Comments on: TrackBack-link stuff http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/ Making it up as I go along. Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin Wisse http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Martin Wisse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/#comment-57 So explain it to me in very very simple terms: how to I ping you to get my blog to display in your trackbacks? So explain it to me in very very simple terms: how to I ping you to get my blog to display in your trackbacks?

]]> By: Laurabelle http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Laurabelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/#comment-58 Generally I send TrackBack pings by getting my Movable Type installation to do it for me. However, I have just determined, with the help of the <a href="http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_trackback.html#trackback%20ping%20format" title="TrackBack Ping Format">Movable Type documentation</a>, that it is entirely possible to ping Movable Type blogs manually. For my blog, the URL to ping is this: http://www.niceperson.org/cgi-imps/mt/mt-tb.cgi?tb_id=ID&url=URL&title=TITLE&blog_name=BLOGNAME ID is the TrackBack ID for the post on my blog. (It's the number at the end of the TrackBack URL.) URL is the permanent link for your blog entry. I think the rest of it is pretty self-explanatory. You need to give at least entry title or blog name (or preferably both), or else there won't be any text for the link. An excerpt is nice but could, I imagine, be cumbersome for a manual ping. You should convert spaces to "%20" unless your browser does that automagically. It's a simple HTTP GET request, so fill out the URL as you desire, stick it in your browser location bar, and submit the request. If you don't get an error, it worked. Generally I send TrackBack pings by getting my Movable Type installation to do it for me. However, I have just determined, with the help of the Movable Type documentation, that it is entirely possible to ping Movable Type blogs manually.

For my blog, the URL to ping is this:
http://www.niceperson.org/cgi-imps/mt/mt-tb.cgi?tb_id=ID&url=URL&title=TITLE&blog_name=BLOGNAME

ID is the TrackBack ID for the post on my blog. (It's the number at the end of the TrackBack URL.) URL is the permanent link for your blog entry. I think the rest of it is pretty self-explanatory. You need to give at least entry title or blog name (or preferably both), or else there won't be any text for the link. An excerpt is nice but could, I imagine, be cumbersome for a manual ping. You should convert spaces to "%20" unless your browser does that automagically.

It's a simple HTTP GET request, so fill out the URL as you desire, stick it in your browser location bar, and submit the request. If you don't get an error, it worked.

]]> By: Phil Ringnalda http://blog.niceperson.org/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Phil Ringnalda Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.niceperson.org/wordpress/2003/02/11/trackback-link-stuff/#comment-59 But don't count on being able to ping with a GET for much longer: I'd guess that MT 2.6 won't accept GET pings, since the spec talks about it being deprecated for POST and no longer accepted after January 2003 (which always sounds to me like Ben has a timebomb planted in everyone's code - though as widespread as MT is getting, I guess he does, sort of). But don't count on being able to ping with a GET for much longer: I'd guess that MT 2.6 won't accept GET pings, since the spec talks about it being deprecated for POST and no longer accepted after January 2003 (which always sounds to me like Ben has a timebomb planted in everyone's code - though as widespread as MT is getting, I guess he does, sort of).

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