Check your most recent post and you'll see that your trackbacks are in fact working. You'll probably also want to delete what I trackedback eh?

can it be something with the server? We have another b2e running on a different server and it accepts trackbacks alright ...

Also of potential interest: when upgrading, I did use the "lite" upgrade package, which updated only the altered files. Could this be the trouble source?

thx, 'lex

EDIT: whoops sorry EdB just saw your post the escond I posted my reply. I'll get back to you in a minute

ah OK, for a moment you had me really confused, Ed. Sorry, you have been trackbacking to that OTHER b2e at bloxity.com.
Try to trackback something at http://www.alexandermaiwald.de/pri/index.php/all where I am trying to build my current incarnation. Thank you! :-)

Try that site with the 'custom' skin and see what you get. AFAIK there is no reason to believe trackbacks don't work, but the skin you've created doesn't offer a trackback URL. Also I think pingbacks are known to be hosed up.

Anyway try it with the custom skin and see if you offer single post visitors a trackback url.

Hey Ed, yes, that did it. Obviously the skin I was building on had the relevant lines

	$disp_trackbacks = 1;				// Display the trackbacks if requested
	$disp_trackback_url = 1;		// Display the trackbal URL if trackbacks requested
	$disp_pingbacks = 1;				// Display the pingbacks if requested

removed / missing. Thanks for homing me in on those :-)

best regards! 'lex