(unless you like it of course!) I decided I would try to implement trackback for those who want to take the opportunity to use them and the easiest way seemed to be to revert to MT’s default templates. If you are wondering what exactly trackback does and how to use it yourself, even after reading the link above then you are not alone! But I grok it enough to think it is pretty interesting so I thought I’d install first and ask questions later.
As best I can explain it, if your weblogging software supports Trackback (so far Moveable Type does as standard) or you do the coding to make it work yourself you can make a link to a post of mine and I will know that you have linked to it. It also allows you to keep track automatically of new postings I make in a category (for example). It badly needs better explanation, and support from a broader range of weblog software but it is an important step forward in making the web a two way communication medium instead of just a broadcast one.
I am still having trouble getting either trackback or comments to work properly on my archive pages, however. Any advice would be welcome… And of course I would be delighted if people would start using this new feature I have implemented – for starters it would help me to understand how it works!
