Next experiment: Connect with email

[scripting]

The next test

0. If you haven't already done so, do the first test, to be sure that works with your setup.

1. Choose a new command Connect with email in the Tools menu. It's probably a temporary command, just for the testing process.

2. A dialog appears, asking you to enter your email address. Do so.

3. A dialog should appear asking you to check your mail. Why not.

4. When you do, you should see a message with subject "FeedLand confirmation"

5. When you open it, you should see a link. Click it.

6. It should open FeedLand. You may briefly see your email address and a code appear and then disappear in the address bar.

Verifying that it worked

To verify that it worked...

1. Open the JavaScript console, and enter localStorage.emailMemory and press Return.

2. You should see something like this, confirming that your email address is now in your user record along with a code --

'{\n "emailaddress": "bullmancuso@gmail.com",\n "code": "xxx"\n}'

3. This information can be used to form an identity, separate from the Twitter identity, it's a vital step in the transition.

Later today I'll run a query to see which accounts have email addresses in the users table in the database.

Why?

This is at least useful as a backup plan in an emergency should Twitter go down. After a little scrambling by me, you would be able to log in with your email address, and we could then connect to your Twitter-based account.

And once we're fairly confident this form of identification works, we will use it as a way to log on to FeedLand.

And after that works, as a way to create a new account on FeedLand.

At this point the corner-turn will be done and we can return to our regularly-scheduled program.

[scripting]

Note: I'm going out for most of the day, so if there are problems I can address them when I get back.

I am fairly confident this will work, however. ;-)

[troutcolor]

Hi Dave, Works exactly as described. address & code in localStorage.

Cheers John BTW nice note about FeedLand in John Naughton's newsletter today.

[scotthansonde]

Worked for me, too, exactly as described. 👍

[gwthompson]

Also worked like a charm for me! 😀

[scripting]

@troutcolor -- Found the Naughton quote. Funny thing is we're working here on fixing the problem. ;-)

[scripting]

Thanks for the testing @scotthansonde @gwthompson @troutcolor -- I've confirmed your email addresses are all in the database.

[akaKenSmith]

Address and code in local storage, yes.