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LiveJournal/OpenID Authenticated Commenting

September 15th, 2005 |

So much for declaring a “no more tweaks” point. I just can’t resist the urge to fiddle around…

Thanks to Mark Paschal’s OpenId Comments plugin (announced and described here, current release here), visitors can now authenticate themselves when leaving comments using a LiveJournal or OpenID account in addition to TypeKey authentication (or no authentication at all).

I’ve also increased the width of the comment entry field, as it was a bit cramped (thanks to mom for prompting me on this, as it was bugging me too).

Leave a comment, play around, and let me know if anything seems goofy!

(Update: Some goofiness exists. Generic, TypeKey, and LiveJournal options are working fine, OpenID comments are coming through as ‘anonymous’ even though the commenting UI reports that they’re successfully signed in. Something to fiddle with….)

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11 Responses to “LiveJournal/OpenID Authenticated Commenting”

Michael Hanscom Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 3:42 pm

So, here’s a sample comment with no authentication, just name, e-mail, and URL.

Michael Hanscom Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 3:43 pm

Here’s a sample TypeKey authenticated comment.

djwudi Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 3:51 pm

This should be a comment using my LiveJournal identity.

markpasc Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 4:31 pm

Another user reported the same problem with anonymous comments after signing in, noting it only occurred after he used the “Remember personal info” option for unauthenticated commenting. It may be related to being able to create a name for LiveJournal users but not for regular OpenID users, but I’ll have to experiment a bit more.

I’m keeping a list of known issues here. Thanks for the note!

yukino Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 7:42 pm

The service selection bar is truncated strangely in IE — just to let you know. (“GENERIC” just says “RIC”)

Michael Hanscom Says:
September 15th, 2005 at 8:57 pm

Thanks for the note, Mark — at least I’m not the only one! I’ll keep an eye on your site to see what pops up.

Yukino — unfortunately, as I don’t have IE at my disposal, I’m not quite sure what I’ll need to do to fix that. I’ll see what I can find, though. Thanks for letting me know!

http://www.braino.org/blog/ Says:
September 16th, 2005 at 6:52 am

Here’s an OpenID authenticated comment.

Michael Hanscom Says:
September 16th, 2005 at 12:40 pm

Nice…so it does work (at least sometimes). Thanks!

kyhwana.org Says:
September 18th, 2005 at 12:54 am

Here’s another OpenID authenicated comment!