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Hi. Welcome to BuildMySiteForFree.com. Today’s tutorial is about OpenID. And for those of you that don’t know, OpenID is a third-party identification system that lets people that use the Internet create an online identity for themselves, and they can use this anywhere OpenID is used and supported.

So what it basically does is it allows you to authenticate two websites without having to make a new password, and it enables you to leave authenticated comments with your OpenID. And if you have any questions or you want more information, you can always go to WordPress and it will explain to you what OpenID is.

And you also have the option to install it as a plugin, which is what I had to go ahead and do. So now you may be wondering once you’ve installed the OpenID plugin what is your OpenID. And to find this, what you want to do is scroll down to your settings in the navigation menu and click down at the bottom where it says, “OpenID.”

And this will bring you to your OpenID Settings page where, first, you have the option to choose which role on your blog is allowed to use OpenID. So if you have multiple authors or editors on your blog, you can check off which of them you want to use their OpenID. And then here in the middle is where you can find your OpenID. So here, where I’m highlighting is the OpenID that any authors on my blog can use, and they’ll also most likely give you a link to the OpenID that the actual blog owner can use.

And all of it will be right here in the middle for you, and it will explain which applies to which. And if you have made any changes, you want to go ahead and save them. But what’s really important with the Open ID is the sites that you trust, and what you want to do is go to your Trusted Sites page. And to do this, what you have to do is go to Users on your navigation menu and scroll down to where it says “Your Trusted Sites” and it will bring you to this page.

And what your trusted sites is, is any site that you trust. And what you want to do is if you do trust the website, you can add their URL link in this box. You have to do one URL link per line, and then you add it to your list. And I don’t have any listed right now, but if I did, it would be listed right in this section where my cursor is. And what it basically means once you have went ahead and added a trusted site, you can automatically log into that site using your OpenID account.

If you have not added the trusted site, you will be asked to approve the OpenID login request. And I just wanted to show you a little bit about how this all works. So first if you go to WordPress.com, there will be a link there that can bring you to an OpenID site directory with pages and pages of websites that use OpenID.

So what I did was I went ahead and found this one right here called QuestionBin, and here I have their website. And what you do first, you go to login, and you’ll notice that you can actually sign in here with your OpenID. You also can sign in with a Google, Yahoo, et cetera. So when I click that, it brings me to this page where all you have to do is type in that link I just showed you. And once you’ve done it, you’re going to be asked to verify it, so you click the “Verify” link.

And since I haven’t added it as a trusted site, this is what comes up where you have to verify your identity, and you have to do this by creating a new password. Now I’m not going to go ahead and do this, but what I wanted to do is show you if you have not added a trusted site to your list. This is what’s going to come up. If I have added this QuestionBin website to my list, it would have brought me right to the website by adding my OpenID, and I would have not had to have verified my identity right here.

And this is how you work with OpenID. Thank you for watching.

Hi.  Welcome to BuildMySiteForFree.com.  Today’s tutorial is about OpenID.  And for those of you that don’t know, OpenID
is a third-party identification system that lets people that use the Internet
create an online identity for themselves, and they can use this anywhere OpenID
is used and supported.

So what it basically does is it
allows you to authenticate two websites without having to make a new password,
and it enables you to leave authenticated comments with your OpenID.  And if you have any questions or you want
more information, you can always go to WordPress and it will explain to you
what OpenID is.

And you also have the option to
install it as a plugin, which is what I had to go ahead and do.  So now you may be wondering once you’ve
installed the OpenID plugin what is your OpenID.  And to find this, what you want to do is
scroll down to your settings in the navigation menu and click down at the
bottom where it says, “OpenID.”

And this will bring you to your
OpenID Settings page where, first, you have the option to choose which role on
your blog is allowed to use OpenID.  So
if you have multiple authors or editors on your blog, you can check off which
of them you want to use their OpenID.
And then here in the middle is where you can find your OpenID.  So here, where I’m highlighting is the OpenID
that any authors on my blog can use, and they’ll also most likely give you a
link to the OpenID that the actual blog owner can use.

And all of it will be right here
in the middle for you, and it will explain which applies to which.  And if you have made any changes, you want to
go ahead and save them.  But what’s
really important with the Open ID is the sites that you trust, and what you
want to do is go to your Trusted Sites page.
And to do this, what you have to do is go to Users on your navigation
menu and scroll down to where it says “Your Trusted Sites” and it will bring
you to this page.

And what your trusted sites is,
is any site that you trust.  And what you
want to do is if you do trust the website, you can add their URL link in this
box.  You have to do one URL link per
line, and then you add it to your list.
And I don’t have any listed right now, but if I did, it would be listed
right in this section where my cursor is.
And what it basically means once you have went ahead and added a trusted
site, you can automatically log into that site using your OpenID account.

If you have not added the trusted
site, you will be asked to approve the OpenID login request.  And I just wanted to show you a little bit
about how this all works.  So first if
you go to WordPress.com, there will be a link there that can bring you to an
OpenID site directory with pages and pages of websites that use OpenID.

So what I did was I went ahead
and found this one right here called QuestionBin, and here I have their
website.  And what you do first, you go
to login, and you’ll notice that you can actually sign in here with your
OpenID.  You also can sign in with a
Google, Yahoo, et cetera.  So when I
click that, it brings me to this page where all you have to do is type in that
link I just showed you.  And once you’ve
done it, you’re going to be asked to verify it, so you click the “Verify” link.

And since I haven’t added it as a
trusted site, this is what comes up where you have to verify your identity, and
you have to do this by creating a new password.
Now I’m not going to go ahead and do this, but what I wanted to do is
show you if you have not added a trusted site to your list.  This is what’s going to come up.  If I have added this QuestionBin website to
my list, it would have brought me right to the website by adding my OpenID, and
I would have not had to have verified my identity right here.

And this is how you work with
OpenID.  Thank you for watching.