My day and thoughts: Open Id and adding comments

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Open Id and adding comments

a Blogger user who wants to leave a comment, will be challenged with the AOL sign-in screen. On that page they will notice a tab for OpenID (the orange color tab on the far right). When the Blogger user clicks on the OpenID tab, they will be asked to enter their OpenID. For Blogger users their OpenID would be of the form YourBlogName.blogspot.com (for example, one of my test blogs on blogger is journalsopenid.blogspot.com). Once you enter this information, you will be taken to the Bloggger sign-in screen where your credentials will be validated. After successful validation, you will be be sent back to AOL where you will have to fill out a small form where you will be asked a couple of questions, one of which is your age (this is to comply with Child Protection laws). Upon filling out this form successfully (only a one time thing), you will go to the Comments page where you can leave a comment.

For this update, OpenID for comments is available for US journals only.

More on OpenID
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How do I get an OpenID?

Surprise! You may already have one. If you use any of the following services, you already have your own OpenID: