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New Feature: Guests (and Improvements to Hosts)

Today I've just rolled out a new feature that came from a great suggestion in the Fireside Slack: Guests!

The new Guests feature works in much the same way that the Hosts feature works: you can create a guest, add their name, bio, social links, and avatar. They will receive their own Guest page on your Fireside website, with a listing of each episode they've appeared on (and a custom RSS feed to hear just those episodes), and each episode's guests' avatars will appear on the Episode page.

I've also expanded and improved the hosts feature a bit, so it's easier to select hosts from the individual Episode pages.

There's now both a Hosts and Guests page (removing Hosts from the about section and giving them their own area). And of course you can control the visibility of these pages in the menu bar with toggles on the Settings page.

Note: you'll need to be on a Standard plan to access this feature.

I hope this makes Host and Guest management easier. Please keep the great suggestions coming!

-Dan