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I've had a lot of people asking about the directory I'm working on here: http://couleeregiononline.com/directory . I plan on doing a tutorial but first I need to finish version 3 of user profiles along with all the other stuff I have to do. So it's going to be a while. In the mean time, here's a few pointers to help those who can't wait:

November 3, 2008: This tutorial sort of petered out as I refocused my efforts into Advanced Forum and Advanced Profile Kit. Sometime early next year I plan on moving Coulee Region ONLINE into D6 and resume work on it. At that point, I'll be revamping this site recipe. In the mean time, I'm leaving the old pages in case someone still finds them useful.

This is the original tutorial from last May. It has since been replaced by a newer version. See the User Profiles page for details.

Goal: The aim of this tutorial is to walk you through every step you need to create a user profile like this one.

The second part of my general plan is informational. This isn't totally disconnected from the interactive part, of course, but the focus is a little different.

The informational side will consist of these areas:

As I said before, the main goal of this site is real chat with real people. All other ideas are secondary to this goal. So let's go into detail of what I need to get people talking.