A while ago I mentioned I had written some PHP code that would InfoCard-enable my site.
Problem was that when I went to put it onto my production server, I discovered that it runs the latest version of Wordpress, and handles users and registration quite a bit differently than does the version running on my test machine.
I basically like the changes, but they have cramped my style a bit.
Now I’ve got things working again, though there are still bugs for me to fix. In particular, you can get into wierd states if you edit your profile - please wait a while.
Also, some of the user experience is still pretty “basic”. Like what happens if you click on infocard login and don’t have infocards installed. When I have some time I’ll make that take you to a page that tells you what infocards are, how they work, how to install them, and that sort of thing. But for now, the behavior should appeal to lovers of cryptic error messages.
A bunch of people have been downloading the InfoCard client and trying it on my site. Now it should work. Next I publish the source, and will do a code walkthrough, explaining the tokens and how to use them.
This stuff is all very alpha right now and there are things about Wordpress that I don’t fully understand. So, together we should be able to have some fun. People may have hints about my “use” of php as well. Too bad about this architect thing - I do love programming.
By the way, even though there isn’t an open source version of InfoCards available yet, I hope my demonstration of what you can do on the LAMP stack helps advance the availability of InfoCard on non-windows systems.
UPDATE: The token handling code is explained here and includes a zip. I still haven’t finished writing up the tutorial on what you have to change in Wordpress.
Kim, even the alpha code release would help….
Hey Kim, did you know that your main RSS feed for the is broken? Something about invalid characters… hopefully you’ll be able to get that fixed soon.
Hi Kim,
I surmise from the error I received upon trying to use a self-issued infocard, that I actually have to get a third party managed infocard from your site. That in itself is pretty exciting, since I haven’t actually seen or used a managed infocard yet.
I cannot, however, actually figure out how to register for your site in order to receive said infocard. The login screen has no ‘create user’ link, and neither is there one anywhere else.
Let me know how I can be provisioned an infocard, so that I can give it a whirl! I can’t wait to try it out, and it was already very exciting to get to exercise the digital identities panel in new ways.
Cheers,
Pam
The only combination that I have found to work is winXP + SP2 + winFX + IE7 - you only need a self asserted infocard for this site.
[...] Kim Cameron blogs INFOCARDS ON IDENTITYBLOG which is good news for open source because Kim recently converted his blog to WordPress on the LAMP stack. It is also good news for InfoCards and the identity meta-system since according to Kim’s own laws of identity the meta-system is required to be platform agnostic in order to ensure success. [...]
Hi Pete - were you actually able to authenticate and post as an authenticated user, ie without filling in Name/Email/URL at the time of leaving a comment? I’m theoretically authenticated with a self-issued Infocard right now, but I still have to fill out the registration form before I can post my comment, which makes no sense. When I authenticated, I was sent to the admin page on the site and it displayed data as if I was a user with an account, but that functionality doesn’t seem to extend to the front page.
For anyone trying — if you happen to click on an unsuitable card, you will see a message stating that the site wants a third-party infocard, not a self-issued card — turns out this is an erroneous message (this is why I originally asked how to obtain a managed card).
I’m also using XP sp2, WinFX feb CTP, and IE7 beta preview 2.
Kim - should we be having to fill in the comment form with Name/Email/URL? I know this is beta, and just the beginning of things, maybe I’m just making too many assumptions here…
Cheers,
Pam
[...] For anyone who follows Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog you will see that he has made it possible to login to his blog using InfoCard. His blog runs WordPress which is written by PHP. You can find his announcement post here. Although the InfoCard hasn’t been active for very long the first attacker has already appeared in his subscribers list. Kim mentions how this first attack is not a bad thing. [...]
[...] The web of lies that is InfoCard When will people learn: InfoCard is not replacing Microsoft Passport. To quote Trevin: Today, Passport supports email address with either passwords or mobile PINs as credential types. Infocard will simply be another credential that will be supported by Passport. In other words, Infocard will not replace Passport, but rather Infocard will supplement Passport. So in a nutshell: 1. Infocard will not be replacing Passport, contrary to the popular belief, rumour and conjecture. 2. Infocard will be another accepted credential type for the Passport network. You will be able to link an Infocard to your Passport and use it to access Microsoft, MSN and Windows Live services. If only this journalist had paid attention and written possibly the worst first line of an otherwise interesting article on InfoCard. Definitely worth reading if you don’t know what InfoCard is all about, just ignore the first sentence
While I’m on the subject of InfoCard, Kim Cameron the Microsoft Identity guru has enabled InfoCard login on his blog. Check it out. Published Sunday, August 27, 2006 6:59 PM by Chris [...]