Thanks! This is one of the big features I've been waiting for.

Could I talk you into including an image example of how trackback looks in Disqus?

If it's like usual trackback, It'd be interesting to know if you're considering some sort of separate trackback and comments system - for instance showing comments by default, but including a button to show the trackbacks.

Today's release is for the standard, traditional trackbacks.

Thankyou. Excellent stuff.

About time guys! lol Thanks for putting in the hardwork and effort for trackbacks. WOO!

Finally .. sorry guys but there are just some functions that are pressing ;D ... Can't wait until I get 100% Disqused ;D

Awesome job. Trackbacks are one of those small features that don't seem like a big deal but are really important for building community

That's true. Let's hope that this will bring back trackback-ing to the surface.
Those trackback-spams really killed this cool feature on many blogs - turning-off trackbacks altogether.
Disqus can do a revival.

Ok, Shey Smith and I have been testing this new trackback feature. You can find links to our WP article entries below. As far as we can tell, even with the custom trackback URL field set to the correct disqus article trackback URL (the one in parens), Disqus is not registering receiving the trackbacks. When the article is pinged through the normal trackback mechanism, the trackback shows up in WP comments and (if enabled) the Jangro trackback hack.

http://www.scribkin.com/2008/06/18/trackback-this/
http://www.sheysmith.com/2008/06/17/testing-dis...

Are we doing something wrong?
Is there a place on Disqus (like the community or thread page) we can go to see if trackbacks are actually being received?
Is there a trackback test mechanism we can use that is easier than writing an article with a link in it to a different article?

We'll take a look asap. I'm not sure what the issue is right now.

I'm having the same issue - none of the blogs that have linked to me at this URL:

http://staynalive.com/articles/2008/06/19/devel...

are registering as trackbacks. Am I doing something wrong?

Hi Jesse, I think may be confusing trackbacks with pingbacks. Here is
an explanation on the differences: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blog...

We should clarify this in our feature announcement. Thanks!

Any idea if you'll support pingbacks in the future?

We will. :)

Gooooood !!!

Awesome!

Hello - I don't know where else to ask this question, so... How can I get Disqus on my wordpress.COM blog. Is it possible? Thanks, Michelle

Unfortunately, Wordpress.com does not support modules such as Disqus
at this time.

It's such a drag I didn't know about all these Wordpress.com limitations before. I've already mapped a domain name there, etc. Do you know if they are planning to support this in the future? What service would you recommend?

Chumps!

thanks for the info

On my blog the (Trackback URL) link sends me to a page with only the line, "1 Request must be POST." on it. What does that mean?

Thanks for all your help this week!

That is the trackback URL, not an actual trackback link.

Daniel, I know there are trackbacks out to a few of my new posts, but I still show the "1 Request must be POST" when I click the trackback link. Any thoughts? (http://www.dsimmer.com if you want to look at it.)

Hi Dean, that isn't a trackback link. It's just the trackback URL for
others to ping.

So then I guess this means that disqus isn't capturing trackbacks from posts in my own site. Oh wait, those were pingbacks. I guess they're not the same thing?

Pingbacks are a bit different. Here's a breakdown:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blog...

Is there no support for pingbacks?

Not just yet. It's coming.

And don't forget about the "Linkbacks" that Google's Blogger uses

When will we be able to send pingbacks to other blogs from Disqus?

Yessssssssssssss!

(btw, good interview!)

Cool Daniel. I'll gladly retire my trackbackhack.

The new Disqus trackback feature doesn't pick up the old trackbacks -- so I'm still using yours.

Thanks for the hack. It's still applicable for the API version of the WordPress plugin until we release the new version.

Is there any way to import current trackbacks? Also is there a way do disable trackbacks for a particular post while still allowing comments?

Nice!

Yeah, that's pretty cool.

congrats!

RIGHT ON!!!

a real big thank you Daniel - and the rest of the growing team. You have made one loyal fan of Disqus very happy

So you picked up Julie! Congrats!

Nice work. Activated.

This is awesome! Thanks Daniel! Keep it up!

So, in WP do we need to adjust any of the settings regarding pingback and trackbacks? I notice that the trackbacks I already have aren't being picked up (they were with Jangro's hack, of course).

You shouldn't need to adjust any settings. I know of Jangro's hack but I'm not intimately familiar with it.

Well, at least you aren't sticking your tongue out. :)

Good move Daniel. Keep up the excellent work!

That was a great interview =) I was laughing out loud for real a lot.

About time ... just kidding. So glad to see trackback support.

Great Work Daniel! Thanks!

The spiderman comment at the end was a nice addition to the interview. Good job my man.

finally. 'nuff said.

awesome! well done !!!

I enabled the trackback function and the title appears under my comments with a link (trackbacks).

I approved a trackback in wordpress comments section. When I click the trackback-link I end up on a page with this text on "1 Request must be POST. "

What?

Same here : http://www.kaplak.com/blog/2008/01/14/the-mains...

The WordPress trackbacks is not the same as the trackbacks in Disqus.
It sounds like you were clicking on the Trackback URL. This is not a
Trackback link.

In other words, I shouldn't go around messing with activating trackbacks for WP?

Now you need to enable "friendfeed" comments left on blog posts to show back up on the originating blog as comments or trackbacks. You could also add an optionthat allowed someone to CC their blog comment on friendfeed.

Hmm. time to test on blogger/blogspot, you know, Google doesn't want trackback support lol (sarcasm to google meant)

Edit:
Well as first suggestion... - the ability to place the trackback link above the comments (basic) or the ability to position the trackback link freely (advanced)

Daniel, does the Wordress implementation "eat" trackbacks like it does comments? Meaning, does it intercept and store trackbacks only in Disqus and not let them go into the wordpress database?

If so, then my trackback hack may remain useful to display old trackbacks.

Being on the API version of the plugin I don't have the new feature so I haven't been able to test it out just yet.

Yes, you're correct.

Yeah, I'm still showing both on my site, there's just to many old trackbacks to turn it off yet

I implemented the trackback option on multiple blogs and none have displayed through Disqus. All are still hitting WP.

Are you pinging the right trackback URL? Disqus has a specific one.

It was other people linking to my posts in their posts, so that's why it didn't work.

Any plan for functionality to discover links in that way?

Yes, this would be pingbacks. We do have plans for this.

Now you need to enable "friendfeed" comments left on blog posts to show back up on the originating blog as comments or trackbacks. You could also add an optionthat allowed someone to CC their blog comment on friendfeed.

Very nice! But 2 questions remain:

- How to moderate incoming trackbacks? How can I e.g. get rid of my test trackback on http://www.felgner.ch/2008/07/378_site_overview...

- Is there a way to prevent the user from clicking the "(Trackback URL)" with the nasty error? Simple suggestion: Wouldn't a "Trackback URL: http://redfez.disqus.com/amp378_site_overview_a... without using an be better than a link?

I am sexier then @IgorTheTroll... that was a test. this isn't working very well on blogger. I can't comment

How do you mean?

test

thanks daniellll

iskenderun

Cool . Thanks for the guide and interesting video.

im getting loads of spam in my trackbacks on a wordpress blog, and marking them as spam, or banning the Ip adress in the comments doesnt stop more spam from arriving. Does ip/word filters bans apply to trackback or just to comments? If doenst aplly for trackbacks, it should. Take a look on the spam http://www.sanainside.com/2008/12/18/o-celular-...

Who is that guy in gray shirt? He's cute!

Would love trackbacks! My favorites are already full with URL's that I would like to have trackbacks for. Now disqus has it. My favorites folder shall be clean,neat and tidy once again!

Great news on the trackback feature... this is really an important feature

They finally added trackbacks? Awesome! I've been waiting!!