Crewparty, as a service that helps you organize and manage your online social presence, makes it even easier to connect and communicate. Remaining faithful to the lines of data portability and openness, Crewparty gives its users the ability to join by using their OpenID. OpenID is a new open standard that lets you sign in to web sites with a single URL that you own. This URL can be your homepage or blog, or it can be provided to you by a web site you use. In either case, you only have to sign in once to your OpenID provider and so you only need to maintain a single password. OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.
You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

How is Crewparty using OpenID?

You can attach your OpenID to your existing Crewparty account or use OpenID to register for a new free Crewparty account. In both cases, you will then be able to sign in using your OpenID provider and you won’t have to use or remember a separate password for Crewparty. If you register with your OpenID, you can also pre-fill your Crewparty registration information from your OpenID provider, making it the fastest way to get started with Crewparty. To get started, enter your OpenID URL and click Sign in.

OpenID Providers

If you don’t have an OpenID yet, here are a few providers which are generally recommended by various members of the community. In the end you should choose a Provider from a company which you trust.

The idea behind Crewparty.com was simple, let’s create one main place where all Cruise Ships Employees, Past, Present and Future as well as their Friends and Family can Meet and stay in touch for absolutely free.

Founded by an Ex Cruise Ship Employee himself, Daniel Z, knew that Crewmembers around the world are hugely underrated and something needs to be done in order to put Crewmembers back on the map. With thousands of different global Social Networks it was time for a change, let’s create a meeting place for a very close to heart community: the Worldwide Crewmembers their Friends and Family.

As Crewmembers we know that keeping in touch with home is of paramount, and regardless of your port of call you want to be able to say “Hi mom”, Hi dad” “I love you sweetheart”  “I’m coming back home next week my love”… and the list goes on and on.  Therefore we have created a network that not only will allow you to stay in touch but also to do it with absolutely free and from literally anywhere around the Globe.

In Crewparty.com beside of all the usual Social Network features you might find (and a few cool new ones) there is one main powerful advantage, sending Free SMS (text messaging) to over 200 Countries and on more than 500 global networks. This without no doubt to a Crewmember and He’s/hers family and friends is a life saver.

There are so many things to discover about crewparty.com and I will keep you up to scratch updating the Blog with all new and exciting information.

Enjoy!

Daniel.