Peoria Pundit

I know that a lot of people are very frustrated right now because they cannot leave comments. They can’t leave comments because the process of registering for this site is too difficult, or because the site won’t accept passwords.

That’s because this WordPress Mu installation began it’s life of a pre 1.0 release candidate that’s been upgraded too many times. There are still bits and pieces of very old code rattling around in here and it makes troubleshooting nearly impossible.

I figured out how to bypass the clunky registration process. I’ve installed a plugin that allows for OpenID registrations. Honestly, folks. It’s incredibly simple especially if you already have an account at places like AOL, Yahoo, Blogger, LiveJournal, Flickr, Vox, WordPress.com and others.

To register using any of these services, do the following.

1. Sign into your account with any of these services.

2. Go to Peoria Pundit login page here: http://pundit.blogpeoria.com/wp-login.php

3. Enter your OpenID in the entry field. If do not KNOW your OpenID, click on the link “What is OpenID” and you will see the format you should use.

4. Once you submit your ID, you will be sent to your site’s verification page where you give them permission to tell the Blog Peoria server that you are who you say you are.

5. Once this is done, you are a registered member of Peoria Pundit and can post comments. You will be redirected to your profile page, where you can set up the username you want to use.

And ANY Blog Peoria Project blogger can also activate the plugin on their sites.

I see this taking off in a big way.

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