diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index a6c9e33..963e227 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Flask
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config.from_object('config')
+
 from app import views
diff --git a/app/forms.py b/app/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..072873a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from flask.ext.wtf import Form, TextField, BooleanField
+from flask.ext.wtf import Required
+
+class LoginForm(Form):
+    openid = TextField('openid', validators = [Required()])
+    remember_me = BooleanField('remember_me', default = False)
+    
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diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index 0fbd92f..0a3d1e9 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
   <body>
     <div>Microblog: <a href="/index">Home</a></div>
     <hr>
+    {% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
+    {% if messages %}
+    <ul>
+    {% for message in messages %}
+        <li>{{ message }} </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% endwith %}
     {% block content %}{% endblock %}
   </body>
 </html>
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diff --git a/app/templates/index.html b/app/templates/index.html
index 7fa8c8a..80d4533 100644
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+<!-- extend base layout -->
 {% extends "base.html" %}
+
 {% block content %}
 <h1>Hi, {{user.nickname}}!</h1>
 {% for post in posts %}
diff --git a/app/templates/login.html b/app/templates/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81a7540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!-- extend base layout -->
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<script type="text/javascript">
+function set_openid(openid, pr)
+{
+    u = openid.search('<username>')
+    if (u != -1) {
+        // openid requires username
+        user = prompt('Enter your ' + pr + ' username:')
+        openid = openid.substr(0, u) + user
+    }
+    form = document.forms['login'];
+    form.elements['openid'].value = openid
+}
+</script>
+<h1>Sign In</h1>
+<form action="" method="post" name="login">
+    {{form.hidden_tag()}}
+    <p>
+        Please enter your OpenID, or select one of the providers below:<br>
+        {{form.openid(size=80)}}
+        {% for error in form.errors.openid %}
+        <span style="color: red;">[{{error}}]</span>
+        {% endfor %}<br>
+        |{% for pr in providers %}
+        <a href="javascript:set_openid('{{pr.url}}', '{{pr.name}}');">{{pr.name}}</a> |
+        {% endfor %}
+    </p>
+    <p>{{form.remember_me}} Remember Me</p>
+    <p><input type="submit" value="Sign In"></p>
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/app/views.py b/app/views.py
index 7742496..b6cb21f 100644
--- a/app/views.py
+++ b/app/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-from flask import render_template
+from flask import render_template, flash, redirect
 from app import app
+from forms import LoginForm
 
 @app.route('/')
 @app.route('/index')
@@ -15,7 +16,18 @@ def index():
             'body': 'The Avengers movie was so cool!' 
         }
     ]
-    return render_template("index.html",
+    return render_template('index.html',
         title = 'Home',
         user = user,
         posts = posts)
+
+@app.route('/login', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
+def login():
+    form = LoginForm()
+    if form.validate_on_submit():
+        flash('Login requested for OpenID="' + form.openid.data + '", remember_me=' + str(form.remember_me.data))
+        return redirect('/index')
+    return render_template('login.html', 
+        title = 'Sign In',
+        form = form,
+        providers = app.config['OPENID_PROVIDERS'])
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5655eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CSRF_ENABLED = True
+SECRET_KEY = 'you-will-never-guess'
+
+OPENID_PROVIDERS = [
+    { 'name': 'Google', 'url': 'https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id' },
+    { 'name': 'Yahoo', 'url': 'https://me.yahoo.com' },
+    { 'name': 'AOL', 'url': 'http://openid.aol.com/<username>' },
+    { 'name': 'Flickr', 'url': 'http://www.flickr.com/<username>' },
+    { 'name': 'MyOpenID', 'url': 'https://www.myopenid.com' }]
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