Trackback for articles
Version
0.2.4 (last update on Nov 10, 2010)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
21
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
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53557
Date Added
21 September 2009
Please note:
Trackback for articles is not a comment system, it only handles trackbacks and pingbacks, so no need to leave test comments on my homepage! If you don't know what trackbacks and pingbacks are, have a look at wikipedia before using the component.
Prerequisites:
Joomla 1.5.x
for trackback autodiscovery: PHP with cURL support
for pingbacks: enabled webservice (in the Joomla configuration) and PHP with cURL support.
for akismet/botscout support: respective API keys and PHP with cURL support
Installation:
install the component (two plugins and a module will be installed automatically). Tweak all the parameters (component, plugins and module) to your needs.
Usage:
When accessing an article (in frontend), a trackback URL is displayed and the header information for pingback is added. If possible (i.e. if logged in), it is possible to send a trackback to a remote site. When adding a new article, the text is scanned for external links and pingbacks are sent to the respective sites.
The plugin is easy to install, but there are two significant issues.
First, from a security standpoint I'd rather not have a plugin announce itself and the fact that the site is using Joomla.
Second, the trackback URLs are not w3c compliant. The ampersands in the URLs need to be escaped.
Other than those two issues, it looks like a nice plugin.
First, from a security standpoint I'd rather not have a plugin announce itself and the fact that the site is using Joomla.
Second, the trackback URLs are not w3c compliant. The ampersands in the URLs need to be escaped.
Other than those two issues, it looks like a nice plugin.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the report, but: there is a support forum to report issues like that. BTW, the component does support the Joomla SEF URLs, so no ampersands and no hint you are using Joomla.
This extension does just what it says: enable trackback functionality to your joomla content. It was very easy to install and use in my site.
Unfortunately I run into some trouble at first to make it work, but thanks to agile and kind support from its creator, my site was sending and receiving trackbacks in no time.
This is a must-have if you are missing trackback functionality in your Joomla site. Thank you so much for developing this extension.
Unfortunately I run into some trouble at first to make it work, but thanks to agile and kind support from its creator, my site was sending and receiving trackbacks in no time.
This is a must-have if you are missing trackback functionality in your Joomla site. Thank you so much for developing this extension.
Hi,
finally, someone wrote a great simple extension for trackbacks in Joomla - this should become part of the core!
Best regards,
Ricardo Cristof
finally, someone wrote a great simple extension for trackbacks in Joomla - this should become part of the core!
Best regards,
Ricardo Cristof
Now this is a great extension!!!
It's exactly do what I want. Thanks a lot.
There is just one question:
How do I change the language in Chinese?@@
Plz~ help me!
There is just one question:
How do I change the language in Chinese?@@
Plz~ help me!
Owner's reply
Thanks! To translate to a different language, copy the files /language/en-GB/en-GB.com_trackback.ini and en-GB.plg_content_trackback.ini to your language folder xx-XX, rename them to xx-XX.... and - of course - translate the content (only the part after the "=").