OGCE Gadget Container and OpenID

The OGCE Gadget Container lets you associate an OpenID with your login account.  You can do this in one of two ways.  We will assume you have an OpenID already. Chances are you do, even if you don't realize it. For more information, see http://openid.net/get-an-openid/. For a concrete example, you can use Blogger blogs as OpenID URLs.  If you were an owner of this blog, you would type http://collab-ogce.blogspot.com in the OpenID URL fields of the images below.

Your first option is to associate your openID with your gadget portal account when you create first it.  Before creating the account, log into your OpenID account by typing its URL in the lower left text field of the login page.

You will be redirected to your OpenID login page.  Login and you will be redirected back to the gadget login page (above).  Now fill out the form on the right to create a new account.

From now on, you can just type your OpenID URL in the gadget login page and use your OpenID account to login.  It will be associated with your user account.

Your second option is to add or update your OpenID URL after you have created an account.  To do this, first create an account and login with your portal user name.  Then click the the "User Info" button on the upper right tool bar area.  You'll get a popup like the one below. 

Type your OpenID URL in the field provided (next to last in the image).  You can then use your OpenID for future logins instead of your portal password.