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Thanks, macmanx, couldn’t have said it better. It’s indeed only the server-side interaction via XML-RPC that is at issue here and not the blog client. One could even write a simple PHP script to post a test entry with XML-RPC.

Looks like WP’s XMLRPC implementation is ignoring the trackbacks. I hope someone can take a look.

yeah, surely is a way to fix it. First make sure you got the latest WP (https://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001427.php) and if that doesn’t work email me directly or post to the ecto support forum (latter one recommended).

OK, this should be sorted now. For anyone else with the same issue, make sure your server’s httpd.conf file doesn’t contain:

<Files ~ “xmlrpc\.php$”>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Files>

One easy way to find out is to rename xmlrpc.php to like xmlrpc2.php.

One thing comes to mind: do you have any plugins activated for your WP blog? If so, which plugins?

ecto support here. I’m dealing with this user’s issue on my forum as well. I’m baffled as it’s neither WP nor ecto. Even if the login/password combination is wrong, this user should still be able to access the file. He should then see “XML-RPC server accepts POST requests only.” if he were to access the file via the browser or using curl or whatever.

The correct access point for your WP is:
“https://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/xmlrpc.php&#8221;

The file “https://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/wordpress/xmlrpc.php&#8221; does not exist on your server.

https://bb.infinite-sushi.com/viewtopic.php?t=641
Scroll down a bit.

Follow the directions at https://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001427.php and you should be ok.

I joined the list and sent an email there. Thanks for the work on patching this all up. The category issue is easily fixed as I described in the email.

The “patch” I uploaded isn’t the best solution. It just mostly reverts back to 1.5.1.2. The best way to fix it is not to set categories if none are passed in editPost and categories are already set in the db entry for the post.

Btw, ecto user complain 1.5.1.3 is doing way too much escaping. You can’t even upload images since it seems to mess up the base64.

metaWeblog.editPost is called AFTER mt.setPostCategories. That’s the MovableType API way. It’s always been like that and it’s how it works, because of a glitch in MT itself. In MT, mt.setPostCategories changes won’t be published unless you call metaWeblog.editPost. I don’t know what clients you test, and I’m surprised you didn’t use ecto to test. After all, a lot of WP users use ecto.

podz, if you wanted someone to test ecto with your xmlrpc code, why didn’t you just ask me, the ecto developer? The contact form is right there on the ecto page and Matt even has my email address.

A fix is described here:
https://ecto.kung-foo.tv/archives/001427.php

The problem here is that whoever coded the latest upgrade to xmlrpc.php did not realize that with MovableType API, categories are passed in mt.setPostCategories and NOT in metaWeblog.newPost or metaWeblog.editPost.