[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21624: Multiplle Trackbacks field in edit screen removes spaces btw. URL's on save/update in 3.4 & 3.4.1

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#21624: Multiplle Trackbacks field in edit screen removes spaces btw. URL's on
save/update in 3.4 & 3.4.1
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 Reporter:  faddah        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |    Version:  3.4
 Severity:  major         |   Keywords:
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 This is reproducable in multiple browsers & OS platforms.

 This has happened both in 3.4 & 3.4.1. Was not seen in 3.3x or earlier.

 To see original discussion on this issue in WP support forums, see:
 [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/sending-multiple-trackbacks-problem WP
 Support Forum - Sending Multiple Trackbacks Problem].

 As [http://wordpress.org/support/profile/ipstenu Ipstenu]
 [http://halfelf.org (Mika Epstein)] in the support forums suggested, this
 may (though not certain about it) be related to previous
 [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17560 Trac ticket #17560 (Severe
 bug in XMLRPC and Windows Live Writer integration related to to_ping)],
 allegedly fixed in last January in
 [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/19675 Changeset 19675]. It would
 be helpful to review the support forum link above first and these Trac
 ticket & Changeset before proceeding on.

 Issue — for Trackbacks, to send links back to sites mentioned in-line that
 are ''not'' also Wordpress sites, you fill in the URLs in the Trackbacks
 field, separating each URL with a space between, as it says to of the Post
 or Page Edit screen in WP-Core. However, since 3.4 and still in 3.4.1,
 when you '''Save Draft,''' '''Publish''' or '''Update,''' all the spaces
 are removed and it becomes one long garbage line of URL's all grouped
 together. WP then attempts to send out to that, which is garbage, so none
 of the non-WP sites that are linked-to are ever contacted.

 To Reproduce —

 In a site running WP 3.4 or 3.4.1 —

 1.  Create a new post in WP.

 2. In the post, have links in-line with your verbiage to non-WP sites, say
 three of them.

 3.  In the trackback field in the edit post WP screen, put your three or
 so non-WP site links, separated by spaces, as it says to right on the
 screen for that trackback field.

 4.  Click on "save draft" or "publish."

 5.  Go back and look at at the trackback field.

 Expected result —
 In WP 3.3.x and earlier versions, it handled the non-WP trackbacks fine
 and notified those sites of the links in the post or page to it.

 Issue —
 In WP 3.4 & 3.4.1 still, the spaces between the links in the trackback
 field are removed on '''Save Draft,''' '''Publish''' or '''Update,''' and
 the multiple link line becomes one long garbage line and WP attempts to
 notify that, which, of course does not work.

 Again, this is for ''Trackbacks'', to ''non-''WP sites, that are input
 into the Trackbacks field; not ''Pingbacks'', which are for WP Sites and
 take the URLs that are in-line in the post and that works just fine.

 As mentioned, [http://wordpress.org/support/profile/ipstenu Ipstenu]
 [http://halfelf.org (Mika Epstein)] seems to think this is related to
 [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17560 Trac ticket #17560 (Severe
 bug in XMLRPC and Windows Live Writer integration related to to_ping)],
 and its related [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/19675 Changeset
 19675]. I am not quite sure if this is the case or not, but this might at
 least give a lead on tracking down this problem and why it started
 happening in WP 3.4 and continues to happen in 3.4.1.

 To contact me, faddah, for follow up on this —

 faddah wolf
 portland, oregon
 my_biz at me.com — e-mail & FaceTime
 (503) 449-0531 — iPhone & FaceTime
 @yuetsu on twitter
 http://ialsowent.com
 http://about.me/faddah

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