I retired from personal blogging in July 2008.
But you can find me over at http://blog.xero.com.
I’ve updated my RSS feed to now have Enclosures.
e.g.
<enclosure url=”http://www.scripting.com/mp3s/weatherReportSuite.mp3″ length=”12216320″ type=”audio/mpeg” />
The enclosure tag allows an RSS aggregator to download the enclosure (which is like an attachment in email terms) directly. So if your aggregator allows automatic podcast downloading (like iTunes) it may automatically download the enclosure.
Other scenario’s where you’ll see RSS with enclosures might include press releases or documentation updates.
I looked at implementing dasBlog but decided I’d keep maintaining my own blog software, which is developed in ASP.Net over SQL Server.
This blog site has 3 projects.
- Website - render an enclosure in the UI, if it exists (as below)
- RSSFeed - add the enclosure tag
- Editor - add an enclosure field to the content database and update stored proc’s, DAL and UI.
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