[OpenID] Changes to the website coming soon ...

[Byrne Reese]

Hey - for those working on building the site, is it possible for the rest of
us to get a sneak peak? I am really curious! :)


On 10/5/07 5:38 PM, "Drummond Reed" <drummond.reed at cordance.net> wrote:

> It looks like the WordPress/MT question is settled for the moment so nothing
> more to say there, except a +1 to the community supporting
> vendors/tools/products that support OpenID.
> 
> I very much looking forward to the new website that will make OpenID more
> approachable to a wide audience.
> 
> Speaking of that, as more XRI/i-names users ask about OpenID compatability,
> I'm hoping this is one topic that will be addressed at the new site. I'm
> well aware that not all OpenID libraries/relying parties support XRI yet,
> but IMHO it would be much better for the new website to be proactive about
> that and include information about XRI and i-names compatability similar to
> what Plaxo included at the end of their excellent OpenID relying party
> tutorial (http://www.plaxo.com/api/openid_recipe).
> 
> I'm happy to help with text on that subject for the site, FAQ, etc. if that
> helps.
> 
> =Drummond 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] On
>> Behalf Of Sam Alexander
>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 3:24 PM
>> To: david at sixapart.com
>> Cc: openid-general
>> Subject: Re: [OpenID] Changes to the website coming soon ...
>> 
>> We technically don't have any problem using -whatever- framework.
>> We've been hacking together a Wordpress site all day, though.  The
>> question was asked a while ago which platform to use and the answer
>> came back "Wordpress" from the people who would most be updating it,
>> so thats what we ran with.  I'd rather see us devote the time we'd
>> end up spending moving to MT4 instead polishing message and such.
>> 
>> I agree with the "support those who support us", though.  So maybe we
>> should all be considering something -now- for the next version.
>> 
>> - Sam
>> 
>> ps. Don't get too excited about Oklahoma, the Silicon Prairie is
>> mostly cows and MS fanboys (not that theres anything wrong with that)
>> 
>> On Oct 5, 2007, at 2:31 PM, David Recordon wrote:
>> 
>>> Byrne said what I meant far better than I did.  Yes, I do think that
>>> we could still get this done in time even moving to Movable Type 4,
>>> but it sounds like the community would rather move forward with
>>> Wordpress this time around.  :)
>>> 
>>> No matter the product, I too am really looking forward to a new
>>> website come Monday...and being able to add Oklahoma to the list of
>>> states I've visited.
>>> 
>>> --David
>> 
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