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[apondonet]

Originally Posted by apondonet

Here is one for you Teli:

After clicking the SAVE button when posting I get a blank page with post.php at the end of the URL.

This seems to be a widespread problem and I haven't been able to solve it.

Any ideas?

Still waiting for an answer on this one. Haven't found a solution yet!

[Teli]

Actually, there isn't a simple solution as the problem has been linked to a number of things including the ping list you have set up. If one of the sites isn't responding properly, it could cause the post script to choke. It could also be server settings, which could cause the post script to choke, and it could also be the content within the post which is causing the post script to choke.

I would recommend deleting all the websites in your ping list and try posting again. If the entry publishes without a problem, chances are it's a website in the ping list or the ping list was just too long to begin with.

If the problem still occurs, try altering the post content to see if that may be the problem. And if that still doesn't help, chances are that it's a server issue.

Hope that gets you in the right direction,
~ Teli

[StephenR]

Teli is absolutely correct James. Nowadays there's really no reason IMHO to have an extensive list of ping directories. You can still test it but there are only a handful of authority ping sites you need to be concerned about.

HEADS UP for all of you WordPress users. You may want to consider coverting your feeds to the Feedburner format. You can accomplish this by downloading the WordPress Feedburner Plugin. This plugin is stable and I use it on all my WP blogs.

[apondonet]

That seems to be the problem. Quite accurately diagnosed. Thank you very much Teli and co.

Question:

Which of these do you regard as authority ping sites. Note - The default for WordPress is - http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

Here is the list:

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping.php
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/...wa/pingPodcast
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://pingqueue.com/rpc/
http://ping.blogg.de/
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.britblog.com/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://rpc.wpkeys.com/
http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-...ngExtended.doz
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://www.imblogs.net/ping/
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.rssfwd.com/xmlrpc/api
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

[StephenR]

If you want to knock out all the major directories in one shot take a look at the following XML-RPC sites compiled by Robin Good from MasterNewMedia. I didn't re-check all these so some may now be obsolete.

The URLs between parentheses are not regular hyperlinks, but addresses of the respective ping services belonging to each directory.


Blo.gs (service URL: http://ping.blo.gs/) - verified

Weblogs (service URL: http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2) - ambiguous results

FeedBurner has a service called PingShot. With this service, FeedBurner automatically pings the services every time you add a new entry. It requires using FeedBurner for your feeds.

Technorati (service URL: http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping) - verified
Technorati Ping Configurations - Detailed instructions

MyYahoo! (service URL: http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping) - not found

BlogChatter (service URL: http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php) - not clear how this is supposed to work (site and link not working at last check)

PubSub (service URL: http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/) - not updated

BlogDigger (service URL: http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2)- unverified

Feedster (service URL: http://api.feedster.com/ping.php) - requires feed to be manually submitted first; not yet verified

BlogRolling (service URL: http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/) - not updated

BlogStreet (service URL: http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi) requires one-time manual blog URL submission

Moreover (service URL: http://api.moreover.com/ping) - not yet verified

Weblogalot (service URL: http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php) - not yet verified

IceRocket (service URL: http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/) - not yet verified

TopicExchange (service URL: http://topicexchange.com/RPC2) - not yet verified

BlogShares (service URL: http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php) retrieves its data from weblogs.com; requires one-time manual submission not yet verified

NewsIsFree (service URL: http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php3) not yet verified

Blog Buzz Machine (service URL: http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2) not verified