New Functionality Includes:-

• Auto-Trackback (New config option)
  • Will provide a trackback or a ping for every link in your article (when published)
    • note: there is a slight delay in this occurring due to the code running on a background thread and performing web requests.
    • note: links must be fully qualified, so links to the same server using FTB will strip the server name. It's advisable to use a different text editor like FCKEditor or CuteEditor if you need this functionality.
    • note: it will only ping links in the summary.
• Incoming Trackback/Pingback (New config option)
• Allows your articles to accept trackbacks & pingbacks as comments
• Additional Trackback Tokens to the comments templates
• [ISCOMMENT][/ISCOMMENT]
• [ISPINGBACK][/ISPINGBACK]
• [ISTRACKBACK][/ISTRACKBACK]
• [PINGBACKURL]
• [TRACKBACKBLOGNAME]
• [TRACKBACKEXCERPT]
• [TRACKBACKTITLE]
• [TRACKBACKURL]
• RSS 2.0 Feeds Validation
  • The trackback link still not validated, not sure how to make a url with parameters validate?
  • Links in the feed using FTB sometimes strip the domain (when linking to the same domain). It's advisable to use a different text editor like FCKEditor or CuteEditor if you need this functionality.
• The link in comment notification should display the full url when friendly urls switched off.
• Articles should appear straight away, rather then the 1 minute delay introduced in the last release.
• Approval notification should be sent out when an approver approves on the edit article screen. (Previously it was only sent out on the approval screen)

Let me know what you think about the trackback/pingback functionality. It should improve your SEO and help to drive traffic. In the next release it will have the ability to ping external services like technorati.