Trackback issues

Is there anybody out there who might be able to tell me why trackbacks are not showing on my individual posts or in my sidebar (where I have recent trackbacks listed)? I can link to my own entries and they show as trackbacks in both the entries and in my sidebar, but I’ve had a few people link directly to particular posts of mine and I get no visible trackbacks; I only know they’re linking to me because I visit their sites.

Does anyone know what the problem might be? I’m using the Get Recent Comments (&Trackbacks) Plug-in if that helps at all.

Thanks!

Get Firefox, Folks! (Or, Why MyBlogLog won't work on my blog in IE.)

So, I very much dislike Internet Explorer. (Don't even get me started in Microsoft. My next computer will be a Mac!) Anyway, I've been using (and loving!) MyBlogLog for a while, and last night on a whim I checked ...

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Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies?

In her recent comment on my post about possessive versus plural (and how even the media and government can't get it right), Lori mentioned Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite, a book I bought recently. I'm a fan of books ...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! To my husband: You're my best friend and the love of my life, worth waiting for. To my family: I love you and miss you so much! Thanks for teaching me the true meaning of Valentine's Day. To ...

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Comments and replies

I've been reading about how important it is to communicate with your blog readers. This is why I've installed a plug-in that allows readers to subscribe to comments on a particular post, so that they can see my occasional responses there. However, Wordpress also allows me to respond via e-mail to each commenter, and ...

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