It is amazing how many blogs do not do this. They have the messiest comments section with a zillion comments, trackbacks and pingbacks all jumbled up. And it is almost impossible to make some sense of out of the entire mess. Want to follow the conversation? Try evading the trackbacks and pingbacks along the way.
What’s the solution?
Separate the two, of course.
But How?
That’s a good question. You will find plugins that do this but if you can manage something in the theme design, it is best to do so rather than install plugin upon plugin. Plugins are best used where you cannot achieve your objective without touching the core Wordpress files.
Feb 17th -- @LiquidWeb It seems to be back. Phew! What happened?
Jan 11th -- @malsup I removed the line but that did not work. Downloaded a fresh version from jquery.com and it works with that. Thanks!
Jan 10th -- @malsup The jquery file is the one provided with the Wordpress install. I didn't add anything to it.
Jan 9th -- @malsup Please see link (version 1.3.1) and link (version 1.3.2). Thanks!
Jan 9th -- @malsup That is strange. I tried with 1.3.1 & it worked perfectly meaning the code was fine. I then tried with 1.3.2 and it stopped working.
Jan 7th -- @malsup Jquery corner demo seems to only work with version 1.3.1 and not the latest version 1.3.2. Any chances of that happening soon?
Sep 18th -- ...advising people to upgrade to Wordpress 2.8.4 asap. Older versions are getting hacked. Believe me - I know! Read more at ErumMunir.com
Separate Your Trackbacks From Your Comments
It is amazing how many blogs do not do this. They have the messiest comments section with a zillion comments, trackbacks and pingbacks all jumbled up. And it is almost impossible to make some sense of out of the entire mess. Want to follow the conversation? Try evading the trackbacks and pingbacks along the way.
What’s the solution?
Separate the two, of course.
But How?
That’s a good question. You will find plugins that do this but if you can manage something in the theme design, it is best to do so rather than install plugin upon plugin. Plugins are best used where you cannot achieve your objective without touching the core Wordpress files.
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