[FM Discuss] OpenID (Re: last chance today to vote)

Fri Feb 4 02:02:05 PST 2011

adam hyde wrote:
> the last chance. if every person on the list voted we would win by
> *hundreds* of votes...please vote :)
> 
> http://vote.booki.cc

I hear some people won't consider voting as they don't want to come up
with yet another password for the Drumbeat web site and don't know how
to use the OpenID login option. You *can* log in to Drumbeat and many
more OpenID-enabled sites using your existing accounts that are
OpenID-enabled: Google, Yahoo, WordPress, Blogger, Google Profile,
Launchpad etc. This way you can use many sites with one account. Here's how:

1. Click "log in" of Drumbeat or go directly to
https://www.drumbeat.org/user

2. Click "Log in using OpenID"

3. Enter your OpenID web address. For example:

3.1. To use your Google account, enter https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id

3.2. To use your Yahoo account, enter http://yahoo.com/

3.3. For others, consult this handy table:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID#OpenID_Providers

4. Your browser will be directed to your account provider for entering
your password, then you'll be directed back to Drumbeat for choosing the
username and email address that you want to use on this site.

5. See your email inbox and click on the email confirmation link on the
message from Drumbeat.

6. Now you can vote by clicking the green button at
http://www.drumbeat.org/project/open-web-publishing

Bonus: Autonomous alternative to step 3: use your own existing web
address as your OpenID web address. Either install an OpenID provider
software on your web site, or simply delegate for now to an existing
account by adding lines such as the following two to the <head> section
of your web page:
<link rel="openid2.provider"
href="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/ud?source=profiles" >
<link rel="openid2.local_id"
href="http://www.google.com/profiles/tuukka.hastrup" >

More info on OpenID: http://openid.net/