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New: Enable Support for Trackbacks in Disqus

Trackbacks? We haz it. I won’t waste your precious time — here’s how you enable it.

Go to the Configure tab and scroll down to General Settings. Check the box and let it do its thing. This is our support for standard Trackbacks. More fun Linkback implementations still to come.

And since this is such a short post, I’ll round it off with the latest Wallstrip episode which features Disqus.

I know — you came for feature news and you’re greeted with that mug. Sorry guys, but it is how it is.

Daniel on June 17th 2008 in disqus

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felix 3 months ago 5 points
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Thanks! This is one of the big features I've been waiting for.

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Niclas 3 months ago 2 points
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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.

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 1 point
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Today's release is for the standard, traditional trackbacks.

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Jonathan Beckett 3 months ago 2 points
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Thankyou. Excellent stuff.

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Corvida 3 months ago 2 points
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About time guys! lol Thanks for putting in the hardwork and effort for trackbacks. WOO!

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Nicki Brøchner 3 months ago 2 points
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Finally .. sorry guys but there are just some functions that are pressing ;D ... Can't wait until I get 100% Disqused ;D

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Joe 3 months ago 2 points
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Awesome job. Trackbacks are one of those small features that don't seem like a big deal but are really important for building community

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JC John SESE Cuneta (謝施洗) 3 months ago 2 points
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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.

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J. Phil 3 months ago 2 points
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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?

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 2 points
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We'll take a look asap. I'm not sure what the issue is right now.

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jessestay 3 months ago 2 points
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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?

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 2 points
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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!

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jessestay 3 months ago 2 points
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Any idea if you'll support pingbacks in the future?

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 2 points
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We will. :)

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wenjun 3 months ago 2 points
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Gooooood !!!

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maxkalehoff 3 months ago 2 points
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Awesome!

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MichelleMMM 3 months ago 2 points
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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

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 2 points
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Unfortunately, Wordpress.com does not support modules such as Disqus
at this time.

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MichelleMMM 3 months ago 2 points
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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?

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KansasGirl 3 months ago 2 points
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Chumps!

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warren 3 months ago 2 points
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thanks for the info

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tonychung 3 months ago 2 points
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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!

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Daniel Ha 3 months ago 2 points
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That is the trackback URL, not an actual trackback link.

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