All hosting clients can use HTML formatting in their episode descriptions.
How to style episode descriptions for podcast apps with Basic HTML
How do you make your episode description look excellent in podcast apps (Apple, Google, Spotify)? It’s a common question. Podcasters often upload long descriptions to their episode only to find out it looks like one giant blob of text. Other times they try to add links but it doesn’t work.
The solution? Use some basic HTML formatting to style your content with hyperlinks, spaces, lists, and more.
You can style your podcast description in Resonate (bold text, add hyperlinks, add spaces for paragraphs, etc) using basic HTML. Don’t worry, this is super easy. We’ll walk you step-by-step through the process below.
How to style your episode descriptions
Type out your show notes or episode description and add all the formatting you want to include.
Podcast apps like Apple and Spotify only accept some HTML, so review this article for more info on the best way to format your show notes. Most importantly, don’t use bold or italics. They aren’t accepted on all the major apps.
3. Click “Edit HTML source code.”
4. Copy the HTML
5. Log into app.resonaterecordings.com and paste the HTML into your episode description
6. Check the formatting on podcast apps like Google, Spotify, and Apple.
After you publish or update your content and the podcast apps refresh, you will see your description appear with proper formatting.
6. Check the formatting of your episode description on your RSS Feed link or Microsite link.
