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Widget Podcast Sunset Notice

Widget Podcast has been placed to sunset and is now longer supported. We would like to thank all our customers who have used Widget Podcast.

Different modules of Widget Podcast have been incorporated within ModelBaker as a plugin, theme, template or vendor component. As part of our roadmap and support policy, we are offering an upgrade path from Widget Podcast to ModelBaker at a massive discount.

Widget Podcast customers are eligible for receiving a ModelBaker discount. Enter your Widget Podcast license key and your email address at the time of purchase at our Coupon Code Request Application.

Widget Podcast Install (Archived)

1. Set up database
Configure your database with a database name, user name, user password
2. Deploy web site
Deploy your web site to your web server.
3. Configure database connection
Find /libs/DbConnection.php and configure settings within this file to match the newly created database name, user name, user password.
4. Configure Smarty connection
Find /libs/Smarty.class.php and configure var $template_dir, var $compile_dir and var $config_dir to reflect your environment. Make sure the paths are absolute and they do not end with a "/"
5. Change directory permissions
Make sure /work and /media are writable. On a UNIX system, chmod 777 both directories. On Windows, right-click on both directories, click writable.
6. Run install script
Run http://yourcompany/install.php from a web browser.
7. Remove install script
For security, make sure the install.php and upgrade.php and are removed from the web server.

Widget Podcast Change Log

Version 2.0.30
Updated Global.php in libs folder, changed query for Win MySQL 5.x
Version 2.0.29
Updated install.php and upgrade.php defect for Windows MySQL 5.x
Version 2.0.28
Updated index.php for mailing all form POSTs
Updated install.php and upgrade.php
Removed comments from forms, not needed
Version 2.0.27
Updated podcast.php feed with new iTunes image tag.
Version 2.0.26
Patched podcastForm.html in the admin folder for explicit drop down.
Version 2.0.25
Updated rss.php with new pubdate string,
MySQL 4.x stores timestamp in 14 digits.
Version 2.0.24
Updated rss.php with new pubdate string
Version 2.0.23
Updated rss.php with new pubdate string
Version 2.0.22
Updated commentForm.html and Global.php
Version 2.0.21
Updated controller: comment.php
Updated views commentForm.html; admin: commentForm.html, commentList.html, sidenav.html
Updated index.php, resource.conf, Global.php files
Version 2.0.20
Updated podcast.php with iTunes author tag within channel feed
Version 2.0.19
Minor update on views content.html
Version 2.0.18
Updated admin php (removed some echo comments)
Updated Global php
Version 2.0.17
Updated Flash template for IE patch
Version 2.0.16
Updated CSS and flash template
Updated index php
Version 2.0.15
Updated most to all .php
Replace all PHP for admin, css and templates
Version 2.0.14
Updated templates and all php files
Version 2.0.13
Massive update on all PHP files
Updated most to all templates
Updated .htaccess, no longer needed for mod rewriting
Should replace everything
*RECOMMENDED UPDATE*
Version 2.0.12
Add Flash support
Updated index php with Flash update
Updated customer.tpl and mostly ALL of admin template files
Add player.swf in images folder
Add flash.html and updated content.html for Flash support
Version 2.0.11
Updated admin php file w/ magic quotes wrapper
Updated admin views sidenav.html
Version 2.0.1
-updated install docs
-patch admin php file to handle file uploads correctly
Version 2.0.0
First public release with MySQL/CMS support
Version 1.0.24
Updated root podcast.php with correct syntax.
Updated channelForm.js with removal of required image
Version 1.0.23
Updated .htaccess file to include .m4v
Updated /libs/upload*.php to handle new Video Podcasts (.m4v)
Version 1.0.22
Updated all PHP files with property php name at first line.
Version 1.0.21
Patched header inc files
Version 1.0.2
Massive bug fix in admin section
Added comments sections
Added none upload of audio files
Fixed JS bugs
NOTE: RUN UPDATE.PHP SCRIPT
Version 1.0.13
Updated css
Updated podcast.php
Updated channel.php
Removed Mail.php from build (test file)
Updated language-en.php and language-es.php
Version 1.0.12
Updated build to include /media/index file
Version 1.0.11
Updated default.css with IE patch, changed wrapper DIV
Version 1.0.1
Removed upload.php (not needed)
Added /media/index.php for thumbnail generation
Removed some required fields from /js/ library
Updated /shows.php with thumbnails
Version 1.0.0
First public release with database support

Widget Podcast Requirements (Archived)

The following requirements are needed to run Widget Podcast.

  • UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
  • MySQL 3.23.55 or above *
  • PHP 4.2.1 or above *
  • GD Graphic Library *
  • Apache 1.3 or above *
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 / Mozilla 1.4/ Opera 7.x / Safari 1.2
* GD library ships with PHP and must be enabled. Most of these software packages are free downloads from the web. PHP can be installed under Microsoft IIS, but this has not been tested by Widget Press.