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Now that you have created your podcast in Timbre, you can add new episodes to the podcast feed from the Episodes Tab. To reach the Episode Tab, find the podcast and click "Manage".

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Step-By-Step
• UI Walkthrough
• Episode Fields

Step-By-Step

Before you start, make sure you have your Podcast episode prepared on your local disk, ready to upload in MP3 format.

Step 1: Navigate to the Manage page of the Podcast to which the episode will be added.

Step 2: Make sure you are on the "Episodes" tab and select Select “+ Episode”.

Step 3: In the episode creation modal, click "Upload Media" and select your episode's MP3 asset from your local disk. If you wish to select an audio asset from your Timbre storage library, click "Select Existing Media" and search for the file in the dropdown. While it uploads you can populate the form with the relevant information for the podcast.

See "Episode Fields" at the bottom of this article for a full list of fields and any requirements.

Step 4: Select "Create & View Episode" to finalise the episode creation and direct you to the newly uploaded episode's edit page to preview the episode and add chapter markers.

If you plan on uploading a few new episodes or do not need to make any further changes, you can click "Create Episode" (instead of "Create & View Episode") to create the episode without redirection to the episode edit page.

UI Walkthrough

Step 1: Navigate to the Manage page of the Podcast to which the episode will be added.

Step 2: Make sure you are on the "Episodes" tab and select Select “+ Episode”.

Step 3: In the episode creation modal, click "Upload Media" and select your episode's MP3 asset from your local disk.

Step 4: Select "Create & View Episode" to finalise the episode creation and direct you to the newly uploaded episode's edit page to preview the episode and add chapter markers.

Episode Fields

Episode Name * 

This will reflect as the title of the episode if you embed it and populate the <name> field of the item in an RSS feed (if the episode is used in a feed)

Description *

A brief synopsis of the episode's content.

Published

Choose whether the episode is immediately published (publicly accessible) upon creation. Scheduled publish times will override this value.

Explicit

Status to warn the audience of content unsuitable for all audiences.

It is important that Explicit content is properly flagged. Explicit content that is not flagged as such may be removed or banned from any third-party directories distributing the podcast.

Type

Setting your episode type allows you to make the most of third-party integrations. It allows certain pieces of content to be flagged differently from your regular episodes.

Artwork *

Choose an image from your artwork library to accompany your episode or upload a new image from your local disk.

You can set this to appear alongside the media asset in the Timbre player. It will also be tied to the episode in the XML Feed. 

Ensure that the episode artwork matches the podcast artwork requirements so the XML feed validates in all third-party services.

Season No. / Episode No.

If your podcast is being released seasonally over definite time periods as opposed to continuously over an indefinite time period, we recommend assigning season and episode numbers to your episodes to integrate with the season-splitting features on various podcast apps. 

Author/Presenter

The author or presenter name improves discoverability in search results and podcast recommendations.

Homepage URL

If your episode has a page on your website, link it here.

Tags

Adding tags relevant to the episode content can improve episode discoverability on third-party platforms.