How to create a podcast website

The variety of different kinds of web mediums in the Internet is enormous. Everyone can find something to fit their tastes. Competition becomes more touch with time and every website owner is interested in giving something special and unique to their audience. When Internet and personal technologies like iPods and MP3 players became an integral part of our life, podcasting immediately got its place in web development. Podcast is am audio file which contains your own radio show or any audio you want to share with people. For those who prefer listening as a way of information perception podcast websites are the best solution. Why not to target at this niche?

From now you can create your own podcast website in our website builder. With a recently released in-built MP3 Player this can be as easy as ABC. We used this featured corporate e-turnkey as a base for this tutorial: 

The main element on the podcast website is a MP3 file. You can easily upload files from your computer or copy from public directories. To add an audio file, go to “Edit Page Layout” =>”Add Content Box” => Miscellaneous. Select “MP3 Player” and drag this item to the chosen page area. 

To add new files to the player and change its settings, double click on player area and you will be switched to “Edit Content” mode where you can do necessary corrections. You can also add a single audio file or a group of files at once via “Advanced Content Editing” section. In the right menu click on the category “Pages Content”. In the opened menu you will see “MP3 Player” item. Click on the button “Add a new element to MP3 Player” highlighted in red below. In the opened window you can upload a file, give it a name and description. Click on “Add a new element” to save changes. 

This way you can create an unlimited amount of audio files and then simply choose items you want to be displayed on the page in the infobox configuration window (within “Edit Page Layout” mode). 

Now you know how to create the core content element of podcast website in Site2You builder. Next step is changing layout and home page appearance. There won’t be anything new for you in this part. So let’s overview some basic moments of this process: To change company logo, go to “Edit content” and click on “Edit highlighted content button” right in the logo area. 

Here is the new logo and slogan (it can be changed the same way) of our podcast business website:

Double click on site menu and welcome text to edit these elements according your needs. Here is the new header of our website: 

As you know, our premium designed e-turnkeys are fully editable, so you have no limits in developing your website and give it features which will single it out among competitors. In this example, website content area will be divided into a few zones: 

- Recent Episodes where latest audio entries will be listed;

- Now Playing: here visitor will be able to listen to live audio show;

- Reviews where everyone can leave a reply or testimonial and share their thoughts and opinions.

- Popular voices: introduce top presenter of your website to the visitors;

- Recommended podcasts: here you can provide the audience with useful links and podcast resources.

Creating these categories won’t take much of your time at all. To make category title, use “Page texts” infobox. It can be found in “Add content box” section within “Edit Page Layout” mode. Drag the item to the page and switch to “Edit Content” to enter the title you need. Here is the resulting "Recent Episodes" category: 

To create “Reviews” section, go to “Edit Page Layout” => “Add Content Box” => “Listed texts” and drag item “Testimonials” to the necessary position on the page. As always, to change info box settings, switch to “Edit Content” tab by double clicking on the element area. 

For “Popular voices” category we used a text template “Work team” which can be found in the menu described above as well. Just change photos to appropriate ones, paste description of your staff and here is what we’ve got: 

You see that all text templates available in our website builder are easy editable and can be tailored to any project purpose. Here is how we modified element “Featured advantages” (“Edit Page Layout” => “Add Content box” => “Featured Texts” => Featured advantages) into “Recommended podcasts”. 

All pictures and clipart can be found in our media library. To edit text template, switch to the “Edit Content” mode and double click on the element. Use “iBrowser” button in your WYSIWYG editor to open media library or upload your own pictures. Using “Insert/Edit link” button you can easiy link texts and photos to site pages or external resources.

If you’ve been dreaming about own radio show – podcasting is a godsend for you! And now you can create a podcast website without any special effort using our intuitive website builder. Remember, you can contact our Support any moment you need and you will get a professional consultation via chat, email or phone. If you still face some problems while customizing your website, certified webmaster can do the work for you. Simply use “Contact webmaster” button in your admin panel. In this article we introduced our new widget “MP3 Player”. We prepared some more useful tools and addons for you, so check our Blog and Articles to learn about new opportunities you can get with Site2You.