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

James Walker walkah at walkah.net
Sat Oct 6 15:09:42 UTC 2007


Ditto :)

On 6-Oct-07, at 2:53 AM, Byrne Reese wrote:

> 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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