Working with a web designer on your Podpage website

Hired a designer who doesn't know Podpage? Some designers add large amounts of custom code, which works — but it can make it harder to update colors and layouts later unless you understand their code. The videos and specs below help a designer (or you) learn Podpage's built-in design tools quickly. It's pretty easy to do most of it yourself.

Full walkthrough

This video goes from A to Z, spotlighting most of our features and how to create a great color scheme.

Image sizes in Podpage

Podcast cover art

Your cover art ("show art") should follow Apple's recommended specifications:

  • Dimensions: 1400x1400 pixels minimum, 3000x3000 pixels maximum
  • File size: under 500 KB
  • File type: JPG, JPEG, or PNG

Cover art is pulled in via your RSS feed from your media host. To change it, update it with your media host — or upload a separate logo under Design → Website Logo.

Share images

Share images appear when your website or an episode is shared on social media. Recommended size: 1200x630 pixels.

  • Website share image: in your dashboard, go to Settings → Advanced Settings and set the share image.
  • Episode share image: go to Episodes → All Episodes and edit the episode.

Background and banner images

Banner images appear at the top of your pages. We recommend at least 1500x400 pixels — crisp on large screens and still workable on mobile. Use a background image rather than baking large text into the banner, since text in an image may not resize well on small screens.

Setting colors

In your dashboard, go to Design → Colors, Fonts, Layout.

More video walkthroughs

Updating the navigation bar

Updating the home page header

Adding categories to the front page

Creating custom pages

Adjusting the sidebar

Using tables in Podpage

Tip: If a designer wants to go beyond the built-in tools, they can add CSS and JavaScript under Design → Custom Code — just keep a note of what they add so future updates stay easy.