Guide To Ping PPS From WordPress

As an active pinger of Project Petaling Street(PPS) and WordPress(WP) user, here I write a brief guide to ping PPS, both manual and auto ways. :)

Requirements:

• A weblog powered by WordPress(here I use version 1.0.2)
• PPS membership (free register)
• Basic HTML editing and file upload/download skill(for auto ping)

Preparation
You need to have PPS Ping URLs. Goto member page(public pinger) of PPS, there is intruction to get PPS Ping URLs under “Using Personal-Server-Installed Blogging Tools: Begin Instructions” part.

Note: PPS Ping URLs are only for PPS members, therefore, I cannot reveal them here.

Manual Ping PPS
Here is simple and brainless way to ping PPS manually…

1. When you write a post in WP, there is a “Trackback an URL” text field under the post area.

   

2. To ping PPS, just copy and paste the PPS Ping URL of the category you want to ping into the text field.

   So, it look looks something like this:

   

3. After that just publish the post as usual by clicking the “Publish” button, and WP will ping PPS. Done! :)

Auto Ping PPS
Here is tip to save the trouble of copy and paste the ping URL everytime you make a post.

1. Download “edit-form.php” from your WP installation directory. The file is inside /wp-admin/ directory.
2. Open and edit “edit-form.php“.
3. Search for “trackback_url” and you will see a line like the following:
   <input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 360px" id="trackback" tabindex="7" value="" />
4. Replace it with:
   <input type="text" name="trackback_url" style="width: 360px" id="trackback" tabindex="7" value="PUT_PPS_PING_URL_HERE" />
5. Save the file after editing. Upload the edited “edit-form.php” back to your WP installation’s /wp-admin/ directory, and replace the old file.
6. Done! Next time when you start a new post, the PPS URL will sit in the trackback field automatically. Like this:

   

   If you do not wish to ping PPS for particular post, just delete the URL from the text field. :)

Thought:
Hope this guide helps PPS members who are using WordPress. :)

For MovableType user, here is brief guide to ping PPS by YowKee.