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<H1 CLASS="western">Trackback and Pingback – Howto</H1>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
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<H2 CLASS="western">What they do – an example.</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
[Note: throughout this document <strong>Blog-A</strong> is the remote blog, and
<strong>Blog-B</strong> is your current blog.]
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Suppose you read a post on someone
else's blog, Blog-A say, and you think there is relevant content
(posts and comments) on your site, Blog-B.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">It would be helpful if readers of
Blog-A could see the post and comments on your site Blog-B. That may
be possible by using pingbacks or trackbacks.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Both, if moderated, add a comment to the remote blog.
<ul>
<li> <strong>Pingbacks</strong> are automatic if the post contains the the post
(permalink) link of the remote post. Both sites are recent Wordpress sites.
<li> <strong>Trackbacks</strong> require and contain a specific trackback URL (not the permalink
or post URL) from the remote site. The remote site will not be a recent
Wordpress site.
</ul>
<p>
This is explained in detail at <a href
='http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/'>http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/trackbacks-and-pingbacks/</a>
</p>
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</P>
<H2 CLASS="western">Is it possible?</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">It will be possible if
</P>
<UL>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The administrators of both sites
have enabled track-pingbacks </P>
</UL>
<H2 CLASS="western">Here is how it is done:</H2>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
</P>
<UL>
<LI>
<h4>Administrator pre-actions
</h4>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion
</td>
<td align='center'>Check the boxes
</td>
<td>
<i>
"Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article (slows down posting.)
</i>"
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<i>
"Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)
"</i>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<i>
"Allow people to post comments on new articles
"</i>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<strong>Save changes
</strong>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>Check any Common Setting except Default
</td>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<strong>Save changes
</strong>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Extend Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks </td>
</td>
<td>
</td>
<td>Enter <strong> /usr/bin/php5 /home/sites/upstairsbar.co.uk/public_html/wp-cron.php</strong> in the box(es)
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
<td>
<strong>Update
</strong>
</td>
</table>
</LI>
<LI>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<strong>Visit remote Blog-A</strong>, read the relevant post, and find the
permalink (Wordpress site) or trackback URL (non-Wordpress sie).
Copy the link to your clipboard. The link may be something like :-
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<ul>
<li>'http://www.someone_elses_domain.co.uk/blog//2014/02/sample-post/' - the form
should not be the default permamlink for Wordpress (see above - the default form
will give a link to the remote post but will not auto generate pingbacks )
</li>
</ul>
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Tip:</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>If remote Blog-A is a Wordpress blog, you will find the permalink in the address bar of the browser when you are
looking at the post on Blog-A.
<p> Else the trackback URL should be displayed with the post.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</LI>
<LI>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<strong>Visit your own site, Blog-B,</strong> and edit the post you wish to have accessible from Blog-A,
pasting the URL of Blog-A into your post on Blog-B.
<br />
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<table bgcolor="#ff6666">
<tr>
<td>
<strong>Important. </strong>
</td>
<td>
When editing your post choose the<strong>Text </strong> tab at the top of the edit box, <strong>else</strong>
the link will be become 'text' and will <strong>not</strong> work as a link.
</P>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
You should
have the link from the previous step (Blog-A's permalink or trackback URL) in the
actual text of your blog, e.g.
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
Click <a
href=”http://www.someone_elses_domain.co.uk/blog/?p=123”>here</a>
to link to Blog-A.
</P>
</p>
</LI>
<LI>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<strong>Update the post.
</strong>
</P>
</UL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<br />
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
There will be a delay before the link to the post on your blog
(Blog-B) appears on the other blog (Blog-A).
When a cron job
<br><strong>/usr/bin/php5 /home/sites/upstairsbar.co.uk/public_html/wp-cron.php</strong> is run on your website, the administrator of Blog-A will be sent a request to moderate
your track-pingback.
<p>If he chooses to approve it the title, excerpt (if any), and a link to
your post will appear as a comment to the relevant post on Blog-A. It will not
appear until the administrator of Blog-A has approved it.
</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<br />
</P>
<H2 CLASS="western">What can go wrong
</H2>
<H3 CLASS="western">
<FONT SIZE=3>You are flooded with requests for moderating track-pingbacks
</FONT>
</H3>
<p> Track-pingbacks require manual moderation and thus increase the administrator's work load.
Unfortunately most (possibly 90% or more) track-pingback links are spam from sites wishing for hits and are unrelated to the subject matter of your post,
but you have to check each one
before approving or trashing it. Not everyone thinks track-pingbacks are a good idea.
<p>
<H3 CLASS="western">
<FONT SIZE=3>If you do not want track-pingbacks
</FONT>
</H3>
<ol>
<li> Uncheck the three items above in Dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion
<li> Stop the cron job(s) <strong>/usr/bin/php5 /home/sites/upstairsbar.co.uk/public_html/wp-cron.php</strong>.
</ol>
<H3 CLASS="western">
<FONT SIZE=3>No output on remote site
</FONT>
</H3>
<UL>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>
The remote administrator has not changed his permalink format from the default ( see
above - your links will work ok but will not auto generate pingbacks).</FONT>
</P>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>
The remote administrator has not configured his
site correctly – the correct permissions and correct use of
caching are important.</FONT>
</P>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>
You have not used the correct link for the
track-pingback.
<br />
</P>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>
The remote administrator has not enabled
track-pingbacks on that post.</FONT>
</P>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>The comment is waiting for moderation.
</FONT>
</P>
<LI>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>A spam catcher has discarded it.
</FONT>
</P>
</UL>
<H2 CLASS="western">
<FONT SIZE=3>Bootnote
</FONT>
</H2>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>
If you get a spam problem (with or without
track-pingback) try using </FONT>
<A HREF="http://www.akismet.com/">akismet
</A>
.
The akismet module is already installed. You just need to enable and
configure it.
</P>
<P>
<FONT SIZE=3>For further help on track-pingback see
<A HREF="http://www.optiniche.com/blog/117/wordpress-trackback-tutorial/">
WordPress
Trackback Tutorial - by Teli Adlam</A>
</FONT>
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