Radio Fun
Radio UserLand, RSS, Weblog Tools and Design
Monday, August 04, 2003
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
Karlin notes the downside of moving domains in the weblog world. Sorry, should have noted this in my weblog. You do lose the contextual rankings you get from places like Technorati (I went from the #30 weblog in the top #100 to off the list), blogroll links, and RSS subscriptions (the latter two problems can be partially fixed via a redirect). This type of contextual loss will only increase as time goes on, so it is better to bite the bullet and get your own domain now rather than later. [John Robb's Weblog]
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
Writing UserTalk scripts without a handler. UserTalk programming tip (via Brent Simmons): If a script has no parameters, it doesn't need a handler method (a method defined with the on keyword that is executed when the script is called).
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
TrackBack for Radio. TrackBack is a set of specifications published by SixApart, the company that develops Movable Type. It's used notify another site that a post in your site points to a post on the other site.
The notification is called a ping. Often TrackBack pings are displayed in a pop-up window linked next to the post that received the ping.
Radio UserLand's supports both outgoing and incoming TrackBack pings. Outgoing pings are made automatically based on links in your weblog posts. Incoming pings are displayed similarly to comments, in a pop-up window via a link next to the post which received the ping.
Here's a post in a Radio site which has a pop-up window that displays incoming TrackBack pings.
How to turn on TrackBack in your Radio site
Here's how to turn on TrackBack in your Radio weblog:
1. Update Radio.root.
2. Go to your Item Template prefs page, and add the following macro to your Item Template where you want the TrackBack link and counter to appear:
This macro will render as a link to the pop-up window that displays TrackBack pings for each post.
3. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
4. Go to the TrackBack prefs page, check the box to enable TrackBack, check the box to add TrackBack links to each post in your weblog, and then click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
TrackBack is now enabled -- your weblog posts will appear with a TrackBack link, which opens a pop-up window displaying incoming pings.
How to ping
Radio sends outgoing pings automatically when posts are published by looking for links in the post, and send pings to sites you've linked to if they support TrackBack.
You can send TrackBack pings to sites which aren't linked to directly, by pasting the permalink URL for the post you want to ping into the URLs to Ping field on the Desktop Website Home Page.
See also
Radio UserLand: How to Enable the Comments feature
Benjamin and Mena Trott: TrackBack Specification
By Jake Savin. [Radio UserLand Messages]
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
TrackBack for Radio is released. Radio supports both inbound and outbound TrackBack pings. For outbound TrackBack, all you have to do is enable the feature, and Radio will do the rest. Inbound TrackBack works similarly to comments -- a TrackBack link next to each post opens a pop-up window which displays inbound pings. To enable TrackBack for Radio, follow the instructions on this page. By lawrence@userland.com (Lawrence Lee). [UserLand Product News]
Radio UserLand, RSS, Weblog Tools and Design
Monday, August 04, 2003[back-dated from 10/5/03]
Karlin notes the downside of moving domains in the weblog world. Sorry, should have noted this in my weblog. You do lose the contextual rankings you get from places like Technorati (I went from the #30 weblog in the top #100 to off the list), blogroll links, and RSS subscriptions (the latter two problems can be partially fixed via a redirect). This type of contextual loss will only increase as time goes on, so it is better to bite the bullet and get your own domain now rather than later. [John Robb's Weblog]
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
Writing UserTalk scripts without a handler. UserTalk programming tip (via Brent Simmons): If a script has no parameters, it doesn't need a handler method (a method defined with the on keyword that is executed when the script is called).
When a script lacks a handler, the top-level lines of the script will be executed when the script is called with no parameters. The following two versions of a workspace.displayTime script are functionally identical:
on displayTime() {
dialog.alert( clock.now() )
}
dialog.alert( clock.now() )
}
dialog.alert( clock.now() )
[Workbench] 10:38:37 PM
categories: Radio Fun
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
TrackBack for Radio. TrackBack is a set of specifications published by SixApart, the company that develops Movable Type. It's used notify another site that a post in your site points to a post on the other site.
The notification is called a ping. Often TrackBack pings are displayed in a pop-up window linked next to the post that received the ping.
Radio UserLand's supports both outgoing and incoming TrackBack pings. Outgoing pings are made automatically based on links in your weblog posts. Incoming pings are displayed similarly to comments, in a pop-up window via a link next to the post which received the ping.
Here's a post in a Radio site which has a pop-up window that displays incoming TrackBack pings.
How to turn on TrackBack in your Radio site
Here's how to turn on TrackBack in your Radio weblog:
1. Update Radio.root.
2. Go to your Item Template prefs page, and add the following macro to your Item Template where you want the TrackBack link and counter to appear:
<%trackbackLink%>This macro will render as a link to the pop-up window that displays TrackBack pings for each post.
3. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
4. Go to the TrackBack prefs page, check the box to enable TrackBack, check the box to add TrackBack links to each post in your weblog, and then click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
TrackBack is now enabled -- your weblog posts will appear with a TrackBack link, which opens a pop-up window displaying incoming pings.
How to ping
Radio sends outgoing pings automatically when posts are published by looking for links in the post, and send pings to sites you've linked to if they support TrackBack.
You can send TrackBack pings to sites which aren't linked to directly, by pasting the permalink URL for the post you want to ping into the URLs to Ping field on the Desktop Website Home Page.
See also
Radio UserLand: How to Enable the Comments feature
Benjamin and Mena Trott: TrackBack Specification
By Jake Savin. [Radio UserLand Messages]
[back-dated from 10/5/03]
TrackBack for Radio is released. Radio supports both inbound and outbound TrackBack pings. For outbound TrackBack, all you have to do is enable the feature, and Radio will do the rest. Inbound TrackBack works similarly to comments -- a TrackBack link next to each post opens a pop-up window which displays inbound pings. To enable TrackBack for Radio, follow the instructions on this page. By lawrence@userland.com (Lawrence Lee). [UserLand Product News]