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laklappen

Jul 25 2006, 08:12 AM

I would like to display trackbacks in a popup window but have been unable to do so. In MT 2.* I used to be able to acccomplish this using the following template code:

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<a href="<$MTCGIPath$>mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" onclick="OpenTrackback(this.href); return false">TrackBack</a>

and the following java script:

CODE

but this no longer works in MT 3.* and I get the following error message when I click on the TrackBack link generated by the code above:

Got an error: Can't call method "path_info" on an undefined value at lib/MT/App.pm line 1193.

Does anyone know how trackbacks can be displayed in popups in MT 3.*?

Thanks,
Laura

justG

Jul 26 2006, 01:53 AM

3.x is too vague, the point release matters. I am experiencing this also, but not in a popup. As far as I can tell, the trackback syntax has changed between v3.2 and v3.31. I'm guessing that once I correct it, everything will be okay again. I don't know whether you are using v3.2 or v3.31; if the latter, check out the trackback documentation, and see if it helps.

.g

laklappen

Jul 26 2006, 10:59 AM

Thank you for the info. I'm using MT-3.3b-FRC2. Though I don't recall it working in 3.2 either. I checked the trackback doc you mentioned (thank you) but I still couldn't find where it talks about the URL for the trackback listing for an entry, for example I suspect there needs to be an updated version of the following:

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<a href="<$MTCGIPath$>mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=<$MTEntryID$>" onclick="OpenTrackback(this.href); return false">TrackBack</a>

I tried the following (because I recall reading in the 3.3 beta doc that MTEntryBasename should be used instead of MTEntryID in some instances):

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<a href="<$MTCGIPath$>mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=<$MTEntryBasename$>" onclick="OpenTrackback(this.href); return false">TrackBack</a>

But this did not work either.

Alternatively, there may be a bug in lib/MT/App.pm line 1193. I'm not a code person so I can't really debug if that's the case.

Laura

justG

Jul 26 2006, 04:14 PM

Hi Laura,

Did you check the 3.31 final default templates to see the code that is used to list trackbacks? This is what I see in the new default individual entry archive template:

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<MTIfPingsActive>
  <div class="trackbacks">
    <h3 id="trackback" class="trackbacks-header">TrackBack</h3>
    <div id="trackbacks-info">
      <MTIfPingsAccepted><p>TrackBack URL for this entry:<br />
      <$MTEntryTrackbackLink$></p></MTIfPingsAccepted>
    </div>
    <MTPings>
      <MTPingsHeader>
      <div class="trackbacks-content">
        <p>Listed below are links to weblogs that reference <a href="<$MTEntryPermalink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></a>:</p>
      </MTPingsHeader>
      <a id="p<$MTPingID pad="1"$>"></a>
      <div class="trackback" id="ping-<$MTPingID$>">
        <div class="trackback-content">
          <p>
            » <a rel="nofollow" href="<$MTPingURL$>"><$MTPingTitle$></a> from <$MTPingBlogName$><br />
            <$MTPingExcerpt$> <a rel="nofollow" href="<$MTPingURL$>">[Read More]</a>
          </p>
        </div>
        <p class="trackback-footer">
          Tracked on <a href="#ping-<$MTPingID$>"><$MTPingDate$></a>
        </p>
      </div>
      <MTPingsFooter>
        </div>
      </MTPingsFooter>
    </MTPings>
  </div>
</MTIfPingsActive>

I haven't had time to troubleshoot this myself yet, but I'm 99% sure that it's just something we have to update in our templates, rather than a bug in the code. New container tags? New syntax? I dunno for sure, but hope the above helps you.

.g

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