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Pingback functionality in Subtext does not work #20
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- Error in PROD (i.e. "System.Web.HttpException: The file '/blog/jjameson/Services/Pingback.aspx' does not exist.") - The "pingback" URL specified in the <link> head element should be an absolute URL (not a relative URL) according to the Pingback 1.0 specification (http://www.hixie.ch/specs/pingback/pingback) - According to the current Subtext routing functionality, the "pingback" URL needs to include the ID of the post (e.g. "http://www.technologytoolbox.com/blog/jjameson/Services/Pingback/315.aspx")
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Do you use this functionality or should we just remove it? :) |
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I am not currently displaying pingbacks, but that doesn't mean that I don't ever want to show these. I think you should keep it. Others may want to show pingbacks and it also is a nice "checkmark" to have when comparing blog engines (or when somebody is thinking about writing his or her own blog application). |
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The reason I'm hesitant is that most people I know turn them off because they were such a huge avenue of spam. They became spam city. |
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It looks like the pingback functionality in Subtext has not worked in quite a while. Shortly after migrating my blog to Subtext, I started encountering errors like:
System.Web.HttpException: The file '/blog/jjameson/Services/Pingback.aspx' does not exist.
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