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+ikiwiki's simple podcasting, while elegant and minimal, doesn't (as
+mentioned in [[todo/blogging]]) produce full-featured feeds. In
+fancy podcasts, episodes are accompanied by text content. The feeds
+also have lots more metadata.
+
+[[!toc]]
+
+## Design
+
+7. For each fancy podcast episode, write a blog post containing
+ `\[[!meta enclosure="WikiLink/to/media.mp3"]]`. (Don't specify
+ more than one enclosure -- but if you do, last one wins.)
+7. When rendering to HTML (single-page or inlined), append a link
+ to the media file.
+7. When rendering to RSS/Atom, the text is the entry's content and
+ the media file is its enclosure.
+7. Don't break simple podcasts in pursuit of fancy podcasts.
+
+## Implementation
+
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/fancypodcast author="[[schmonz]]"]]
+
+### Completed
+
+* Cover the existing simple podcast behavior with tests.
+* Add an `enclosure` field to [[plugins/meta]] that expands the
+ given [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] to an absolute URL (feed enclosures
+ pretty much need to be, and the reference feeds I've looked at
+ all do this).
+* Write failing tests for the desired single-page and inlined
+ HTML behavior, then make them pass by adding enclosure stanzas
+ to `{,inline}page.tmpl`.
+
+### Must-have (for [[schmonz]], anyway)
+
+* Write failing tests for the desired RSS/Atom behavior, then make
+ them pass, probably via changes to `{atom,rss}item.tmpl` and
+ [[plugins/inline]].
+* Enrich podcast feed metadata (some of which is iTunes-specific,
+ though I'm not aware of it causing any problems for other
+ podcatchers, and in fact some of them may also use it).
+* Subscribe to a fancy feed in some common podcatchers and compare
+ display details against a reference podcast.
+* Compare feature-for-feature and feed-for-feed with
+ [tru_podcast](http://www.rainskit.com/blog/542/tru_podcast-a-podcasting-plugin-for-textpattern),
+ which is what [[schmonz]] will be migrating from.
+* Think carefully about...
+ * UTF-8.
+ * Other templates with `CONTENT` and whether they want to learn
+ about `ENCLOSURE` (maybe `aggregatepost.tmpl`?).
+ * Whether [[tips/howto avoid flooding aggregators]] suffices for
+ migrating a fancy podcast into ikiwiki.
+* Verify that the feeds validate.
+* Verify that _all_ the tests pass (not just my new ones).
+
+### Nice-to-have
+
+* Let the enclosure's MIME type be specified, in case someone ever
+ needs to disagree with `File::MimeInfo`.
+* Extend [[plugins/inline]] to configurably generate additional
+ subscription links (such as iTunes) alongside the RSS/Atom ones.
+* Verify that [[plugins/more]] plays well with fancy podcasts.