Title: Trackback InboundSetup

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.

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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



You can choose whether or not to show TrackBacks in Front Page or Newspage Sections. This setting is handled in Changing Front Page and Newspage Section Layouts

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:



Examples showing both options are provided in the Trackback InboundSetup section 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:

traction.example….

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:







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