How to Add an iTunes Subscribe Button to a Wordpress Blog for a Podcast

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Add your Podcast to iTunes.

   You will need to host your original podcast on a server and then post the RSS link on iTunes.
   
   Go to apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs for further information about keeping and posting podcast episodes on iTunes.
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   Step 2: Gather your iTunes URL and feed number.

   When you post a podcast, you should receive an email from Apple telling you your URL with the feed number.
   
   It should look similar to "" http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=YourFeedNumber."
   
   Click on the blog name and go to the dashboard.
   
   Find the Appearance bar, and click on the "Widgets" option. , Click on the Text widget and drag it up to the upper right corner of the page.
   
   This will show the active widgets on your blog and where they are placed. , There is more than 1 way to do this, depending how you want the iTunes subscribe link to look.
   
   Choose one of the following ways:
   Add an iTunes subscription link to your text widget, using the general formula of HTML code, URL, text and closing HTML code.
   
   For example, place the usual hyperlink HTML code, which is a less than sign (<), then "a href= " at the beginning, and then your link, "> "Subscribe http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=YOUR-FEED-ID-NUMBER-HERE>"Subscribe in iTunes, and then close your html code with a less than sign (<) "/a" and then a greater than sign (>).
   
   You will need to include the quotes at the beginning and end of your URL, but not around any of your beginning or ending HTML code.
   
   Save the link and it will appear on your blog.
   
   Find the HTML code for a chicklet subscribe button graphic.
   
   Go to ifeedreaders.com/chicklet-creator/ to get button code to put in your text widget.
   
   Copy the code into the text box.
   
   Replace the link code with your RSS iTunes feed code.
   
   Save the code and it will appear on your blog.
   
   If these codes do not work properly, try replacing the "at the beginning of your link with "itpc:"
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   Step 3: Sign in to your WordPress.com blog.

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   Step 4: Add the "Text" widget to your blog.

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   Step 5: Create your iTunes subscribe button.

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