Jan 19, 2005

Could I Ask a Favor?

By Timothy R Butler | Posted at 3:31 AM

I'm trying to finish my pingback/trackback client implementation for SAFARI. I set up a copy of WordPress to use as a test target, but it isn't working right (my WordPress installation can't seem to locate the test entries I posted on it). Would any asisaid reader using WordPress be willing to allow me to send some test pings/trackbacks to an old blog pos on your site? It would be a lot easier if I was testing against a WP installation that I knew was in working order.

Thanks in advance! I'll provide extra asisaid points — how about 30? — for willing victi… volunteers. :-)

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7 comments posted so far.

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Go for it. You, as always, may use WIT.

Not sure if you need it but if you want a login you can have one of those too.

Posted by Christopher - Jan 19, 2005 | 4:56 AM- Location: MO

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Thanks, Christopher! I don’t think I’ll need a login, but I really appreciate that too! :-)

Posted by Timothy R. Butler - Jan 19, 2005 | 6:31 AM- Location: MO

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Apparently it worked. I don’t know exactly what WP will do with the information, but when I sent your site the ping, I got a success response back:

Pingback from http://asisaid.com/journal/ to http://www.whatintarnation.net/blog/archives/2005/01/15/the-city-museum/ registered. Keep the web talking!

Thanks again, Christopher!

Posted by Timothy R. Butler - Jan 19, 2005 | 6:35 AM- Location: MO

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Is pingback and trackback the same thing?

Normally when a trackback is sent it will add a comment. I guess though it has to be from a post to do that because it will add a portion of the text from your post.

If they are different, which did you do?

Posted by Christopher - Jan 19, 2005 | 1:10 PM- Location: MO

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Feel free to do so on me as well Tim if you want another test case. You might also look around for a B2evo blog. They seem to operate differently.

Posted by Josiah Ritchie - Jan 19, 2005 | 1:17 PM- Location: Lanham, MD

Re: Could I Ask a Favor?

Christopher, I did a pingback. It’s a little different. Apparently WordPress’s default method is to do automatic pingbacks and manual trackbacks (which is probably good — sometimes you might not want to leave a big trackback on someone else’s site for just a little link).

A pingback, so I’ve learned this week, merely sends the URL of the page that is linking to a given page. On the other hand, the trackbacking system leaves the whole kit and kaboodle. So, I think I’ll follow what WordPress does and pingback each site I link to but only trackback if I tell it to do so specifically. I’m hoping to try trackbacking today. Thanks again!

Josiah: Thanks for the offer, it would be good, I am sure, to test against more than one site. A B2evo would probably be wise, as would a MT blog once I move to trackbacking.

Posted by Timothy R. Butler - Jan 19, 2005 | 8:18 PM- Location: MO