How to Get OpenID Account For Bloggers?



For blogs on blogspot.com please do the following (should OpenID not be automatically enabled):
• Go to www.blogger.com, and click on "Settings";
• Choose the tab "OpenID" and follow the instructions to make sure the blog is OpenID-enabled.
• Alternatively, if difficulties are encountered - please paste the following line in the header of your blog:

<link rel="openid.server" href="http://www.blogger.com/openid-server.g" />
For custom domain blogs, including those using WordPress.org - there is a simple solution as well to enable OpenID. Firstly, get an OpenID from sites like Yahoo, AOL, which might already have your OpenID identifier, without you even knowing it. Then through OpenID delegation you can easilytransform your blog URL into an OpenID. It only requires the ability to add a small snippet of HTML code to your blog.

For example, in case of myOpenID issued identifiers, the code to be added into the <head> of the blog would look like:


myopenid.com/server" />
http://your_name.myopenid.com/" />
which says that your blog is owned by the owner of "http://your_name.myopenid.com/" and "http://www.myopenid.com/server" may be used to verify the ownership of "http://your_name.myopenid.com/".

For an AOL OpenID, the code would look like:


<link rel="openid.server" href="https://api.screenname.aol.com/auth/openidServer" />
<link rel="openid.delegate" href="http://openid.aol.com/screenname" />


More examples of OpenID code snippets will be posted in the comments of this article, and we welcome you to share the OpenID snippet that worked for your blog. For more information about OpenID, visit OpenIDexplained.com or OpenID.net.

Get OpenID-fied and enjoy the difference with your universal online card and signature! As a result, you can enter dozens of sites, including BlogUpp analytics and Premium area simply by providing your blog's URL. Moreover, while being authenticated through your blog's URL as an OpenID, and commenting in the blogosphere, your blog is linked back automatically, with minimum effort. Isn't that cool? We think it really is. Enjoy it, and your blogging!

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