LJ commenting help

[rolanni]

Edited to Add:  Problem solved!  Thanks everyone!


The following, from a frequent anonymous commenter, arrives in email.  I know that there are ways to comment to LiveJournal from other accounts -- like facebook -- but I have no idea how that works.  For those coming in late, anonymous commenting has been turned off because Eagles Over the Kennebec is under a continuing onslaught of spam handbags.

The plea:

I'm willing to sign up for a LiveJournal account if necessary (I already have a WordPress one, if that will work) but when I go to "comment" it shows only "- this user has disabled anonymous posting." and doesn't let me switch the "anonymous" choice back to the list of ways to post (I remember Google was on there, as was LiveJournal). 

Do you know how I would do that, and can I use a WordPress login or do I need to get a LiveJournal account?

Comments

[spiritdancer]

I _think_ that the commenter can use their Wordpress account as an OpenID to log into LJ (I know at one point I used my LJ as an OpenID to log into Dreamwidth & comment there on various accounts). From the account drop-down options here on LJ, it looks like you could use a Facebook, Twitter, or Google account to log in as well. It would at least avoid the "anonymous" option. If you can't change from the comment page, it may help to go to the main LJ page, and try logging in there.