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18 August 2008 @ 12:59 am
Logging in to LJ on Open ID - a user guide  
So there's a couple of you have had trouble logging in with open ID. Your fearless scribe therefore logged out of her EllJay account and went a-testin' with her trusty blogger log in. And lo, I found that logging in with an Open ID account is easy, when you have a hunch how to do it...

The method I used is easiest in a tabbed browser. You need three tabs open:

1, the post you wish to comment on (or, as it might be, the poll you wish to vote in)
2, This list on the Open ID site
3, This LJ log in page.

Now, say that the account you want to use to comment with is a technorati account...

A, go to the Open ID list on tab 2.
B, copy the relevant line from the list (in this case it is technorati.com/people/technorati/username).
C, Paste the line into the log in box on tab 3
D, replace the word "username" with your technorati username.

(at this point you might be asked for confirmation or validation of some kind from Technorati, or whichever service you are using. Don't worry about giving it; once you have done this, LJ should remember who you are for at least until you shut down. This, therefore, has a huge advantage over logging in on a comment thread, where you sometimes have to log in for each comment...)

E, Go to tab 1 and write your comment, or vote in the poll.
F, Go and comment on some more stuff, if you like, or upload yourself an icon, or set your email address so you can get comment notifications. Kick back, and just enjoy the melodies.

See? Easy! What were you worried about?

Note to People of Devious Mind: this is no excuse to find all the accounts you have on Open ID and vote several times in my Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards. Anyone caught doing this will get a spanking. And maybe even the thing that comes after spanking...
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Mat Bowles: Cool[info]matgb on August 18th, 2008 12:27 am (UTC)
Plus, once you've logged in with an OpenID, you can set a userpic/avatar/icon and also set an email address for comment notifications and subscriptions.

Once you've set an email address and validated it, you're treated the same as any LJ account for commenting, joining communities and similar, and people can let you view their protected entries &c as well.

(any suggestions that I might use one of my many OpenID accounts to login here and vote a few times are of course wild accusations. It's only funny the first few times you do it, and I've only got 10 or so IDs that I can recall)
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 12:30 am (UTC)
* edits your links into the post *

Thank you sweetie.

* readies the spanking hand, just in case *
Debi Linton: El Jay[info]innerbrat on August 18th, 2008 12:28 pm (UTC)
I would like it on record (and Jennie can back me up) that I HAVEN'T used my highly-multiple Roleplay Livejournals for voting. So there.
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 12:31 pm (UTC)
Nope, it appears that every vote for you so far is utterly legitimate.
Debi Linton: i'm mocking you[info]innerbrat on August 18th, 2008 12:33 pm (UTC)
Except for the fact that they're insane.
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 12:55 pm (UTC)
Well, yes, but that's a fair bet for anyone voting in this poll, to be fair.
That would be an oecumenical question![info]burkesworks on August 18th, 2008 12:49 am (UTC)
Nice to see the poll's being run just as honestly as Dale's, then.
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 12:59 am (UTC)
I'd say it's unlike Dale's in three rather important ways:

1, it has absolutely no pretensions to being in any way serious or representative.
2, I have openly and honestly pointed out the flaws in the voting system, and have never pretended that this will be anything other than a bit of fun.
3, The voting system might be flawed, but it least everyone can watch it as it happens, and know that votes ARE being counted, and not lost in spam traps or otherwise ignored.
~>^.^<~: well hello[info]stephmog on August 18th, 2008 12:56 pm (UTC)
As if I would do such a thing!

As a matter of fact, I am such a divine creature that I couldn't even stand to vote for myself in the category I was nominated in. It's not *right*, modesty *forbids* etc etc. So that was another category I had to go clicking all the links to familiarise myself with the others who were shortlisted. Hmph.

Of course I can make no such claims on the part of my other half. It appears he HAS voted for himself as the man he'd most like to have sex with. Good job he's so well-endowed, innit?

Icon <3 btw!
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 01:00 pm (UTC)
I couldn't possibly confirm that your other half has voted for himself, that would be unethical. But man, I LOLed.

I could cheerfully have voted for ANY of the ladies, TBH.
~>^.^<~: with rich[info]stephmog on August 18th, 2008 06:14 pm (UTC)
Blatantly he did. Have you seen the post he's now put up in a vain attempt to boost his popularity? Bless him! I think the username puts people off somewhat, as much as anything. I might buy him a rename token for Christmas so he can stop being so lame. [info]badhabits6882 - it hardly trips off the tongue, does it?
SB[info]miss_s_b on August 18th, 2008 09:19 pm (UTC)
[info]sexysurferdude or something? Something without numbers.