My old password was too short so the login page just ignored it, apparently. It would have helped it it said something about that on the login page. But I am finally logged in now, thank you.
I'm sorry to gripe, but I think this is unnecessarily complicated, with needing multiple validation emails and having to come to the forum (where I needed to go through the password reset process as well) to find out all the required steps. It's not exactly user-friendly. I know you guys mean well, but seriously, even my bank and my insurance company don't make it this complicated to change passwords and log in!