LiveJournal/OpenID Authenticated Commenting

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So much for declaring a “no more tweaks” point. I just can’t resist the urge to fiddle around…

Thanks to Mark Paschal‘s OpenId Comments plugin (announced and described here, current release here), visitors can now authenticate themselves when leaving comments using a LiveJournal or OpenID account in addition to TypeKey authentication (or no authentication at all).

I’ve also increased the width of the comment entry field, as it was a bit cramped (thanks to mom for prompting me on this, as it was bugging me too).

Leave a comment, play around, and let me know if anything seems goofy!

(Update: Some goofiness exists. Generic, TypeKey, and LiveJournal options are working fine, OpenID comments are coming through as ‘anonymous’ even though the commenting UI reports that they’re successfully signed in. Something to fiddle with….)

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  4. Another user reported the same problem with anonymous comments after signing in, noting it only occurred after he used the “Remember personal info” option for unauthenticated commenting. It may be related to being able to create a name for LiveJournal users but not for regular OpenID users, but I’ll have to experiment a bit more.

    I’m keeping a list of known issues here. Thanks for the note!

  6. Thanks for the note, Mark — at least I’m not the only one! I’ll keep an eye on your site to see what pops up.

    Yukino — unfortunately, as I don’t have IE at my disposal, I’m not quite sure what I’ll need to do to fix that. I’ll see what I can find, though. Thanks for letting me know!

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