You can think of a TrackBack as a kind of comment sent by visitors using
the TrackBack protocol rather than Traction's comment forms or Traction
Instant Publisher. The writers of TrackBacks can not be mapped to specific
Traction users because the current version of the widely used TrackBack
protocol does not provide authenticated (name + password) access, although
this may change in the future due to the threat of spam. This section
shows you how to configure your Traction server or selected projects to
record and show TrackBacks.Within
Traction, TrackBacks are either merged into the list of Comments on an
article, or appear as links in a TrackBack
relationship in Related Entries.
Note: TrackBack does not apply within
a Traction server, only between two Traction servers or from another weblog
to your Traction server. The same function is handled within a Traction
server through a Making Links to Traction Articles or Add a Comment to a Paragraph or Article. An incoming Traction link
will appear in the Referenced by
section in Related Entries. A
Comment appears inline.
Enable Incoming TrackBack
To enable incoming TrackBacks the checkbox next to item 2 of the Server Setup - Spaces Tab must
be checked,and
at least one project must allow Visitor
to have Create Article permission.
Note that
by enabling Incoming TrackBack's you are potentially allowing unknown
persons to send an unlimited number of TrackBacks (including spam) that
will be recorded in your Traction Journal. It's much safer to enable
TrackBacks if you are running your Traction server within a firewall,
but the choice is yours.
.
By default, TrackBacks are posted to a project's designated moderation
project (generally itself). This
is the same project where comments are directed by default. The moderation
project is specified in Project Setup - Status. In the example below, the Comments
project is selected.
Note: The checkbox above (only allow posting
of comments to the Moderation Project) does
not have to be selected. The setting of the checkbox does not affect the
project used to record TrackBacks (the checkbox does permit comments locked
to a specific project, see Project Setup - Status)
If you wish to designate a server-fallback TrackBack project, in case
the selected moderation projects do not support visitor posts, you can
specify one in Server Setup - Spaces Tab:
You must provide Create Articles permission to Visitor in the TrackBack
project you select.
Show TrackBacks on Front Page or Newspage Sections
Show TrackBacks with or without Comments in Articles
TrackBacks can be displayed inline with comments, or as a list of TrackBacks in Related
Entries. This setting is setup as a default in Server Setup - Defaults and each user can change
it in Personal Preferences. To
change the preference to no, select
the no option as in the example below:
Posting
a TrackBack from another Weblog to Traction
In the 2col, 3col, or variant skins (earth2, earth3, black2, black3,
etc..) You will see the TrackBack url listed after the permalink (#):
The TrackBack url can be copied from the TrackBack link shown, and can
be copied from the article header as shown above. Or, the link can formed
as follows:
You can copy this URL into weblog software that supports TrackBack pings.
Viewing TrackBacks
to Articles
When you save the entry in the weblog, it pings Traction.
By default, the TrackBack appears as a comment underneath any other
article comments:
If Show TrackBacks with Comments
is set to No, the TrackBacks will then be listed only in the related
entries section at the bottom of the article:
As with any related entry, you can click the related entry type (TrackBacks) to see a multi-entry view
including the article, comments on the article, and TrackBacks to the
article. See the example below:
