this converstion is so far over my head, it's in space..... ;) So just so I will feel better, what color was the orginal Batmobile? ;)
Heath http://batmanageek.com http://heathparks.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cheryl - > > If there was any doubt that I adored you, let me remind everyone: YOU ROCK! > > It was indeed a problem with my .htaccess file. I didn't even think > of that! I was obsessing over php code and web logs but hadn't tried > messing with the .htaccess. > > I went in and reordered a few of the rewrite rules and I actually got > a pingback through! THANKS! > > Steve and Marcus thank you as well for your thought and suggestions. > > There may be more tweaking ahead for me but at least I've now seen it > work and know where the road block was. > > Thanks, > > - Dave > > > On Feb 19, 2008 3:13 PM, Cheryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you checked in with your web host's support service or forums? > > > > I use Dreamhost, and every once in awhile something happens that seems > > to be unique to their hosting service. I can't remember any exact > > example, but I think I recall something with pretty permalinks and the > > way my server handled mod_rewrite (it was on but not working as > > expected). I ended up making a custom mod to my .htaccess file to fix > > it. Another time I found the solution to a host/plugin incompatibility > > in the forums. > > > > Once I had to edit my xmlrpc file to get my site to accept crossposts > > from Flickr & Blip - they stopped working for *no apparant reason* - I > > had not done an upgrade or anything. Here's my reference post about > > that, in case it leads you to something useful: > > http://www.hummingcrow.com/2007/06/19/fixed/ > > > > Cheryl > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Meade" <meade.dave@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I have a gut feeling that the problem relates to using "pretty > > > permalinks". There are functions in wordpress which attempt to get > > > the post ID from the permalink, and these functions are called when a > > > pingback comes in. > > > > > > On my test blog (with default permalink structure) pingbacks work > > > fine. But at DavidMeade.com where permalinks are in the form of > > > http://www.davidmeade.com/archives/419 the pingbacks aren't working. > > > I'm wondering if wordpress is trying to get the post id in some way > > > that is not compatible with the permalink structure I'm using. > > > > > > I just don't know enough about this process works to know exactly > > > where it might be breaking. > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2008 10:19 AM, David Meade <david@> wrote: > > > > well it has the same permissions as every other wordpress file on > > the site. > > > > > > > > For testing I changed it to 774 and still no good. > > > > > > > > - Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2008 9:53 AM, Markus Sandy <markus.sandy@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2008, at 6:44 AM, David Meade wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > My site > > > > > > just will not receive pingbacks or trackbacks. It seems to > > send them > > > > > > ok, but it doesn't receive them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you probably checked this, but is the xmlrpc.php file in your wp > > > > > folder with proper permissions/owner? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com >
