أغر؟´«أ½

أغر؟´«أ½ iD is the new sign in system for أغر؟´«أ½ Online. It's currently being rolled out across all services that require a user to register or sign in.

On Monday November 2nd we'll be switching all of the أغر؟´«أ½'s blogs to أغر؟´«أ½ iD from the previous أغر؟´«أ½ membership system. And in the New Year our message boards and other communities will be heading down the same route.

By March 2010 أغر؟´«أ½ iD will be the single sign in for all أغر؟´«أ½ Online services. If you have an existing أغر؟´«أ½ membership account for blogs, message boards or other services at some point in the next few months you will be automatically prompted to upgrade to أغر؟´«أ½ iD.

We do need to replace the old system, but we don't underestimate the inconvenience the transition will represent for some of our users. We apologise for this and hope that you will find the service improvements that أغر؟´«أ½ iD will support over the coming months for example, working on mobiles - make it all worthwhile.

We've tried to answer the questions you may have about the new system here.

If we've missed anything, please let us know. Most users should be able to upgrade their account from a أغر؟´«أ½ membership to a أغر؟´«أ½ iD when prompted with a minimum of fuss.

We'll be keeping you up to date with the roll-out of أغر؟´«أ½ iD via the أغر؟´«أ½ Internet blog.

NB: There's one thing you will need to think about if you have more than one أغر؟´«أ½ membership account:
If you have more than one أغر؟´«أ½ membership you'll only be able to upgrade one of those accounts to أغر؟´«أ½ iD using your preferred username and email address. That أغر؟´«أ½ iD account will retain links to your previous membership account and any comments and posts you made using it. So if you have more than one أغر؟´«أ½ membership, make sure you upgrade your favourite one.