Trackback Issues

I’m far from an expert at this but I went to your site and checked out the trackback uri. While trying to copy it, I end up capturing more text than I need. I’m wondering if the folks who send you trackbacks might not be copying and pasting the URI correctly. Just a thought….

Thank you, Alan – but that’s not the issue.
I’ve manually typed in the URI for trackback
and it still doesn’t work.
I’ve tried both the trackback_url
and the archive url – still no go.
Thanks for the response, though ??

It might be of interest to know which systems are sending the failed trackback. For instance, does the problem only occur from systems using MovableType?
It sounds to me there might be a bug in the system. A bug which ought to be corrected since so many bloggers communicate via trackback.
I hope you get some help.

It doesn’t seem to matter what
the blog system is.
It doesn’t work from MT users,
nor does it work from WP users.
Haven’t tried from any other
systems, though.
I’m almost frustrated enough to
go back to MT – – I do a lot of
trackbacking, you’re right – it’s how
we do much of our communicating
blog-to-blog.
*shrug*

Lisa, I think it has something to do with PHP running as a CGI on your server, and that’s effecting the PATH_INFO information. I’ll look into this some more.

Thank you, allusion – any help
would be greatly appreciated!

I discovered the solution via tons of trying and re-trying.
The mod_rewrite rules given to me by WordPress did
not include rewrite rules for wp-trackback.php.
The rule that I used in .htaccess is:
RewriteRule ^wp-trackback.php/(.*) /wp-trackback.php?p=$1 [QSA]
I tried different variations of this re-write rule – and the above
stated on is the one that finally gave me success on the ability
to receive trackbacks.
For anyone needing to use this – don’t forget to indicate the
directory that your wp-trackback.php is in. Mine is located
at the root – but if you have it in a directory (i.e. /blog) – you
need to indicate that in the rule – – for example:
RewriteRule ^wp-trackback.php/(.*) /path/to/wp-trackback.php?p=$1 [QSA]
Hope this helps anyone who is having the same issue.
On a side note – should the re-write rule for
wp-trackback.php be included in the rules that
WordPress gives for mod_rewrite?

Thanks Lisa! That’s a cool solution. I can use that ??

1.0.2 didn’t give me a rewrite rule for trackbacks, at all.
At least, not that I saw – – it took me days and days
of searching PHP as CGI issues…looking into
the PATH_INFO issue with our server
(I host my own stuff on Apache/Linux)
Thought maybe it was our version of PHP.
When I found that it was a rewrite rule I needed
in my .htaccess – -my immediate thought was
“why doesn’t WordPress give you the trackback
rewrite along with the other two it gives you?”
Just a thought.

Oh, you said version 1.2 ??
Duh on me ??

Way to go Lisa….smart catch.

Rewrite isn’t necessary to the function of trackback. It’s just a nice little something we do in 1.2. It also happens to be a good workaround to path info problems. Typically, the following fixes most trackback problems. Sounds like you probably already tried it unsuccessfully, though.
<Files "wp-trackback.php">
AcceptPathInfo On
</Files>

rboren –
I did try that and it gave me a 500 error
throughout my domain.
Maybe it depends on which version of
Apache the server is running?
Not sure, though.
The trackback rewrite is a nice
addition to 1.2 – looking forward
to it.
Love WordPress, btw – I’ve converted
5 people from MT so far ??

AcceptPathInfo only works with Apache 2.0.30 and later. So, rewrite rules to the rescue. ?? Happy trackbacks.