how do I pingback to writing-101?
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I don’t understand how to pingback my response to the daily prompt in writing-101 to the daily post. Your instructions don’t make sense to me. Link??
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I’ve done that, I think, so I should see my post listed on the daily post?
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Hi Kate,
I checked the links in your “Binding Judgement” post and the links are broken – neither of them links to the the daily post prompt you responded to, so they will not show up as a pingback on the prompt’s page until the links are mended. Your first linked text, “Hey! In one of my lives…” has an extra “http:/” tagged onto the end, which means it is not the correct address. It looks like this
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/binding-judgment/http:/
when it should look like this
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/binding-judgment/
Once you’ve mended the address, check the links in the updated published edition to make sure they direct to the site you intended. If the link works it should create a pingback.
Here is more information on how to create links in your blog posts:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/Hope that helps!
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thank you so very much. I’ll try it- thought I had corrected the address.
I spent so much time trying to figure it out, live alone, no one to ask. -
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Do the links stop working when it’s no longer the day of the daily prompt? perhaps that’s my problem ?
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Apologies to keep on, but… I link to the Daily Post and it tells me, sorry we can’t find that page, so ??
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and what exact code are you using to link to the post? When you use the visual editor, it has an http already in there, assuming you’ll put “whatever.com” as the rest. If you put http://whatever.com instead, that’s where the problem arises.
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Yes, I know there’s the http there already and I’ve checked the code, several times. ????
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And what exact code are you using to link to the post? Post it between CODE tags so we can see it.
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@kategresham – In your first link you spell the last word “judgement” while on the DP page it’s spelled “judgment” and in your second link you have “http//” instead of “http://”. That’s why neither of the links are working. It should be http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/binding-judgment/
Rather than typing out the URL of the post you’re linking to, copy the URL from your browser’s address bar and paste it in the pop-up window when you insert a link. You also shouldn’t link to the same daily prompt twice in one post. Once is enough and more might land you in their moderation queue.
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Well, that is the wrong link, clearly. What is the page or post you were trying to link to?
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Well, it was! see an earlier answer from andreabadgley; so I don’t know.
I had copied and pasted, once I’d worked out it was as simple as linking- I thought there must be more to it, but today I have ,so very carefully, typed it. Perhaps it’s because it isn’t today’s daily prompt. but the title is correct for that day. thanks for your patience. -
kokkieh- I’ll try your suggestions, although I thought I had corrected those earlier mistakes.
think I know what I’ve done!!!!! although I had updated each of today’s edits, the post is still showing the earlier one…I’ll go and make sure the update publishes.
I can be a dunderhead! although I’m quite bright!
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I love you all!!!!! I spelled it correctly… and now it’s there. I am forever in your debt.
thank you , thank you, thank you.
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