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To add an article, just login, then click the link in the user menu that says 'submit an article'.  Write in whatever you want, scroll down on the page until you see the drop down menus for section and category, then select the appropriate ones.  Make sure 'yes' is clicked for the published option, and if you want it on the home page as well click the radio button for 'show on front page'.  Scroll back up, hit save, and your content will appear on the site.

If you want your content to be visible only to registered members, you can set the access level.  Registered means only site members can view the article.  Special means only those with moderator privileges can view the article.  You can also set the article to be taken off the site on a certain date, or set it so that it isn't visible until a certain date using the 'Start Publishing' and 'Finish Publishing' options.

Only those with publisher level privileges will have their content appear automatically.  Articles written by members at the author level must be approved by a publisher before they can be viewed on the site.  A typical registered member cannot write an article, author privileges must be awarded by an administrator.

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The Podcast Suite is a set of extensions designed to work with Joomla's core content management component. All podcast episodes are entered into standard Joomla! articles using a tag in the format of {enclose filenamehere.mp3}. The frontend of the component searches for these tags in published articles and adds them to your podcast feed. The plugin turns the tags into links (by default) or MP3 players so that site visitors can preview your podcast before subscribing. (You can use your favorite brower-based MP3 player through the Custom HTML feature if you wish.) The module provides a link to your podcast: both the feed itself and a handy iTunes subscribe link.

What to expect

When you select Podcast > Manage Clips from the components menu, you will be presented with a list of all the files in the folder being used for podcasts (default is images/stories, this can be changed by clicking the Parameters button at the top). The Published column shows if the podcast appears within any article in the system, while the Metadata column shows whether or not iTunes data has been added for the file. To add files to the folder, use FTP as PHP configurations are usually not configured to handle large MP3s.

Clicking on filename links currently point to pages where you can edit show notes and add iTunes-specific information.

If you want to include a file from an external server, use a tag like this in your article: {enclose http://www.otherserver.com/file23.mp3 8474349 audio/mpeg}. The first parameter is the filename, the second is the file length in bytes, and the third is the encoding type.

Before using the podcast component, change the configuration settings by clicking the Parameters button on the Manage Clips page.

Podcasts can be uploaded to the article just like an image.  Click the image button just below the textbox to upload.

Only certain members have image upload privileges, and these privileges are set by category.  Please make sure you are uploading your picture to the correct gallery.  If you believe you should be allowed to upload a picture, contact an administrator for assistance.