How to Add an iTunes Subscribe Button to a WordPress Blog for a Podcast
If you are running a blog on WordPress, you can add an iTunes subscribe button to it for your podcast in order to stay connected to your audience at any time and to develop a good interactive with them. It is not very difficult to add the iTunes subscribe button, but you should have basic understanding of HTML so as to get the job done. If you are looking forward to get more and more subscribers for your podcast, you can take help from the given steps.
Things Required:
– WordPress administrator
– HTML chicklet coding
– iTunes URL with feed number
Instructions
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First of all, you have to add the podcast to your iTunes. You will have to host your podcast with any webhosting server in order to get the RSS link on your iTunes. To get more information in this regard, you can visit Apple website.
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After posting your podcast, you will get an email from Apple in which you will find the URL and feed number. Save the email on your computer.
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Now, you have to sign in to your WordPress account. When the blog is opened, go to the dashboard and ‘Widgets’ option in the menu bar. Then, you have to click on the ‘Text’ widget to add it on your blog.
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You can create your iTunes subscribe button after adding the ‘Text’ widget to your computer. You will have to enter the URL in your HTML code. Don’t forget to put the opening and closing tag signs of HTML. Otherwise, your code will not work.
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After entering the code, go to ifeedreaders.com/chicklet-creator/ in order to get the code for your ‘Text’ widget. Just copy the code and enter it into the textbox. Then, replace the RSS iTunes code with the link code. Go back to your blog and you can see the subscribe button for your podcast.
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If you are using Wordpress.org, you will have to follow a slightly different procedure to add the iTunes subscribe button for your podcast. You will need to install the plugin to run the button properly. In addition, you also require the iTunes URL and your account ID.
