[OpenID] trying to use an account with flickr to set up an openid one ...

[Tech Monk]

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 and where is that "the OpenID URL field" you meantioned?
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 this (attached file) is what I see when I go:
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 "http://openid.net/"
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 and then click on: "get an openid"
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 TM
 
> --- On Thu, 4/21/11, Lukas Rosenstock <lr at lukasrosenstock.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Lukas Rosenstock <lr at lukasrosenstock.net>
> > Subject: Re: [OpenID] trying to use an account with
> flickr to set up an openid one ...
> > To: "Tech Monk" <tekmonk2005 at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: openid-general at lists.openid.net
> > Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 11:57 AM
> > Hello Tech Monk,
> > 
> > OpenID requires you to specify which provider your
> OpenID
> > is from. If
> > you enter just "tekmonk2005", blogspot will not know
> where
> > to find
> > that. Your username is a full URL. You can try
> entering
> > "flickr.com/people/tekmonk2005" into the OpenID URL
> field.
> > 
> > Hope it works for you.
> > 
> > 2011/4/21 Tech Monk <tekmonk2005 at yahoo.com>:
> > >  Hi,
> > > ~
> > >  I have an account with flickr (I login using a
> yahoo
> > one) which I would like to use in order to set up
> openid
> > credentials
> > > ~
> > >  my account at flickr/yahoo is: tekmonk2005
> > > ~
> > >  On the openid site they say if I have a
> flickr/yahoo
> > account I already have an openid one, but when I
> enter
> > tekmonk2005 as my openid on blogspot.com, I get a
> message
> > that reads:
> > > ~
> > >  "Your OpenID credentials could not be
> verified."
> > > ~
> > >  How can I set up an openid account, so I can
> post at
> > blogspot.com?
> > > ~
> > >  Thank you
> > >  tekmonk2005
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