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

[Scott Kveton]

I don't have the latest screen shot (actually I can't even find the
screenshot that I had) but we'll have something for folks to see on
Monday.  A couple of points I should make about this:

* This isn't final ... this is an evolving process ... if you have
suggestions by all means offer them ... ideally you'll also ante in
some help to make them a reality ... :-)

* We'll be highlighting the efforts of the OpenID Foundation here as
well ... listing members (when we actually get members) as well as
supporters of the technology, awards won, products/software that
support it, etc.  I'd like to reiterate that the goal of the
Foundation is simply to help promote and protect OpenID; not direct
the technical direction ... that's up to the community.

* Two goals of the new design is to make it easier for end-users to a)
find a provider and b) learn more about the technology should they
want to.  There will be links over to the 'developers' section which
will be obvious (and developers tend to a be little more web savvy
than the average user).

* The Vidoop folks have been working on a tool that will help users
find a provider (or let them know if they already have an OpenID as in
the case of LiveJournal, WordPress and others).  The first version of
this will be just that ... v1.0 ... we have no idea what's going to
work and what's best for the community so we're going to try to do
_something_ and go from there.  Oh, and big thanks to the Vidoop folks
for slaving away on this ... :-)

I'm hoping that this push to get things in order on the website will
get more folks interested in helping out ... if something sparks your
fancy or you want to get more involved by all means contact David or
I!

Thanks!




On 10/6/07, James Walker <walkah at walkah.net> wrote:
> 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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