Those who are regular users of Maneno will have noticed by now that we've added a number of new items to the admin menu. These were all sections that have been around for awhile, but we were beta testing them in admin before releasing them to everyone else so that we could make sure that they worked well. Now, we're happy to announce that anyone with a blog can manage their comments, trackbacks, and various media files that they upload to the site.
Obviously one of the most powerful features on any blogging site. Users are free to delete comments that they feel are not appropriate or edit them if there are typos. Both of these items should be used with care, which is why we've made it easy to contact the person who submitted the comment if they listed an email. You'll see that in the comments admin pages, next to their name. Most of them time, people shouldn't have to do too much with this function, but it's there if it's needed.
This word has been problematic to translate as it's an artificial word in English. For those who aren't familiar with this function, Maneno records all the sites that link back to an article you've written. These links are then displayed below the article. It's generally considered to be something of a badge of honor if other people pick up and link to your article. Of course, some people may not want to have this in their blog, which is why it can be turned off in the 'blog settings' section if so desired.
Managing trackbacks has gotten to be something of an ordeal as there are endless spammers and bots who have picked up on trackbacks as an automated way to promote their garbage links. That being the case, we at Maneno do delete trackbacks that are outright bad from the start. There is also a delay built in to the system where once a trackback is recorded, the site waits for a period before displaying it so that it can be determined if it is valid or not and if it isn't, it can be deleted by the user in the admin section where it displays immediately.
Another tricky thing with trackbacks is to make sure that they link to a permanent source. It's often the case that someone will click on a link to an article of yours when that article is on the main page of another blog, recording a direct link to that blog. This is bad because in a short period of time, that link will not be on the front page of a blog and be an invalid trackback. It can take a bit of time to sort all this out, so please contact us if you have any questions.
This section is there for you to manage images you submit through the multiple image uploader. You can also grab the code from previously uploaded images if you want to link to one of them in a post. Lastly, you can upload a new image over an old one if you want to update it.
In time, we will be adding a lot more features (such as managing your sound files) to this section as it's a really powerful tool to control your assets on Maneno.
