February 23, 2005
Integrating custom authentication into Movable Type
Over at Spaceship No Future, some indispensable notes on integrating a custom login system with Movable Type using the TypeKey API.
Through a combination of the official documentation for creating a drop-in authentication service for Movable Type, the tk PHP library from Stuart Parmenter, and the resources from Everything TypeKey, it's possible to use an existing login system in place of the central TypeKey service to authenticate commenters.
Some of the steps are specific to this particular installation, but the general concept should work well with any existing database which needs to be integrated into Movable Type's comment authentication.
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