[OpenID] How to join the OpenID wiki

Martin Atkins mart at degeneration.co.uk
Tue Jan 6 23:36:54 UTC 2009


Each time I need to join a new pbwiki-powered wiki I can never remember 
the hoops you need to jump through to actually do it, so I thought this 
time I'd actually write it down where others might find it useful.

To "join" the new OpenID wiki:

* Go to https://my.pbwiki.com/

* Sign in (using OpenID, ideally -- click the little OpenID icon next to 
the Email Address field)

* Once you're logged in, go to:
     http://wiki.openid.net/?_domained_wiki_credentials_from=my
This will transfer your login cookie over to wiki.openid.net.

* Click the "Join this wiki" link to actually join.

Once you've done this, henceforth you can just sign in to pbWiki and 
then follow the link from the my.pbwiki.com home page to the wiki, at 
which point it'll transfer your credentials automatically.

Why they don't just let folks sign in to wiki.openid.net directly is a 
mystery.

By the way, the above process does create Yet Another Redundant Personal 
Profile for you on pbWiki, but it is at least mostly ignorable. You just 
need to tell them your name.





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