Hour 16. Using TrackBack

For some reason TrackBack is one of the features that many people—even those who've been using Movable Type for a while—seem to have a hard time getting comfortable with. It's a great feature, though—one that can greatly enhance your interaction with your readers, and also with the sites you read. Once you see it in the right way, you'll understand that it's not all that difficult to use.

In this hour you will

  • Learn what TrackBack is and how Movable Type implements it

  • Use Movable Type to send TrackBack pings to other Web sites

  • See how to set up your site to accept TrackBack pings on your entries

With your objectives in place, let's get tracking… so to speak.

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