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Shawn
(@shawnogordo)
There’s no setting in PowerPress that does this. Usually, if an entire site is using https, then the media link will automatically come up as https.
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This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by
Shawn.
Thanks! My two podcast sites are with different hosts, and I’m working to consolidate them. I’ll see if that eliminates whatever the variable is.
Hmm. I moved my site to a new host and configured its new SSL certificate — but the download link for my MP3s is still HTTP, even though the rest of the site is HTTPS. Here’s an example:
https://www.gamebits.net/2015/07/15/indiesider-26-leadlight-gamma/
Which links to:
[audio src="http://media.blubrry.com/indiesider/s/gamebits.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/podcast/is26-leadlight_gamma.mp3" /]
Any idea what I can do to change that link and force it to be secure?
-Ken
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Shawn
(@shawnogordo)
Run the Find & Replace Tool within PowerPress so it changes http://media.blubrry.com/ to https://media.blubrry.com/
Hello @kgagne,
I replied with additional details with other plugin suggestions to update the blog post content but it must be hung up by spam filters on ww.wp.xz.cn. Hopefully my comment will get approved and give you additional info on other search and replace plugins you can use.
Thanks,
Angelo
Thanks, Angelo!
After executing Shawn’s suggestion, I used BackupBuddy’s server tools to do a more thorough sweep for related changes. I think I’m good now!
Hello Ken,
Sounds good! The only other detail in my reply, avoid changing the value in the GUID column of the posts table. Doing so will cause issues for folks who are subscribed, mainly re-detecting all of your episodes as new, and also loosing any episode specific rankings you built over time on iTunes.
Thanks,
Angelo
Hello Ken,
If you are hosting your podcast on blubrry podcast hosting, you do not have to do anything but check a checkbox,
You have 2 basic options:
1. Edit each post manually and update the media URLs in the blog posts and in the Podcast Episode box. If you have less than 100 episodes, I would recommend doing this as you can ‘verify’ every media URL to make sure it is still iTunes compliant on the new host.
2. Use tools to programatically replace the media URLs.
If you only use PowerPress, then you can go to the PowerPress > Tools menu and select the “Find and Replace Media URLs” tool. It will first let you enter partial URLs and replacement partial URLs, it will replace the portion that it finds with what you specify. You can simply enter “http://” and “https://” to make the switch. In step 2 it will list all of the episodes that will be updated and at the bottom there is a checkbox that is already checked to verify the URLs. Please keep this checked. It may take a little while once you click submit, but it is worth checking every URL.
If you also placed media URLs into your blog post content, then you can use a tool such as the Search & Replace or Better Search Replace plugins. I have used the first one many times with success. I recommend backing up your site database before running any of these tools. One word of caution, make sure you do not modify the GUID column when converting URLs to https, doing so will cause iTunes to think there are new episodes as well as loose episode ratings on itunes.
Thanks,
Angelo
