Trackback identified as Anonymous

[boyles]

I'm using B7R51 with the Borrowed Goods V3 Template.


For some reason my trackback posts on any blog always identify my site as 'Anonymous'

The line
$trackbackURL = "pligg.com";
in my config.php has been modified.

Am I missing something else ?

Otherwise the trackback works great

[johnchandler]

I'm having the same issue and have made the same modification. I too would appreciate any suggestions that someone might have.

[FatPitchFinancials]

I am also having a problem with my Trackbacks showing as Anonymous. I would really like to fix this problem in order to increase the traffic to my site. My trackbacks are starting to show up on all sorts of blogs, but the 'Anonymous' label is killing me. I have no clue how to fix it.

[jalso]

I think i found the solution. Add to a send() function in trackback.php this line at the beginning:

global $trackbackURL;

[FatPitchFinancials]

Please explain your solution a little more. I'm not following what you are trying to say. What lines need to change and what exactly are those changes?

[jalso]

in file libs/trackback.php

find this part:

PHP Code:

// Send a Trackback
    function send() {

        if (empty($this->url))
                return;

        $title = urlencode($this->title);
        $excerpt = urlencode($this->content);
        $blog_name = urlencode($trackbackURL);
.
.
. 


and change to:

PHP Code:

// Send a Trackback
    function send() {
        global $trackbackURL;
        if (empty($this->url))
                return;

        $title = urlencode($this->title);
        $excerpt = urlencode($this->content);
        $blog_name = urlencode($trackbackURL);
.
.
. 


or save attached trackback.php, and copy to your libs subdir.

[agiacosa]

How are you guys getting the system to send trackbacks? My Mollio-Beat template doesn't have a place to add the trackback URL in step 2.

[FatPitchFinancials]

I use the old fashion Skidoo Too based template and my trackbacks work fine. I really like the source ordered content layout of Skidoo Too since it is better for search engine optimization.

I bet you can open the link summary portion of Skidoo Too and steal the trackback code and add it to the Mollio-Beat template.

jalso thanks for the code. I'll try it out soon.

[agiacosa]

Thanks. Mollio has it in the template but it's encased in an If statement that wasn't being triggered due to a config option that wasn't there. Fixed it now. Thanks.

[thoughton]

Originally Posted by jalso

I think i found the solution. Add to a send() function in trackback.php this line at the beginning:

global $trackbackURL;

Brilliant! Thanks for this. Trackbacks working like a charm now and displaying the $trackbackURL value. After uploading the modified trackpack.php it didn't seem to 'take' for a while, my test trackback still didn't display the blog name. However my 2nd test worked! Perhaps a cache issue.