Comments on: OpenID Making Things Easier http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59317 Alex Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:49:52 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59317 I'm not sure how Dougal implements it (you could be right), but in order to be "logged in", there needs to be a WP user. From the <a href="http://verselogic.net/projects/wordpress/wordpress-openid-plugin/">docs</a>: <blockquote>Visitors can quickly register or login with their Identity using the Login form. Upon successful authentication, <strong>a real local wordpress user is created to store the visitor’s profile</strong>. This user gains the default role permissions that any other newly registered user would.</blockquote> I’m not sure how Dougal implements it (you could be right), but in order to be “logged in”, there needs to be a WP user.

From the docs:

Visitors can quickly register or login with their Identity using the Login form. Upon successful authentication, a real local wordpress user is created to store the visitor’s profile. This user gains the default role permissions that any other newly registered user would.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59316 Geof F. Morris Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:32:39 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59316 I don't think the way that Dougal implements the <a href="http://verselogic.net/projects/wordpress/wordpress-openid-plugin/">VerseLogic WordPress OpenID plugin</a> generates accounts. I agree that it's probably overkill to generate lots of accounts, and I think OpenID is a solid gateway for this. Conceptually, of course. I've been too lazy to implement it. ;) I don’t think the way that Dougal implements the VerseLogic WordPress OpenID plugin generates accounts. I agree that it’s probably overkill to generate lots of accounts, and I think OpenID is a solid gateway for this.

Conceptually, of course. I’ve been too lazy to implement it. ;)

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59309 Alex Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:53:58 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59309 I don't really think about OpenID for blog commenting because I have no desire to require registration for commenting. I guess I could enable registration via OpenID and offer it in lieu of the pseduo-CAPTCHA, but I really don't want to deal with all the user accounts. I don’t really think about OpenID for blog commenting because I have no desire to require registration for commenting. I guess I could enable registration via OpenID and offer it in lieu of the pseduo-CAPTCHA, but I really don’t want to deal with all the user accounts.

]]> By: david http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59305 david Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:06:28 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59305 I'm glad to hear it -- I'm patiently waiting for more services out there to adopt OpenID. It would make commenting on blogs a breeze instead of all the various accounts and captchas that are standard fare for throwing a "first post" on the pile. :) I’m glad to hear it — I’m patiently waiting for more services out there to adopt OpenID. It would make commenting on blogs a breeze instead of all the various accounts and captchas that are standard fare for throwing a “first post” on the pile. :)

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59244 Geof F. Morris Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:56:37 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59244 You know, you could always prefer OpenID authentication for posting comments here; it'd cut down on the spam. As soon as I get over being lazy about doing it on GFMorris.com, I'll do it there, since that's the place I feel led to do such things. You know, you could always prefer OpenID authentication for posting comments here; it’d cut down on the spam. As soon as I get over being lazy about doing it on GFMorris.com, I’ll do it there, since that’s the place I feel led to do such things.

]]> By: tecosystems » links for 2007-10-17 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59240 tecosystems » links for 2007-10-17 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:21:29 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2007/10/16/openid-making-things-easier#comment-59240 [...] OpenID Making Things Easier | alexking.org more kudos for OpenID - lord knows identity needs all the help it can get (tags: openid alexking identity sso) [...] […] OpenID Making Things Easier | alexking.org more kudos for OpenID - lord knows identity needs all the help it can get (tags: openid alexking identity sso) […]

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