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ajgoode · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 2:48 pm
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I am just not understanding how to do a pingback for my Daily Prompt posts. I have read it over and over, but I’m just not getting it. Please help.
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timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 3:26 pm
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Please read this guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/
Pings are automatically sent if you have selected to make your blog visible to everyone on the Settings > Privacy page. If your blog is private or if you block search engines, pings will not be sent.
ajgoode · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 3:59 pm
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So basically, I put a link to the Daily Prompt post somewhere within the body of my own post? And that’s it?

I think I’ve been making it harder than it really had to be.

Of course, now I have a new issue that I can’t seem to get to the Daily Prompt today because my computer locks up every single time I click on Daily Prompt. I can go anywhere else, but there. I’ve re-started my computer at least a dozen times today, all because of DP. ANy suggestions?
timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 4:03 pm
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Yes. From: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/daily-prompt-cringeworthy/

Please note that comments are always closed on daily prompts. Pingbacks are always enabled; if you link to the prompt post on your blog, a link to your post will appear in the list below the prompt.
timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 4:04 pm
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Of course, now I have a new issue that I can’t seem to get to the Daily Prompt today because my computer locks up every single time I click on Daily Prompt.

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ajgoode · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 5:36 pm
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Okay, I got it to work. Thank you so much for all of your help.

It just seemed so odd that I’ve never had to do any of those steps before today. But at any rate, it works now, so it’s all good.

Thanks again!
timethief · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 5:51 pm
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That’s good news. You’re welcome. Please bookmark the steps above as it’s inevitable that you will need them again at some point.
lumar1298 · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 11:33 pm
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I can’t understand how to set a pingback? I’ve read and reread the I instructions, but I still don’t get it. I want a poem to pingback to Daily Prompt: Unleash Your Inner Dickinson, but I can’t do it no matter what I have tried…

Thanks.
lumar1298 · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 11:36 pm
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please notify via email: (email visible only to moderators and staff)
timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2013 at 1:41 am
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By default every WordPress.com blog has pingbacks and trackbacks enabled.
timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2013 at 1:42 am
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See the image here > How do I send out update pings?
Pings are automatically sent if you have selected to make your blog visible to everyone on the Settings > Privacy page. If your blog is private or if you block search engines, pings will not be sent.

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