Login info
TidyStock uses existing free email or social networking accounts for user authentication (called Approved Identity Providers or AIPs). This means that we do not create a separate user password and security validation within TidyStock.
By using these accounts, we remove the security risk of creating another set of user authentication and the hassle of remembering more login names and passwords for our users.
Providers currently supported are:
| Provider | Example Email |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Account | e.g. joebloggs@live.com, joeblogs@hotmail.com |
| e.g. joebloggs@gmail.com | |
| Yahoo | e.g. joebloggs.yahoo.com |
| (typically, any valid email can be registered with facebook. |
Any User who does not currently have an account with any of the above providers, can easily create an account online. We recommend Gmail, Yahoo or Facebook as the easiest to set up, links to these free accounts are provided below:
Create a Gmail account (https://accounts.google.com/SignUp)
Create a Yahoo account (https://na.edit.yahoo.com/registration)
Create a Facebook account (http://www.facebook.com/help/signup)
Each user requiring a login for TidyStock will need to provide the following details:
| Login Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Last Name | ID Provider (Microsoft Account (1), Google, Yahoo, or Facebook) | Login ID (2) for ID Provider (e.g. joebloggs@gmail.com) | Contact email (3) (if different from Login ID) |
1. For Microsoft Account (Windows Live), the Login ID field is ignored - the email ID used by TidyStock will be the one your user enters when they are redirected to Microsoft from their invitation email.
2. Login ID is normally an email address, the password is not required.
3. Contact email can either be different or the same, as the Login ID email, but you must be able to access your email here, as we may need to send a registration email and other communication to this email address.