If you follow the FOSS Weekly newsletter, you probably have the idea that I am trying to unify all the It’s FOSS assets… to create an ecosystem… a FOSSverse
It’s FOSS has a membership feature.
Members receive newsletter
Members can log into the website for some members only (primarily non-educational) content (coming soon)
Members can easily leave comments when logged in
The next step is to bring the It’s FOSS Community forum into the fold.
Which means the same login that works on It’s FOSS should log you into the forum. It’s called Single Sign On (SSO).
This way, It’s FOSS members don’t need to create a new account and password for the forum.
This sounds good… but it does impact the existing users.
The existing login system won’t work. You won’t be able to access the forum with your usual user account and password.
To get your old account on the forum back, you need to create an account on It’s FOSS with the same email address you used here. This way, your old account remains active and accessible.
The changes have not been made yet but they will be implemented in a week or two (if I don’t encounter technical issues).
I understand that this is a big change.
I am available to answer any questions and any concerns you might have. Please let me know.
The .net site has not been updated this year. Shame they are using a similar name but not much can be done to stop that except buy every variation… Expensive
I like the idea of SSO (Single Sign On) - fewer login credentials to manage - not to mention how cool FOSSverse sounds. Perhaps, when you get that far, you could create a landing page on that URL with links to everything FOSS (or change the URL to FOSSverse for everything FOSS) - just thinking off the top of my head - could be more bother/expense than it’s worth.
I have created an account on It´s FOSS and it went well.
Still I have two questions reagrding its use:
I can log in by clicking on the “Membership” button but I need to consult my e-mail account for the “secure login link” I got. That I understand so far.
But after logging out and trying to log in again after a few hours I needed a new link, which I also got.
Yet in the e-mail it says: “For your security, the link will expire in 24 hours time”. So I thought I could use the old link again but each link seems to be valid for one login only.
Is that correct
After logging in to It´s Foss I clicked on the community button but wasn´t logged in to the forum.
You said: “The changes have not been made yet”. Once the new login system is implemented, would the way I tried to do it be the correct one
The membership accounts on It’s FOSS don’t have a password system. You log in via the link sent in the mail.
If you log out you need a new login link. If you try to log in on another browser or device while still being logged in on other, you’ll need a new login link.
Each link is valid for a single login within 24 hours.
Once the new system is implemented, you’ll still have to click on the login button in the community forum. If you are already logged into IF account at the time, you are immediately logged in to the forum as well. Otherwise, you’ll be taken to the login option/landing page on It’s FOSS website, you login there and come back to forum to be logged in.
All this will be more clear when the new system is in place this Saturday.
I understand it now.
One thing though, if I may ask.
You said:
In this case:
If I want to log out: Do I have to log out of the forum and of the IF account, or will logging out of one of them be enough?
And if so: which one?
I just did all the technical stuff to implement the Ghost SSO on Discourse. I found that it works fine.
I have not enabled it for everyone yet because I want to create a separate landing page that explains things (on how to sign in). This will help avoid the confusion a great deal.
It worked for me, but when I clicked on “Sign in to itsFOSS” in my email it started waterfox instead of firefox. Waterfox is my default browser… so OK
If I copy and past the URL into firefox, I obviously get firefox.
