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Does anyone know if there will be an Calendar/Event module and a Media/Sermon module added anytime soon?  We want to go live, but we are missing some items that our current system has.

Thanks!

  • Photo of Don Smallman

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    Trey, I dont see Podcasting in the Content?  Do I need to add it?

    • Trey Hendon III

      Trey Hendon III

      I'll try to get something documented on it for a more detailed step-by-step. It's one of those things that the pieces all exist, but not the blueprint yet. :)


      If you're feeling brave with a little guidance and no pictures, what you do is:



      1. Make a new Content Channel Type. (ie: Podcast)

      2. Add attributes to the new Content Channel Type that will hold the URL values to the files you're podcasting. (We CDN our video files from Vimeo Pro. If you didn't mind the bandwidth coming all back to your server, you could setup a file uploader module and host it on your own web server. )

      3. Create a new Liquid Template for the feed (General Settings > Defined Types > Liquid Templates) that focuses on the attribute you want to "enclose" in the XML.

      4. Use the GetChannelFeed handler to view XML. ( http://myrocksite.com/GetChannelFeed.ashx?ChannelId=1&TemplateId=526&Count=9999 Note that the GetChannelFeed by default only shows the last 10 items, so that's why I set the count to 9999. Additionally, I'd run this XML feed through something like FeedBurner for end-user consumption.)


      Additionally, I've got multiple attributes setup and can run my audio and video podcast from the same library of information. I just use two different Liquid Templates to filter the audio and video attributes to an "enclosure" node in my XML.

      • Don Smallman

        Don Smallman

        Hi Trey! Have you had time to create a document yet? Do you have something that you have created on your Rock website that I can look at?

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        Hey Don,

        I believe all of those features are planned in the next few months.  You can see the full list on Rock's roadmap page located here:

        https://trello.com/b/C8gulcfu/roadmap

        Hope that helps!

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        Additionally, the current release has podcasting now working in the Content Channel section. We'll be writing (and sharing) a Media Player powered by a Content Channel and using Vimeo Pro as the CDN. (The Media Player will be very similar to: http://media.oakhillschurch.com )
      • Photo of Don Smallman

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        Excellent!  Thanks for sharing.

      • Photo of Don Smallman

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        Thanks Trey.  Can you let me know when the docs are done?  I am not a programmer, so I may need a little more instruction :)

        Is there a reason to source your Audio/Video content to Vimeo rather than Youtube, or some other place?  Right now we just do audio, but need to plan for video in the future.

        Thanks!

        Don Smallman
        don@simplifyitaz.com