5.x patch

Has anyone else tried out this patch? How does it work for you? I'm not in a huge rush for trackback until the Spam module is actually working, but eventually I would like to have trackback again.

Zorac,

which cvs evision of trackback.module shall we apply this patch to?

I found these in the diff file,
and both don't match a revision date in CVS

--- trackback.orig/trackback.module 2006-06-14 02:00:12.000000000 +1000
+++ trackback/trackback.module 2006-12-15 18:02:14.884481600 +0900

I assume you applied changes to a version without my recent akismet integration?

Can you post your complete 5.x trackback.module, so I can take a look and possibly merge it with the current CVS version please

thanks
christoph

I would like to test the patched version, but I have no clue as to how to go about patching a file. My knowledge of drupal is 'advanced admin' and 'newbie server admin', so I cannot use the patch. I would love to test drive/look for bugs on a current one though!

I would also love to test a 5.x version with akismet integration. But from the discussion above, I can't figure out what to patch, or how. But I don't know if the CVS version has changed since the patch, or whether that version has akismet.

If someone could produce a test version, I would gladly install it on my 5.x test site and report back on any problems, or successes...

-Ken

Thanks,

I'll install it and report back.

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Thanks for the update. I'm gonna test it.

I've installed it, and have two problems right at the start.

First, the administration-trackback link on the menu just gives me a white screen.

Second, the administration-settings-trackback link leads to a normal screen with the title "Trackback", and under that, "srackback_configure" (not my typo, that's exactly what it says--no quotes of course). The rest of the screen is blank.

I've opened the module and done a search on "srackback_configure" and turned up nothing, so I have no idea where it's coming from.

That's all I've got for now--I'll report back when I figure out more...

If anyone else has a clue, insights would be greatly appreciated.

Ken

The INSTALL.TXT says:

(3) There is a file called trackback.mysql. You need to
feed this to your mysql:

ON THE COMMAND-LINE
mysql -u user -p password < trackback.mysql

But there is no such file. The module seems to install fine anyway - testing now.

- RB

It seems to work for me, but only manually; i.e. autodiscovery of pingable URLs doesn't work; I have to manually specify the trackback url both when I ping another blog's posting, as well as if that other blog pings drupal. Used in conjuncture with wordpress as the other test site. I don't claim to know why this won't work, sorry; the xml bit in the drupal post seems to be okay.

Also, very importantly, moderation of trackbacks must be enabled by default; otherwise you will open up any default installation of this module vulnerable to trackback spam. And I don't think that is something we want...

- RB

@bart: the mysql script shouldn't be required at all - the .install file should have set the tables

For anti-spam support you need integration with the spam module (which doesn't work good for me)
or akismet (which is not yet done for 5.x)

I was pointing out a discrepancy between the documentation and facts.

Also, I know Akismet and other anti-spam methods. Leaving trackbacks unmoderated it still a bad idea, unless the trackback module will be set to require one such anti-spam modules. If spammers can successfully distribute their junk, everybody loses. :-(

@bart: sorry I missed the part with the default moderator settings. I agree with you

@zorac: do you agree? we should make tb moderation default enabled, ok?

Zorac, I've been testing this 5.x patch on my http://weblog.cemper.com
and found that despite the "allow trackbacks" is set to yes, all posts receive an unchecked flag when editing them...

seems to be some forms-api flaw, at least the checkmark isn't stored properly

I noticed that drupal doesn't have a rel="pingback" href in the header. Maybe this is interfering with the "autodiscovery" of trackbacks from wordpress?

I'm really looking forward to using trackback on 5.x, so I'm subscribing to this issue.

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In my opinion, This module should be part of the core, like in WordPress.

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