There She Blogs! (Part Three)
This is the final segment covering the creation of a blog within the VillageChronicles.net website. We will explain the last three features of the canvas you are presented with when creating your blog: Search Older Posts, Trackbacks and Comments.
Search Older Posts allows you to search on a word that is in the title of a previous blog. All you would need to do is type the word that you are looking for in the title and click on the magnifying glass to the right of the textbox. This will perform a search for that word within all of the blogs on the system and return to you all of the blogs that contain that word in the title. Now you just have to click on the blog you would like to read, and it will be presented to you.
The Trackbacks and Comments option has two purposes. The Comments tab allows you the option to prevent users from commenting on your blog if you choose to do so. All you have to do is choose the disable option. Trackbacks are used primarily to facilitate communication between blogs. When you create a blog, you may want to reference another blog in your article. To do this, you put a link in your blog. When someone reading your blog clicks on the link it will take them to the other blog so they can review it. A Trackback is kind of like a counter. When the user clicks on the link of this other blog the trackback feature sends an acknowledgment. This acknowledgment is sent via a network signal called a ping from the originating site to the receiving site.
Consider the ping like a knock on the door of the receiving website. When the knock occurs, the receiving machine basically increases its counter. This keeps track of how many times that particular blog is being referenced in other blogs. The receiving blog will typically display summaries of, and links to, all the commenting entries below the original entry. This allows for conversations spanning several blogs that readers can easily follow. The problem with this though is that trackbacks require both sites to be trackback-enabled in order to establish this communication. If both sites are not trackback-enabled, than the trackback feature is useless. While this feature may be useful in the techie world, it really doesn’t serve much purpose for the casual user.
Next week we will introduce you to the Forums section of our website. As always, if there are any questions send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We are here to assist. Anyone interested in a hands-on training session pertaining to features of the website should send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Until then, Happy Clicking.
