Step by Step ... How to
include a PowerPoint in a Podcast Using
FeedForAll
PowerPoint presentations can be included
in RSS feeds as an enclosure. The process
is suprisingly simple, and by making PowerPoints
available using RSS, publishers give viewers
of what they watch and when. Also, many podcasts
are available for syndication, which increase
the exposure presentations will recieve.
The following is a step by step tutorial that
explains how to setup your PowerPoint in the
RSS feed.
Start a new
RSS feed
1. Enter a title for the new
feed.
2. Enter a collective description
of all the PowerPoint files contained
in the RSS feed.
3. Enter the URL of the website
or webpage you want associated with
the RSS feed.
Click the
'Items' tab and then the Add Item Button
4. Enter a title for this specific
PowerPoint file.
5. Enter a description of what
the PowerPoint file contains.
6. Enter the URL of the website
or webpage you want associated with
the PowerPoint file.
7. Click the 'optional tag'
8.
Click the 'Enclosure' field a list will
automatically drop down.
9.
Enter the URL of the PowerPoint presentation
on the web.
10. List the file size of the
presentation in bytes (without commas).
11. List PowerPoint and the format.
file
suggested
type
.ppt
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
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12. Save and FTP the feed to
your server.
While you can distribute PowerPoint's using
the above model, many publishers instead opt
to convert their PowerPoint to a video file
and create a videocast. The benefit to converting
the PowerPoints to video are that they can
then be viewed on portable devices like iPods,
not just computers that have PowerPoint or
PowerPoint viewers installed. If you instead
prefer to include the PowerPoint as a video
file please refer to the videocasting
tutorial.
