parse XML feeds from bands to update their news page...

not sure how many bands actually use an XML Feed, or have the resources to set one up, but it could be a cool feature...

duh, I've already developed that too. but it doesn't need to be xml. I have to deploy it though which is what I haven't done yet.

haha, always one step ahead of the rest of the board g33ks...

well, use shroud's XML feed to test it if you need a bands XML feed!

I have about 30 places that I'm already pulling from. I wrote it over a year ago. now, I just need to put it in a java thread with a front end webpage and deploy it... just never got the time. there was actually someone trying to contract me to write it for them.

I found the issue:
http://www.returntothepit.com/news.xml

looks like non-ascii characters are making it puke so I had to do this:

return str_replace(array("+","%3A","%2F","%27","%2C","%26","%28","%29","%21","%2B","%92","%3F","%96"),
array(" ","/" ,":" ,"'" ,"," ,"and" ,"(" ,")" ,"!" ,"+" ,"'" ,"?","\n"),urlencode($text));


I just have to figure out the other "special characters" to convert back.

what the fuck is a podcast? I can't figure this out. Is it just like an mp3? or a streaming mp3? wha...

it's an mp3 that automatically downloads to your mp3 player, computer, or whatever each time the mp3/audio file is updated

oh that's kinda neat

it uses something like this:
http://www.returntothepit.com/itunes.xml
to know when the content has been updated.

oh and I got this working too
http://www.returntothepit.com/view.xml
that's the forum in RSS 2.0 form.

one of the stipulations of a "well formed" RSS feed, is it only has the 15 most recent entries (at most)

good point. this was just proof in concept.
you know, I have to show that I'm 10 paces ahead of you.
btw, does this work for you
http://www.wunh.org/rss/polkaparty.xml.php
can you try to podcast that?

yes, that podcast works

well, are you having a polka party?

HAHA, of course!

that guys plans out his show.
it takes him 5-6 hours to write it each week.
but in 2 hours he raises over 1/3 of our revenue.

wow, I don't know if I should be scared because that many people listen to polka... or if I should be impressed because he can generate that kind of revenue

the show is awesome.
listen to it.

I just got an Ipod, how do I put a podcast on it? I wanna add the RTTP one's each week to hear em...

I will get you directions soon.

Hey Aaron, the forum RSS feed dosen't work properly, you forgot an i. for example:

http://www.returntothepit.com/view.php?formd=27131

is what the link in the RSS feed is, but it should actually be this:

http://www.returntothepit.com/view.php?formid=27131

(you forgot the i in formid, so the link just brings you to the forum, not to the specific post)

Just FYI

yep, I already fixed it, I just didn't upload it yet.

well aren't you just special :-P

the_reverend said:


thx dawg

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rttp-on-91.3fm-wunh-reverend/id520228845