Use Wordpress for Podcasting

Wordpress has been a favorite program of mine for a while now.  We have several Wordpress blogs and they work great.  So attending this session at the New Media Expo was a definite for me. 

How to go from using Wordpress for just a blog to using it for a podcast was something I plan to do very soon.  Charles Stricklin from The WordPress Podcast gave this session on the topic.  He seems like a very helpful person and I enjoyed talking with him in person afterward.

Here are some important points from the session…

Why WordPress?

• Wordpress is the most used blogging platform.
• It is free (open source)
• It is also very well supported by the community
• It has millions of users, designers, and coders.

To hinder hackers and thieves from hurting your site, rename your table prefix or restrict access to wp-content and wp-includes directories.  (I doubt I’ll do that.)  He also recommended using a limited account when posting.  In other words, don’t use the admin account regularly.  (This is easier.  I should do it.)

Wordpress feeds are available for not only the entire blog, but for a particular tag or category.  (I did not know that!)

Use Feedburner.  (I did know that.)

To assist with the problematic “Digg effect” of running out of bandwidth due to popularity, use “WP Super Cache” plugin.

Other useful and necessary plugins are podpress and feedsmith.

For podcast hosting, try researching Podango, Hostmonster, Bluehost, or Dreamhost.

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