March 25th, 2010 by Will Spaetzel
Last night we launched PubSubHubBub support for CastRoller. What this means is that for any podcast that has PubSubHubBub enabled, CastRoller will now receive new episodes within seconds of the podcaster pressing the “Publish” button. No more waiting for episodes to appear or pressing the “Refresh” button to check for new episodes.
The really great news is that almost half of all of the Podcasts on CastRoller already have PubSubHubBub enabled, so you’ll be getting instant updates for most of your favorite shows. PubSubHubBub is picking up in popularity, so we predict that the majority of shows will support it in the near future.
February 15th, 2010 by Will Spaetzel
When you are logged into CastRoller at the top-right of the the page that shows the number of new episodes in your inbox. Previously, this number showed the number of episodes that have been shared since you last viewed the inbox. We just updated the site, so this number now shows the episodes that you haven’t viewed or played.
This will make it easier for you to enjoy all of the episode that your contacts share with you. To mark an episode as viewed, just click on its title, or play it in the contextual playlist. If you would like to clear your inbox, there is also a new “Mark All Read” button. Finally, to view older episodes shared with you, there is a new all inbox episodes page that shows all of the episodes in your inbox, even the ones you have played already.
February 15th, 2010 by Will Spaetzel
One of the coolest features in the new version of CastRoller is the playlist that appears next to the player on the episode page for all podcasts. We just rolled out a new feature to make the playlist a lot more relevant to what you are currently doing.
The playlist is now filled in with more episodes from whatever list of episodes you were viewing to get to that episode. So if you are viewing a podcast’s page, the playlist will have more episodes from that podcast, if you were viewing your Starred Episodes, the playlist will have more starred episodes and so on.
This update should make it even easier to enjoy the content that you love on CastRoller.
February 9th, 2010 by Will Spaetzel
Welcome to the twenty fifth episode of the CastRoller podcast for Feb 9th 2010 featuring Bill Deys and Will Spaetzel. This was recorded while streaming live at live.castroller.com
CastRoller News
Tech News
Picks of the Week
Events
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February 9th, 2010 by Will Spaetzel
We just launched a brand new version of CastRoller which comes with a great new
look and feel as well as many great new features. Read on to learn more about the
new site or visit CastRoller to see it for yourself.
New Channel Page
When viewing a Channel on CastRoller, you’ll be immediately shown a large player
perfect for viewing video or listening to audio. More episodes from the channel
are shown in a playlist right next to the player, letting you skip through all of
the episodes in the channel. With this update, you’ll find that you are enjoying
a lot more great content on CastRoller.
Episode Page
Similar to the new Channel page, the Episode page now also shows a playlist of more
episodes for you to enjoy. You can click to immediately start playing more episodes
from the same podcast, or start related episodes from other podcasts.
Also, when podcasters include full show notes in their feeds, the information is
now available right on the Episode page. Just click “Full Description” to have the
full show notes displayed on the page.
Podcasts
The big news for Podcasts is that podcasters can now claim their podcasts on CastRoller.
This lets them update the details for the podcast as well as set options for how
the podcast appears on CastRoller.
We have also revamped the podcast directory.
The top podcast and episode lists are now refreshed more often and the information
is now based on recent activity on CastRoller, so the lists are more dynamic and
highlight the best content on CastRoller.
User Home Page
When you log in to CastRoller and view your personalized
home page, you’ll see a new interface that makes it easier to check the
content that is personalized for you. The new tabs allow you to switch between your
sections quickly and easily.
This new version opens the door to a lot of new features to come soon. Be sure to
check out CastRoller Blog to read about
updates as they happen.
July 7th, 2009 by Will Spaetzel
We want to be able to register a vanity url for CastRoller on Facebook, but we need 100 fans first. Anyone who becomes a fan of CastRoller on Facebook and is among the first 100 will be entered into a draw to win a brand new iPod Shuffle.
If you are already a fan, please invite your friends. The sooner we reach 100 fans, the sooner that you’ll have a chance to win a new shuffle!
Update: The contest is now over, and the winner is Calvin Horne who is Calvin on CastRoller.
June 23rd, 2009 by Will Spaetzel
Welcome to the eleventh CastRoller podcast featuring Bill Deys and Will Spaetzel. This is a special episode recorded just after the closing of Podcasters Across Borders 2009
Six String Nation Guitar
The Six String Nation guitar is an amazing project that takes parts of Canadian history and puts it all together into an amazing guitar.
The project needs our help to continue, please visit sixstringnation.com to see how you can help out.
PAB 2010
Bob and Mark announced that Podcasters Across Borders 2010 will be moving from Kingston to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.
Interview with Sean McGaughey
We interview Sean McGaughey he was one of the first users of CastRoller, and he has created a channel containing Catholic podcasts, The Catholic Roundup. We talk about his early thoughts of the site and where he wants the site to go in the future.
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February 12th, 2009 by Will Spaetzel
If you have enabled automatic posting of your shared episodes to Twitter, we have made an update that makes things easier for you. Previously if you chose to share the episode with a note, the post on Twitter did not contain your note, and instead had the title of the episode as the Tweet. Now, if you share with a note, we will use your note as the text of the Tweet instead, of course shortening the text to fit within the 140 character limit.
July 14th, 2008 by Will Spaetzel
Last evening we published a brand new feature that will greatly increase the social aspect of CastRoller. You can now share any podcast episode with any of your contacts on CastRoller. You can either share with one of your contacts or with all of your contacts.
When an episode is shared with you, it appears in your inbox. A new page that lists all of your received episodes. Of course, there is an RSS feed for your inbox, so you can have all of the episodes shared with you automatically appear on your computer or device.
You will also be sent an e-mail letting you know the details of the shared episode. You can opt out of receiving these e-mails with a new option available on the settings page.
We hope you enjoy the new feature, please let us know what you think!
July 8th, 2008 by Will Spaetzel
CastRoller will be unavailable from 5:30 EDT to 7:00 EDT this evening for scheduled maintenance.
We will be moving the site over to new servers to better accomodate our growing needs.
Update: The move went smoothly with no down time. We made some updates to CastRoller’s DNS, so please let us know if you you find anything wrong.
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