Back in 2008, just before Javamancy was launched, I had agonized over whether WordPress was acceptable for use as a weblog. I had reviewed its source code in the past, and as a result, had postponed switching to it while reviewing other competing products. Eventually, the customization aspect and mindshare won me over, and we formally launched on April 10, 2008 with the “Hello, World!” type of greeting.
(Those of you who are familiar with my test case content have seen the “Greetings and Salutations” titles plenty of times, maybe even thousands of times, before… 
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One sore spot has been its authentication system, both for users and for remote agents. Yesterday, a post from Will Norris came out that described his experiences with trying to integrate OpenID and OpenAuthentication (OpenAuth for those of you familiar with AOL and its dealings with the its flavor of this mechanism type, OAuth for those of you who may have seen or read about it in some Web 2.0+ venues) for the upcoming WordPress 2.8. The post is a great read, as well as the comments associated with it.
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I used to work on, and with, OpenAuth and OpenID APIs back in my AOL days for a plethora of the internal systems, so it’s nice to hear about how other people use (or plan to use) them. The AOL Developer Network site now offers a nicely fleshed-out resource center for OpenAuth, so check it out, as well as the other topics included on the portal, like the resource center for OpenID. 
If you missed my previous mention about a non-AOL person’s experiences with OpenID, you may find it interesting as well.
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