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When you enable the RSS Feed feature on your Site Settings page, an RSS Feed icon will appear at the bottom of all sermon views and the sermon cover page. Clicking the icon takes the user to a page where they can subscribe to a feed of the most recent sermons you have added to your archive. A variety of one-click subscription methods are provided for iTunes and other podcasters that support one the following protocols:
An RSS 2.0-compatible feed is also provided for manual subscription. to:
When you enable the RSS Feed feature on your Site Settings page, an RSS Feed icon will appear at the bottom of all sermon views and the sermon cover page. Clicking the icon takes the user to a page where they can subscribe to a feed of the most recent sermons you have added to your archive. A variety of one-click subscription methods are provided for RSS readers such as browsers and multimedia players. Changed lines 7-33 from:
By default, the feed includes all the sermons preached over the past five dates. If multiple sermons are preached on the same date, all are included in the feed for that date. Example: your church publishes two services per week. Your feed will contain 10 sermons (2 services each over the past 5 weeks.) The number of dates can be customized by adding the following parameter to the feed URL: &sermonsite_pagesize=[number_of_dates]
Where The feed is populated with the information you have entered on your Site Settings page and the Sermon Publisher. The following fields are used:
1 We recommend you select MP3 Audio for maximum compatibility. If there are multiple files with the same format for a sermon, the one with the highest bandwidth is used. to:
By default, the feed includes all the sermons preached over the past five dates. If multiple sermons are preached on the same date, all are included in the feed for that date. Example: your church publishes two services per week. Your feed will contain 10 sermons (2 services each over the past 5 weeks.) The number of past dates to include in the feed can be customized; see below. For each sermon, the feed will include the title, name of the speaker, date and time, and a link to the sermon's audio or video file. If the optional description, series, and scripture references are published, those will be included in the feed as well. The feed subscription (the overall collection of your sermons) will include the name of your church, the contact information of your technical point-of-contact, and a link to your church's sermon page. This information is taken from your site settings page. A default "open book" logo graphic is used on the feed, but this can be customized; see below. Customizing Your FeedThe following feed parameters can be customized via the Site Settings page: Church Name Church Sermon Page URL\\ Changed lines 21-40 from:
Replacing the Sermons Online "Open Book" Icon with Your Own ImageBe default, the image displayed with RSS feeds is the Sermons Online "open book" icon, 144 pixels square (see above, in the Sermons Online bar at the top of this page). You can substitute an image of your own choosing for this one.
That's all there is to it. The image will now appear on your sermon page. If you need help with any of these steps, just sign in to the Site Manager and open a Support Ticket to:
Technical Point-of-Contact Multimedia Format Number of past sermon dates Image to display with the feed https://www.sermonsonline.com/images/openbook144.jpg. You can substitute an image of your own choosing for this one by filling in the following fields:
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When you enable the RSS Feed feature on your Site Settings page, an RSS Feed icon will appear at the bottom of all sermon views and the sermon cover page. Clicking the icon takes the user to a page where they can subscribe to a feed of the most recent sermons you have added to your archive. A variety of one-click subscription methods are provided for iTunes and other podcatchers that support one the following protocols: to:
When you enable the RSS Feed feature on your Site Settings page, an RSS Feed icon will appear at the bottom of all sermon views and the sermon cover page. Clicking the icon takes the user to a page where they can subscribe to a feed of the most recent sermons you have added to your archive. A variety of one-click subscription methods are provided for iTunes and other podcasters that support one the following protocols: July 24, 2014, at 12:08 PM EST
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The number of dates can be customized by adding the following parameter to the feed URL: &sermonsite_pagesize=[number_of_dates]
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The feed contains all the sermons preached on the most recent day. For example, if you most recently published a Morning and an Evening service, the feed will contain two sermons. SpecificationsYou must pick a multimedia file format to include in the feed; we recommend you select MP3 Audio for maximum compatibility. If there are multiple files with the same format for a sermon, the one with the highest bandwidth is used. Subscribers to your feed can link from a podcast to your sermon site. The Church Sermon Page URL in your Site Settings page is used as the link target. If this URL is not defined, then the subscriber will be shown a generic page of your sermons with the Sermons Online logo. to:
What is included in your Sermons Online feedBy default, the feed includes all the sermons preached over the past five dates. If multiple sermons are preached on the same date, all are included in the feed for that date. Example: your church publishes two services per week. Your feed will contain 10 sermons (2 services each over the past 5 weeks.) The feed is populated with the information you have entered on your Site Settings page and the Sermon Publisher. The following fields are used:
1 We recommend you select MP3 Audio for maximum compatibility. If there are multiple files with the same format for a sermon, the one with the highest bandwidth is used. Each sermon in the feed links to the Sermon Cover Page on your web site. The Church Sermon Page URL in your Site Settings page is used as the link target. If this URL is not defined, then the subscriber will be shown a generic page of your sermons with the Sermons Online logo. Changed lines 42-53 from:
(1) Go to the EDIT SITE SETTINGS page of your account (2) Scroll down to the SERVICE CONFIGURATION section of the page (3) In the RSS FEED area, type or cut/paste the url address of the image you wish to use. NOTE: Only JPG, GIF, and PNG image types are allowed. (4) OPTIONAL: customize the size at which you wish the image to display by entering pixle numbers in the image Height and Width fields. NOTE: For iTunes, the height and width settings are ignored. The image MUST be 1400 pixels square, and iTunes will scale it as required. (5) Click SAVE to:
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Replacing the Sermons Online "Open Book" Icon with Your Own ImageApril 12, 2013, at 10:34 PM EST
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REPLACING THE SERMONS ONLINE "OPEN BOOK" ICON WITH YOUR OWN IMAGE Be default, the image displayed with RSS feeds is the Sermons Online "open book" icon, 144 pixels square (see above, in the Sermons Online bar at the top of this page). You can substitute an image of your own choosing for this one. (1) Go to the EDIT SITE SETTINGS page of your account (2) Scroll down to the SERVICE CONFIGURATION section of the page (3) In the RSS FEED area, type or cut/paste the url address of the image you wish to use. NOTE: Only JPG, GIF, and PNG image types are allowed. (4) OPTIONAL: customize the size at which you wish the image to display by entering pixle numbers in the image Height and Width fields. NOTE: For iTunes, the height and width settings are ignored. The image MUST be 1400 pixels square, and iTunes will scale it as required. (5) Click SAVE That's all there is to it. The image will now appear on your sermon page. March 29, 2013, at 11:26 PM EST
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(:title Configuring RSS Feeds (Podcasts):) When you enable the RSS Feed feature on your Site Settings page, an RSS Feed icon will appear at the bottom of all sermon views and the sermon cover page. Clicking the icon takes the user to a page where they can subscribe to a feed of the most recent sermons you have added to your archive. A variety of one-click subscription methods are provided for iTunes and other podcatchers that support one the following protocols:
An RSS 2.0-compatible feed is also provided for manual subscription. The feed contains all the sermons preached on the most recent day. For example, if you most recently published a Morning and an Evening service, the feed will contain two sermons. You must pick a multimedia file format to include in the feed; we recommend you select MP3 Audio for maximum compatibility. If there are multiple files with the same format for a sermon, the one with the highest bandwidth is used. Subscribers to your feed can link from a podcast to your sermon site. The Church Sermon Page URL in your Site Settings page is used as the link target. If this URL is not defined, then the subscriber will be shown a generic page of your sermons with the Sermons Online logo. |