[wp-hackers] [Fwd: [wp-docs] Enclosures]

Bernard Flach bernard.flach at gmail.com
Tue Sep 21 05:58:55 UTC 2004


Think the second option is the best : 

>>  HTTP.
>>  -- Less conveniently, you upload it via ftp to the server, and enter 
>>  the path into WP, which finds it and calculates the file length. The 
>>  length is required for the enclosure spec.

Uploading the enclosure INTO the database makes the database to slow
and to big.  You can think about a feature that you can upload to a
differtent server via FTP (just files)


Bernard




On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:28:05 -0500, Pete Prodoehl
<pete.prodoehl at cygnusinteractive.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 18, 2004, at 11:42 PM, Bernard Flach wrote:
> >
> >> This item is still open.
> >> Who has been experimenting with enclosures yet ?
> >> Got various ideas for implementing Enclosures.  I'm am just not I'm
> >> not very formiliar with the Wordpress Engine.
> >>
> >> Enclosures should not be build in with meta tags and plugins. This
> >> should be a standard option within the admin-part.For example : 1
> >> field for the enclosure-URL, 1 field for the size of the enclosure and
> >> 1 field for the length of the enclosure (in case of an MP3/ AVI / MWA
> >> / Appple Media).
> 
> Steve Ivy wrote:
> > I like the idea of enabling enclosures for WordPress. There's a few
> > things to think about.
> >
> > -- UI-wise you want to be able to just upload the file and have it added
> > as an enclosure.
> >     -- The problem is if the file is very large, it's annoying to do
> > over HTTP.
> > -- Less conveniently, you upload it via ftp to the server, and enter the
> > path into WP, which finds it and calculates the file length. The length
> > is required for the enclosure spec.
> >
> > Not sure of the best way to do it.
> 
> A few notes... "length" denotes the file size in bytes, not the playing
> time of the file. Just making sure everyone gets that...
> 
> Also, you need the 'type' of enclosure, which is a standard mime-type,
> like 'audio/mpeg' for instance.
> 
> See these URLs for more info/background:
> 
>   http://www.thetwowayweb.com/payloadsforrss
> 
>   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ipodder-dev/
> 
> Pete
> 
> 
> 
> 
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