Chapter 8: TrackBack
Pinging a Resource from an Entry
Problem
You want to ping a resource, such as a weblog post, from an entry.
Solution
Enter the TrackBack URL into the Outbound TrackBack URL's textbox on any New/Edit Entry Screen.
Discussion
Most users will ping resources using the Trackback Auto-discovery option, but there are times when this won't suffice. Some examples of this: highly relevant posts elsewhere that you didn't link to; an entry that was made after yours.
There should be a facility on the New/Edit Entry to auto-discover TrackBack information on a URL the author enters.
Take the TrackBack URL of the resource that you want to ping and enter it into the "Outbound TrackBack URLs" textbox. Depending on the display options you have set for the New/Edit Entry screen, this control may not be visible. If you have multiple resources to ping, enter each on their own line and save the entry. If the entry has a status of "Publish," the resources will be pinged. Otherwise the URLs will be saved until the entry's status does change.
