Core Publisher: Creating Programs

Creating Programs in Composer Pro

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro How are Composer Pro and Core Publisher related?

Core Publisher pulls your list of programs, guide and playlists from Composer Pro

What program information is pulled over from Composer Pro into Core Publisher?• Program Name• Program Air Time• Program Description• Program Hosts• Playlists

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

Each program is represented by a block on your program grid. Use the pencil and red “X” icons to either delete or edit your programs.

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

Any spaces in your program guide that still need a program added will display a green + (plus sign). Click on the to create a new program.

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

Select “Recurring Program”, then enter the schedule information for your program.

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

If you are adding a syndicated program, select it from the Add a Syndicated Program dropdown. If not, enter the program name in the text field and select the program format.

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

Any information in these fields will be pulled over to your Core Publisher program, but you will want to edit it later to link to your Core Publisher People.

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Refresher: Creating Programs in Composer Pro

Under Streaming Status, select WS. Then, enter your program description and Save your program in Composer Pro.

Programs in Core Publisher

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Creating Programs: Getting Started What programs should I create?• Any programs that you currently air should be created

in Core Publisher• You can see a list of your programs on your Program

Guide at /schedule Do I have to do anything to my Composer site to create

programs in Core Publisher?• We suggest cleaning up any conflicts with your

Composer program guide before creating programs because program information is pulled from Composer.

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Resolving Conflicts in Composer

What is a conflict?A conflict lets you know that 2+ programs are

overlapping or were scheduled for the same time.

How do I resolve a conflict? To resolve a conflict, you can do one of two things:• Edit icon and change the program’s end date to a

date in the past.• Ignore it if it’s a Temporary Edit (if it’s only for one day

or time period)

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Creating Programs: Getting StartedAnatomy of a Program Page

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Creating Programs: Getting StartedAnatomy of a Program Page

Program information, including air days and times, hosts (which link to their People pages), a program description and the program category

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Creating Programs: Getting StartedAnatomy of a Program Page

Your playlists are pulled directly from Composer

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Creating Programs: Getting StartedAnatomy of a Program Page

If you create Posts associated with your program, they will show up on the Program page.

Creating Programs in Core Publisher

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Adding Content: Program

For each program you want to create, gather:Basic program description (1-2 paragraphs)Time and days that the program airs on your stationNames of all hosts (each local host should have a

People page)Program logo

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Adding Content: Program

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Adding Content: Program

Select the program that you want to add from the Import program information list, which contains all of your programs from Composer.

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Adding Content: Program

Select the program that you want to add from the Import program information list, which contains all of your programs from Composer.

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Adding Content: Program

Select the program that you want to add from the Import program information list, which contains all of your programs from Composer.

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Adding Content: Program

Your Program Name and Medium fields will be automatically completed.

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Adding Content: Program

Your When does it air? field is a human-readable field that you create.

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Adding Content: Program

You can add text and links with some formatting (bold, italicized, bulleted and numbered lists, etc) in the Program field.

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Adding Content: Program

When you import the program from Composer, the host will be added to the Enter host name(s) field.

If your host has a Person page, remove them from that field and add them to the Enter host name: field.

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Adding Content: Program

Add a Program logo to the top of your Program page.

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Adding Content: Program

Do not edit the information in the Database information field. These IDs are required so that your program will connect with Composer.

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Adding Content: Program

Do not edit the information in the Database information field. These IDs are required so that your program will connect with Composer.

About Programs in Core Publisher

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About Programs in Core PublisherWhere do my program pages “live”? Your programs are

listed on your Program Page at /programs

Programs are listed in tabs by Genre

You can add links to your program pages to your Flexi Menu, Sticky Strip and Skyboxes to promote them.

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About Programs in Core PublisherWhere is my program schedule?

Your programs schedule is located at /schedule

Your schedule link is located in two places on your site by default:

Top utility bar (Programs)

Now Playing Block (Full Schedule)

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About Programs in Core PublisherHow do I navigate the Program Schedule?

Switch between Daily and Weekly View

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About Programs in Core PublisherHow do I navigate the Program Schedule?

Switch between Daily and Weekly View

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About Programs in Core PublisherHow do I navigate the Program Schedule?

Program name links to the Program Page

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About Programs in Core PublisherHow do I navigate the Program Schedule?

If you have multiple radio streams, you can select another channel here

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About Programs in Core PublisherHow do I navigate the Program Schedule?

Select this option to search for schedules by date.

Podcasts & RSS Feedsin Core Publisher

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Creating Podcasts: Getting Started

What is an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed? A RSS feed is a way to deliver constantly updating web content in a format that can be read by web browsers and feed readers. You can subscribe to an RSS Feed or review the feed at will.

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Creating Podcasts: Getting Started

What is a podcast?A podcast is a way to deliver a dynamic feed of audio files via the Internet in an episodic fashion using RSS. You can subscribe to a podcast so it automatically updates when new audio arrives.

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Creating Podcasts: Getting Started

How are podcasts created in Core Publisher?• Podcasts are automatically

created for each Program, Category, Person and Topic that have posts with audio.• You can also add podcasts

from other sites to your podcast/RSS list

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Adding Content: Podcasts

For each podcasts you want to create, gather:Title of your podcastShort description of your podcast (3-5 sentences)Podcast and RSS links

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Creating Podcasts: Getting Started

Where are podcasts displayed in Core Publisher?Podcasts are displayed in two places:

1) In the Podcast and RSS Feeds block in your right rail

2) On your Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss

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Adding Content: Podcasts

How do I find my podcast links?Step One: Click on the icon in the Podcasts & RSS Feeds section of your right rail. This will collapse to two options: “Use iTunes” and “Use a different player”.

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Adding Content: Podcasts

How do I find my podcast links?Step Two: Right click on Use a different player.

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Adding Content: Podcasts

How do I find my podcast links?Step Three: Select “Copy Link address” to copy the URL.

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Adding Content: PodcastsHow do I update my Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss?

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Adding Content: Podcasts

Step One: At the bottom of the page, add a new row and select Rebuild.

How do I update my Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss?

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Adding Content: Podcasts

Step Two: Enter the title of your podcast in the Title field.

How do I update my Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss?

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Adding Content: Podcasts

Step Three:Enter the URLs for the RSS, Podcast (iTunes) and Another Player URL

When adding URLs, enter the complete URL beginning with http://, https:// or itpc://.

How do I update my Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss?

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Adding Content: Podcasts

Step Four:Add a text description of your podcast. You cannot format text in this block.

Check the Enable checkbox to display your podcast on your podcast page.

How do I update my Podcast and RSS Feeds page at [your site URL]/rss?

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Adding Content: Podcasts

1) Open iTunes

How do I submit my podcasts to iTunes?

2) Select iTunes Store from side menu.

3) Select Podcasts from the top Store menu.

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Adding Content: PodcastsHow do I submit my podcasts to iTunes?

4) Select Submit a Podcast from the Podcast Quick Links.

5) Go through the Podcast submission wizard.

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