I’ve added OpenID support to my site, I need to change it a little though so the log-in box disappears when you log-in. Hopefully I’ll find the code to the box like at Neil’s World or markpasc.org . Wait, I added it! Thanks Neil. Oh no, I can’t get it working
The odds are though is that you’ve never heard of OpenID, so I’ll explain it a little. OpenID is a decentralised identity system, unlike TypeKey. TypeKey is a centralised identity system as it requires a central server to be online. OpenID is made up of hundreds of different servers.
You log-in to OpenID by entering your URL on the site, which accepts OpenID log-ins, you wish to log-in to. You then usually get taken to your server’s log-in page, where you log-in and sometimes add a trust. A trust gives permission to a certain site to accept your log-in. The best thing is though you don’t log-in with a username, but your site or blog’s URL.
To log-in using you blog or site’s URL you need to add a tiny amount of HTML in a <link rel> tag in the head. This is really nifty, and you can almost do that to any site or blog. All LiveJournal blogs, and blogging systems based around recent LiveJournal code, automatically integrate this.
This means any LiveJournal blog is a valid OpenID log-in; you can also comment on any LJ blog using OpenID. The same goes for TypeKey, simply type in the OpenID log-in box(http://profile.typekey.com/username).
OpenID was quite unheard of until recently, but when it was integrated into LJ developers started writing more code around it. Currently, with ease, you can install OpenID into MovableType or WP using extensions/modules/plug-ins. It even comes in the MT 3.2 extras folder.
The biggest trouble I had enabling it in MT for comments was it’s location in the template. It goes above this, or code similar to it depending on how much you customised MT.
<form method="post" action="<$MTCGIPath$><$MTCommentScript$>" name="comments_form" onsubmit="if (this.bakecookie.checked) rememberMe(this)">
OpenID is a bit complex, for example finding a server is hard if you don’t want to use one like LJ. Personally I use Imperial Violet’s server and you can visit it here, I suggest you use it. It’s really simple.
I prefer just filling in my name and typing a comment!
[...] ClaimID now supports OpenID, allowing you to use your ClaimID account as a log-in on OpenID sites. My review on OpenID explains OpenID itself (very interesting idea!). [...]
[...] The most interesting feature, in my opinion at least, is the fact it supports OpenID. This allows you to log-in using any OpenID URL (such as a ClaimID, TypeKey login, or one you may have included on into your blog using MyLID.net). An OpenID also allows you to log onto foreign versions of Wikitravel using your log-in at your preferred language’s site. [...]
[...] OpenID is a distributed log-in system I have reviewed before. Integrating it into your site allows users from Zooomr, Wikitravel, LiveJournal, TypeKey, ClaimID and various other services (some of which are dedicated like MyLID) to log-on and comment using their OpenID from those sites. [...]
Hello!
Thanks for your submission to “The OpenID Directory“, which I hereby acknowledge with this little test of your OpenID implementation.
Keep up the good work!
Thomas Huhn
[...] a great fan of OpenID and the whole idea of an open-source single sign on. Since I first started to use the technology in late 2005, I’ve seen it become more and more supported. Today, even AOL, Mozilla and Microsoft are [...]