Trackbacks are a link-tracking system. If, in a post, I was to link to - say - Ted's post about cats Movable Type would see the link, realise (automagically) that it's a link to a post on another blog, and send that blog a ping. Assuming that Ted's blog is working properly, it will record the fact that I have made a comment about his post. By clicking on the trackback link under his post, Ted can see who has linked to him and what they have said.

How do I get the link to go to the post rather than Ted's blog? Well, under each post, where it says "Posted by so-and-so at 11:24 AM", the 11:24 AM is actually a link to the post. Right-click on the link and Copy Shortcut (Copy Link Location in Mozilla) and then paste it into your blog at the appropriate place. Viola!

There's more details to be found in the Movable Type Users Manual, but that's all you need to know to get started.

One extra trick: You can list as many links as you like in the URLs to Ping box, and they will get pinged (ping?) as well, so I can quickly and easily ping all the mu.nu blogs at once. Like this.

Update: Or maybe it will puke on my shoes instead.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:04 AM | Comments (160) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)