<%inherit file="/base.mako"/>

Log in

You can log in or register with any OpenID.

% if c.bogus_identity_url:

This isn't a valid OpenID, sorry.

% endif

What is this?

An OpenID is a special URL that you own. Instead of entering a username and password, you only need to give us the URL.

For example, if you have the account foo on LiveJournal, you can enter http://foo.livejournal.com/ as your OpenID. LiveJournal will then ask you to confirm that you want to log in here. Agree, LiveJournal will tell us that you are who you say you are, and then you'll be logged in. We never see any passwords for you, and there's no need to confirm an email address.

Here are some other services that provide OpenIDs:

LiveJournal
http://username.livejournal.com/
AOL Instant Messenger
http://openid.aol.com/screenname
Blogger
http://blogname.blogspot.com/
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/username
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com/
Google
http://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id
You can also use http://www.google.com/profiles/username, but you must first enable it at the bottom of this page.

Wikipedia has a more comprehensive list.

If you don't use any of these services, or would like an OpenID that doesn't piggyback on another service, you can create a new OpenID through an independent provider, such as myOpenID.