<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2><DIV>I've tried and tried and tried to use OpenID. I've failed every time upto now. Why? Because I can't figure out how to get one or use the one I already have.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>I have a blog on Blogger. The OpenID help page says that I can use it as an OpenID. Specifically it says on this page <A href="http://openid.net/get/" target=blank>http://openid.net/get/</A>&nbsp; to use "<STRONG>blogname</STRONG>.blogspot.com". But what does this really mean?</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>I know I'm supposed to use some string in place of "blogname", but what string? Is it my Goggle account ID? Tried that ... fails. Is it the title of my blog? I think not because it has spaces in it. Is it the URL to my blog? My blog subdomain is "newmedia101" so I tried "newmedia101.blogspot.com" and "newmedia101.blogger.com", but those didn't work.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Then I found the OpenID tab in my blogger dashboard. It said that my OpenID is&nbsp;<TH><STRONG></STRONG></TH> <TD><A href="http://newmedia101.austincsl.org/" target=blank>http://newmedia101.austincsl.org/</A> but that failed. Then I tried "newmedia101.austincsl.org/" and that worked. Wow. Finally success after months of trying.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>(And, yes, I knew the URL from the beginning but thought I had to follow the directions. I tried the above string but it didn't work the first time. I must have had a typo, so I thought I'd eliminated that as aposibility.)</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>So now how to we get the documentation fixed?</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>In an effort to make OpenID look simple, I think the documentation has been dumbed down too far. At least for Blogger, why can't is say, "Check the OpenID tab in your Blogger dashboard."</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Well this have been a good exercise for me. I always check my facts when writing these kinds of messages and that forced me to look deeper into the issues and, thus, solving it for myself. I thought about not sending this at all but perhaps it might be useful to someone.</TD></TD></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Peace,<BR><BR>Rob:-]<BR><BR>Shaver&nbsp;Associates<BR><A href="mailto:mailto:Rob@ShaverAssociates.net" target=blank>mailto:Rob@ShaverAssociates.net</A><BR><A href="http://shaverassociates.net/" target=blank>http://ShaverAssociates.net</A><BR>5714&nbsp;Barker&nbsp;Ridge&nbsp;Drive<BR>Austin,&nbsp;TX&nbsp;78759<BR><BR>Main:&nbsp;<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = SKYPE /><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injection id=softomate_highlight_0 title="Call this phone number in United States of America with Skype: +15125021082" skypeid="0" skypeaction="call" nof="" isfax="" fwidth=".w16" type=".flex" mode=".compat" path="file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/" durex2="208" durex="591" context="512-502-1082"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgA id=skype_tb_droppart_0 title="Skype actions" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/inactive_a.compat.flex.w16.gif)" skypeid="0" skypeaction="drop" skypesms="0"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgFlag id=skype_tb_img_f0 style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/famfamfam/US.gif)"></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgS id=skype_tb_img_s0></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injectionIn id=skype_tb_text0><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_innerText id=skype_tb_innerText0>&nbsp;512-502-1082&nbsp;</SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgR id=skype_tb_img_r0></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><BR>Home:&nbsp;<SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injection id=softomate_highlight_1 title="Call this phone number in United States of America with Skype: +15125029493" skypeid="1" skypeaction="call" nof="" isfax="" fwidth=".w16" type=".flex" mode=".compat" path="file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/" durex2="208" durex="591" context="512-502-9493"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgA id=skype_tb_droppart_1 title="Skype actions" style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/inactive_a.compat.flex.w16.gif)" skypeid="1" skypeaction="drop" skypesms="0"><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgFlag id=skype_tb_img_f1 style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(file://C:/DOCUME~1/rshaver/LOCALS~1/Temp/__SkypeIEToolbar_Cache/e70d95847a8f5723cfca6b3fd9946506/static/famfamfam/US.gif)"></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgS id=skype_tb_img_s1></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_injectionIn id=skype_tb_text1><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_innerText id=skype_tb_innerText1>&nbsp;512-502-9493&nbsp;</SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><SKYPE:SPAN class=skype_tb_imgR id=skype_tb_img_r1></SKYPE:SPAN></SKYPE:SPAN><BR>Skype:&nbsp;robert.l.sha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