Movable Type Knowledge Base: Comment And TrackBack Links Don't Work

Question

When I click on my comment and TrackBack links, they take me to an archive page, but there is no comment posting or TrackBack information on that page.

Answer

The Individual Entry Archive template is the one which contains the comment and TrackBack information; if your Preferred Archive Type in Settings > Publishing¹ is not set to Individual, then the links won't point to that page.

So you should either:

Change your Preferred Archive Type to Individual.
Use the archive_type attribute on the permalink tag:
```
<MTEntryPermalink archive_type="Individual">
```

After making one of those changes, Rebuild Site, and your links should now point to the appropriate pages.

¹ In versions prior to 3.2, navigate to Weblog Configuration > Preferences to locate this setting.

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