Receiving TrackBack Pings

Obviously, sending TrackBack pings to other Web sites is only half the fun. Movable Type can also be set up to receive and display TrackBack pings sent to your own entries so that your readers can join in, too.

Setting the Default TrackBack Preferences

Movable Type allows you to control its TrackBack system from multiple levels. We've already seen the global settings that can be made in the mt.cfg file. At the next layer are the default preference settings for each weblog you publish. These options can be set from Movable Type's administration interface.

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Log in to the administration interface and select the weblog you want to work with.
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Click the Weblog Config button from the administration menu to bring up the ...

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