Enhance Email Template Customization and Podcast App Link Formatting
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe
While using Castopod for setting up a private podcast subscription, I encounter limitations in customizing email templates and links for podcast apps, which affects the user experience.
Describe the solution you'd like
I propose the following enhancements to email templates and app links:
- Allow modification of the 'From' field name in emails (currently defaults to "Castopod").
- Update the format of links for common podcast applications to ensure they open in the intended app, similar to the approach used by https://helloaudio.fm. For example:
- Apple Podcast App:
podcast://castopod.example.com/@premium_show/feed.xml?token=ABCDEFG
- Overcast App:
overcast://x-callback-url/add?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcastopod.example.com%2F%40premium_show%2Ffeed.xml%3Ftoken%3DABCDEFG
- Google Podcast App:
https://podcasts.google.com/subscribe-by-rss-feed?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9jYXN0b3BvZC5leGFtcGxlLmNvbS9AcHJlbWl1bV9zaG93L2ZlZWQueG1sP3Rva2VuPUFCQ0RFRkc
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- Apple Podcast App:
- Introduce a 'Copy to Clipboard' feature for RSS feeds with brief instructions, similar to helloaudio.fm.
Click here to copy the RSS feed Open your podcast app Paste RSS feed
Describe alternatives you've considered
An alternative could be providing detailed user instructions for adding feeds to podcast apps, but this lacks the user-friendliness and efficiency of direct link access.
Additional context
Enhancing these features would significantly improve the user experience for private podcast subscribers, making the process more intuitive and accessible.