5:38 AM - Trackback
I've got a partial trackback implementation done. It will be added to the site on the next rollout of the just journal software. I haven't decided when that will be yet.
Trackback allows you to post a comment on another blog or receive trackbacks from users on other blogs. For instance, someone could see your blog entry and then write their own entry commenting on it on another site. That would then show up in your trackbacks.
I'm still working a few things out. One common problem with trackback is spam. Users should be able to delete any trackback that is spam from their blog. I'm also considering some type of screening system for new ones. You would have to approve a trackback before anyone could see it.
I'm not going to implement completely automatic trackbacks because few blogs still use them anyway. That means if you want to trackback on a blog entry, you need to know the trackback URL ahead of time.
An example blog with trackbacks is:
http://www.homebusinesswiz.com/2007/03/how_to_make_a_trackback_on_a_b.html
The trackback URL looks like this:
http://www.becomeacertifiedcoach.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/214
On just journal, the trackback url for a specific entry will look like this:
http://www.justjournal.com/trackback?entryID=somenumber