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You may have heard about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid OpenID] .  If you want to get started, you're at the right place.
  
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==5 Steps for Early Adopters==
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1. Go to [http://myopenid.com MyOpenID] and register an OpenID.  For instance, [http://bijoy.myopenid.com/ Bijoy] is an early adopter.
  
[http://www.openid.net OpenID]
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2. (''optional'') All the cool kids are making their blogs their OpenID.  To do this, link from your blog to the URL you just registered.  This is called delegation and you usually do this by editing your blog template so that you can add two lines within the <HEAD> tags of your HTML.  For instance, Bijoy might add the following to [http://bijoygoswami.com bijoygoswami.com]:
  
[http://www.openidenabled.com/ OpenID Enabled! Community]
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<link rel="openid.server" href="http://www.myopenid.com/server" />
  
My current OpenID is tbbrown.livejournal.com.  I would rather it be tbbrown.bootstrapnetwork.com. :)
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<link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://bijoy.myopenid.com/" /> 
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3. If you're not already logged in, log in to the wiki with your legacy credentials
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4. Associate your new OpenID with your legacy account [http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Special:OpenIDConvert here]
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5. Forget your old credentials.
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==What now?==
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Check out [http://www.myopenid.com/directory other sites] that have adopted OpenID. For instance, if you already have an account at Stuffopolis, you can do steps 3-5 for Stuffopolis [http://www.stuffopolis.com/wopr/profile.php?config=personal here]If you don't already have an account, registration with your new OpenID takes about 5 seconds.  The [http://www.stuffopolis.com/wordpress Stuffopolis Wordpress blog] also uses OpenID.
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If you have any questions, feel free to drop [http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/User:Tbbrown Tom Brown] an email: tbbrown [at] stuffopolis [dot] com

Revision as of 05:04, 14 December 2006

You may have heard about OpenID . If you want to get started, you're at the right place.

5 Steps for Early Adopters

1. Go to MyOpenID and register an OpenID. For instance, Bijoy is an early adopter.

2. (optional) All the cool kids are making their blogs their OpenID. To do this, link from your blog to the URL you just registered. This is called delegation and you usually do this by editing your blog template so that you can add two lines within the <HEAD> tags of your HTML. For instance, Bijoy might add the following to bijoygoswami.com:

<link rel="openid.server" href="http://www.myopenid.com/server" />

<link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://bijoy.myopenid.com/" />

3. If you're not already logged in, log in to the wiki with your legacy credentials

4. Associate your new OpenID with your legacy account here

5. Forget your old credentials.

What now?

Check out other sites that have adopted OpenID. For instance, if you already have an account at Stuffopolis, you can do steps 3-5 for Stuffopolis here. If you don't already have an account, registration with your new OpenID takes about 5 seconds. The Stuffopolis Wordpress blog also uses OpenID.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop Tom Brown an email: tbbrown [at] stuffopolis [dot] com