Hi, folks.

I'm released "Trackback module 1.0" today. This module enable to trackback (information where is linked page) function in XOOPS site.

Trackback function will be come with XOOPS 2.1.x, this module provide that to XOOPS 1.3.x/2.0.x before come XOOPS 2.1.x.

If you want to try it, Download file "trackback-1.0.tar.gz" or "trackback-1.0.zip" and install it. Enable blocks/modules access in group admin, show block every page via blocks admin.

have a fun.

I don't understand how to use. It tells me no track back.
what's up?

Archives include detail instraction in help.html file.

Trackback records when origin page's link clicked. If there is no click action, nothing records.

It works demo show at MySite (In Japanese) that is Left-Lower block. And the block right bottom anchor is show detail link.

Ideally, trackback should be integrated into XOOPS news module, so that each article has a trackback ID. Pingback should do the same, and provide a pingback url for each article.

If someone is working on this, please keep in mind to make your system have actual permalinks that won't become broken if a user needs to reinstall on the same or another server. There is a lot of research in the blogging world about how to do this the right way. Opinions on how it's done vary, but most bloggers agree that it is an important goal.

I would love to see XOOPS have a full-featured blogging module built for it, but that means finding out what most bloggers want and need in a blogging app. It's not necessarily the exact same things as in a CMS, but I don't think it's an impossible feat either.