We just released a pair of changes for Manila, which improve performance when updating a Manila site’s home page. Dave had found that pinging Weblogs.Com was taking a long time. The changes just released make Manila send the pings to Weblogs.Com in a separate thread instead of waiting for a response. To get the changes,… Continue reading

The second beta release of TrackBack support for Radio UserLand is ready. This version adds support for inbound TrackBack pings, various bug fixes, and a new prefs page for configuring the feature. If you’re comfortable running beta software, please help us test by following the instructions in this message on the Radio-Dev mail list. Continue reading

This is a test post, but judging from the TrackBack links next to other posts on my home page, it looks like I’ve got TrackBack working for Radio. Please try pinging this post. I’d like to know that it’s working for others as well. Thanks! Continue reading

Following on the release of TrackBack for Manila, we’re working on TrackBack support for Radio UserLand. If you’re a Radio user who’s comfortable running beta software, please help us test TrackBack support for Radio by following these instructions on the Radio-Dev mail list. Continue reading

Testing outgoing TrackBack pings in Radio… Continue reading

The TrackBack feature for Manila that we’ve been testing for the last couple of days has been released. Manila has full support for TrackBack, including both incoming and outgoing pings, with the option for sending outgoing pingsw automatically, based on links in posts to your Manila site. Documentation for server managers and Manila site owners… Continue reading

A White House ‘Blog would kick some serious ass. Continue reading

UserLand has a new feature for testing: TrackBack for news items oriented Manila sites. If you’re comfortable running beta software, please help us test the new feature: Follow these instructions on the manila-dev mail list. For those not familiar with it, Trackback is a set of specifications published by SixApart, the company that develops Movable… Continue reading

The robots.txt feature we’ve been working on for the last day or so has been released. Manila now generates robots.txt files, based on preferences set by Managing Editors. See this page on the Manila website for details about the new feature. Continue reading

We’ve got a new feature for testing: robots.txt for Manila sites. We’re planning on releasing the feature through root updates, probably later today, but we wanted to give it a little time to burn in first. If you run a Manila server and would like to help test the new feature, please follow the instructions… Continue reading