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Category: OpenID

Plugin Loading for Ruby on Rails has Changed.

Posted on March 22, 2008November 1, 2021

I am tired of recreating the login system for Rails for each new project so using the RESTful Rails Authentication Tutorial I created a template project that I can use to create new projects. While adding in the OpenID Authentication component I started getting this error: /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:376:in `new_constants_in’: You have a nil object when you…

Turn WordPress Into Social Butterfly

Posted on March 6, 2008November 1, 2021

I have been pitching this idea of a distributed social network to everyone that can stand to listen to me. I realize that the conversation around WordPress and the future of social networking is heating up, but as it does I think it is important to begin thinking about implementation. It is fun to philosophize,…

Facebook as an Authentication System

Posted on October 5, 2007November 1, 2021

I have been playing with OpenID for about a year now. It is a very cool, distributed authentication system. The concept is great and I love that I don’t have to create accounts everywhere. Instead, I just log in with OpenID and away I go. The biggest shortcoming for OpenID from a user perspective however…

Edge Rails, OpenID and the Dreaded Sorry, the OpenID verification failed” error

Posted on September 17, 2007November 1, 2021

We use Edge Rails in our projects. Call me stupid if you like, I like living on the edge (get it?). This desire to push our luck has bitten us a couple of times, but not in any serious way. Not until recently anyway. We use OpenID – another brand new cool technology. The combination…

How to do OpenID

Posted on May 25, 2007November 1, 2021

We are looking at implementing OpenID in the Folksemantic applications at COSL. I have been trying to figure out how to present this new technology to our users. Most people have been adding OpenID alongside their standard navigation. DHH’s plugin uses http:// to indicate OpenID using your current login form. The password field disappears once…

OpenID and David Heinemeier Hansson

Posted on May 18, 2007November 1, 2021

After the Two Revolutions session I had a few minutes to talk to DHH. First I must say he is just a very nice guy. Programmer envy over. I had a discussion about OpenID. It is going to be a critical component of the next rev of our apps. OpenID hasn’t reached a level where…

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