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Drupal Gets Pingback!

UPDATE: project now hosted in drupal.org. Thanks Andreas and Dennys!

Good news for bloggers using Drupal: pingback module is here, at last. It is a pingback user agent as specified in Pingback 1.0. I have tested the module in my offline server, but I need real-world tests, so I installed the module in my own site.

Download the pingback module (the files have DOS newlines).

Pingbacks generated by this modules closely resemble the ones that WordPress generate. In fact, I “stole” the code for receiving pingbacks from WordPress. Since WordPress and the module is in GPL it is not really a problem.

Unlike the trackback module for Drupal, this module register pingbacks as comments, because this is the fastest and the easiest to implement. I don’t think it may change in the future (i.e. follows what trackback does, having its own administration page, node display hooks etc) as I am too lazy to do that… It does have some drawbacks though, mainly that anonymous users have to be able to post comments (which is not a problem for blogs, I am certain!).

If you like to contribute to the module…

  • please post your suggestions and bug reports here :)
  • if you managed to install the module on your own website, please pingback this page for testing (I would also like to know if anybody uses it…).
  • act as a maintainer and put this module on drupal.org, because I can’t maintain the module for a long time (at least while I’m still using it, I will upgrade the module and fix the bugs when necessary but who knows how long…)
  • there is no Paypal account to donate to :(
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18 comments

Added as project on Drupal.org?

Are you planning on contributing your project to drupal.org?

by Douglas E. Warner, August 1, 2007 - 19:53

I would gladly do it, but I

I would gladly do it, but I am afraid I couldn't maintain the module with as good quality as the other module maintainers. Nevertheless I will do it in the near future if I get the time.

by Leon, August 2, 2007 - 15:53

This module is so great !! I

This module is so great !! I suggest you can put it on drupal.org, too. (If you have no time, I think I can help it.).

And how about the anti-spam function for this module? Does it work with spam or akismet ...

by Dennys, October 27, 2007 - 10:09

Thanks! I would be very

Thanks!

I would be very grateful if you wanted to put this up on drupal.org.

About the anti-spam, I think it works automatically because pingbacks are registered as comments, meaning all of them are being filtered as ordinary comments. So spam measures for comments also works for pingbacks.

by Leon, October 28, 2007 - 10:27

Pingback

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by test Drupal Pingback Module | east的空间 | 瞅瞅, November 17, 2007 - 10:00

Pingback

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by Test Pingback | Делаем сайты на CMS Drupal, November 25, 2007 - 00:00

Pingback

[...] http://leon.info.tm/en/drupal-gets-pingback-module [...]
by The Pingback module | Mastering Drupal, January 19, 2008 - 00:30

Pingback

[...] is a test of my ping back installation ping back . Add new [...]
by Testing pingbacks | Web Video Bubble, January 19, 2008 - 02:32

Pingback

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by hack test - check in URL | Web Video Bubble, January 19, 2008 - 02:55

Hi, we have recorded a

Hi,

we have recorded a screencast about the Pingback module. (We also pinged this page, but our ping shows only the link, so it is not so recognizable.) We hope this helps understanding how the module works for newbies.

by Mastering Drupal, January 21, 2008 - 01:58

Wow, thanks for the

Wow, thanks for the screencast! Unfortunately I am short of high-speed internet access so I have not watched it... Great work anyway!

by Leon, January 22, 2008 - 20:22

You can watch it on Blip.tv

You can watch it on Blip.tv in lower quality:
http://blip.tv/file/607991

by Mastering Drupal, January 23, 2008 - 04:25

Pingback

[...] This morning I received a letter (the electronic one) from Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen concerning my Pingback module. The motivation of the writing is that the current maintainer of Pingback module who is not me [...]
by Get A Piece of Cake Now, and Smile to The World | leon.info., March 7, 2008 - 23:50

Pingback

[...] pingback module was originally developed by Leontius Adhika Pradhana but he does not have time to maintain the project. I took over last week and I have just now [...]
by Pingback module for Drupal 6 | Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen | , March 15, 2008 - 09:02

Pingback

[...] I started playing with Drupal, a free cms. I installed the avatar, affiliate, pingback, bookmaker and buddylist modules as a test. Posted by WebPro at [...]
by Webmaster Guide - Monetize The Web: Drupal, May 14, 2008 - 06:57

Pingback

[...] 00:35 — willfe Jumping on the bandwagon about 3 years too late (heh) I’ve installed the Pingback module into this Drupal site to enable Willfe.com to receive and send pingbacks. With a bit of luck the [...]
by Willfe.com Adds Pingback Support | Willfe.com, May 23, 2008 - 00:09

Pingback

[...] for the pingback module. 's blog [...]
by Drupal Pingback Module | Hook Up Spanish, June 15, 2008 - 06:45

Pingback

[...] kann man das Ganze dann mit einem Link auf die Seite http://leapon.net/en/drupal-gets-pingback. Bookmark/Search this post [...]
by Pingback mit Drupal | . . : : skhor.de : : . ., June 27, 2008 - 04:55

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