Does TypePad support OpenID?
brad at danga.com
Tue Jan 24 18:23:10 UTC 2006
TypePad templates don't do OpenID, no. But TypePad users are TypeKey
users and TypeKey does support it:
See the head section of:
So that URL should auth.
So just ask for "LiveJournal" and "TypeKey" usernames for your service list.
Also, "other OpenID URL" would be nice.
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Jens Alfke wrote:
> TypePad doesn't seem to support OpenID directly ? I tried entering a
> TypePad blog URL into an OpenID auth field and got an error, not a
> login page. But IIRC, don't TypePad identities map to TypeKey
> identities? And TypeKey is an OpenID server, right? So is there some
> transformation of a TypePad URL that can be used to log into OpenID?
> (I'd like to make it as easy as possible for people to log into my
> app. So instead of just a URL field, I want to have a "service:" pop-
> up with choices like "LiveJournal", "TypeKey", etc. so people can
> select a service and just type in their username. Of course one of
> the choices in the pop-up will be "OpenID URL". I'm using the inverse
> mapping when displaying user identities: rather than http://
> foo.livejournal.com, I'll show just "foo" with the little LiveJournal
> head icon next to it, the way you see it in people's journals. I'll
> use corresponding icons for other services.)
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