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Auto Ping PPS from Wordpress 1.5

Filed in: Tips n Tricks, WordPress — April 22nd, 2005

Since the site is upgraded to Wordpress 1.5 and the core code changed, here is the updated guide to auto ping Project Petaling Street (PPS).

For previous Wordpress version, please refer to Guide to ping PPS from Wordpress. It works on WP 1.0 / 1.2.

We need to edit two files in WP_ROOT/wp-admin:

• edit-form.php - Simple controls post editor
• edit-form-advanced.php - Advance control post editor

Important: Backup the files before continue.

Simple controls post editor (edit-form.php)

1. Open edit-form.php for edit.
2. Goto line #56, where it read:
   PLAIN TEXT
   HTML:

   1. <input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 360px" id="trackback" tabindex="7">

3. Replace the line with:
   PLAIN TEXT
   HTML:

   1. <input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 360px" id="trackback" tabindex="7" value="PPS PING PATH" />

4. Save and upload edit-form.php. Done.

Advance controls post editor (edit-form-advanced.php)

1. Open edit-form-advanced.php for edit.
2. Goto line #27, where it reads:
   PLAIN TEXT
   PHP:

   1. $form_trackback = '<input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 415px" id="trackback" tabindex="7" value="'. str_replace("\n", ' ', $to_ping) .'" />';

3. Add following code ABOVE the line:
   PLAIN TEXT
   PHP:

   1. if($to_ping == '') $to_ping = 'PPS PING PATH';

   So that it looks as follow:

   PLAIN TEXT
   PHP:

   1. if($to_ping == '') $to_ping = 'PPS PING PATH';
   2. $form_trackback = '<input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 415px" id="trackback" tabindex="7" value="'. str_replace("\n", ' ', $to_ping) .'" />';

4. Save and upload edit-form-advanced.php. Done.

Note: Replace PPS PING PATH with provided ping URL when you register to PPS.

Thought:
Hope this helps Malaysia bloggers who are using Wordpress 1.5 (or later?) to easily ping PPS, and increase blog traffic. Of course, you can remove the PPS ping URL when you do not want to ping PPS for certain post.

Read also:

• Wordpress Plugin: Auto Ping PPS (alpha)
• Guide To Ping PPS From WordPress
• List of Ping Services
• Ping PPS from Blogger BlogSpot
• Fakapster - the First Malaysia Blog Update Service

What do you think? 18 Responses to “Auto Ping PPS from Wordpress 1.5”

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1. #1
   Chewxy Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 3:50 pm

   THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. #2
   Kahsoon Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 5:11 pm

   hey liew…i was wondering, im using wp1.5 as well…do i need to register as a member to auto ping? previously i had an account in pps and it is meant for blogspot…can i use back same account or i must register a new one? for wp1.5 like you and me…i changed edited the 2 files but whats next? do i need to go to pps and send them an email saying that i want to auto ping and do we need to wait them to approve us?

3. #3
   H4RRY Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 8:13 pm

   nice work, and i was wondering why i can’t ping to PPS as i was using the old auto PPS ping method.

   Kahsoon: you can use your current account and no, no need to send Aizuddin an email. just ping all you want. you can also ping to the test site of PPS if you’re not sure.

4. #4
   Edrei Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 8:18 pm

   That would explain why the ping only worked once. Now I can use this to ping all the sites.

   Thanks a lot man, makes perfect sense now.

5. #5
   Kahsoon Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 11:47 pm

   How come i edited the file but still when i publish a post my entry wont appear in pps???

6. #6
   LcF Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 11:55 pm

   pls double check your code, and refresh pps.

7. #7
   Kahsoon Says:
   April 23rd, 2005 at 12:21 am

   i dont understand the last part. Note: Replace PPS PING PATH with provided ping URL when you register to PPS. what is the provided ping URL?

8. #8
   Kahsoon Says:
   April 23rd, 2005 at 12:37 am

   nvm i got the ping url already lol….just want to know if everyone’s ping url is the same?

9. #9
   LcF Says:
   April 23rd, 2005 at 12:50 am

   Yes, everyone’s ping url is the same. Please keep the url private.

10. #10
    AhKnight Says:
    April 23rd, 2005 at 8:26 am

    whats the diff btw this and old method ?

    by using the old method it only wont work when you default post method is advance ?

11. #11
    LcF Says:
    April 23rd, 2005 at 9:07 am

    @AhKnight: ya, there are code different in advance mode. the theory is still same though.

12. #12
    MENJ Says:
    April 23rd, 2005 at 11:46 am

    LCF, instead of hacking into WP, can someone write an auto-pinger plugin instead?

    - MENJ

13. #13
    LcF Says:
    April 23rd, 2005 at 11:51 am

    good idea. I wonder WP has the hook for trackback field or not…

14. #14
    AhKnight Says:
    April 24th, 2005 at 1:59 pm

    i just wonder why pps is using trackback but not pinging ?

15. #15
    LcF Says:
    April 24th, 2005 at 4:02 pm

    I am working on the plugin but get stucked in adding ping url in advance form.

    PPS is using MT blog trackback function.

16. #16
    Syiok.com Says:
    May 5th, 2005 at 4:28 pm

    Works great. Thank you very much mr. Liew.

17. #17
    wiredpod Says:
    June 21st, 2005 at 9:09 pm

    Great stuff.. Just to say thanks that finally I got to ping back to PPS.
    Cheers!

18. #18
    Bernie’s ramblings… » Auto Ping PPS from Wordpress 1.5 | LiewCF.com - Latest Technology, Computers and Internet in Malaysian style. Says:
    January 1st, 2006 at 12:51 am

    [...] I’ve been trying to auto-ping PPS for quite a while but have been unable to. Well, silly me because I didn’t even Google for a solution - I merely tried inserting the provided URL in the auto-ping of my Wordpress blog. Turns out, PPS uses MT’s trackback but not auto-pinging. I’ve now implemented a hack recommended by LiewCF.com . I hope it works and this post is a quick test . [...]

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