Advanced Profile
Converting from user profiles tutorial to advanced profile
I've started converting Coulee Region ONLINE, which was the basis of the user profile tutorials, to using advanced profile. So I have some preliminary docs for converting from the tutorial:
- Take your site offline as this will make a temporary mess
- Disable nodeprofile bonus (this won't be needed anymore so can be deleted as well if you want)
User Profiles Version 3 - Advanced Profile
User Profiles Version 3 is no longer just a tutorial. I have taken as much as I could of version 2 and put it into the Advanced Profile module. By using Panels 2 as a base, I can provide a base to build on and a bunch of building blocks which non programmers can use to put together a customized user profile.
Introducing Advanced Profile
The third incarnation of my user profiles tutorial, this time in module form, has arrived. I'd like to introduce the Advanced Profile module. It still needs work and isn't feature complete, but it's a good start and available to play around with.
It's been a long road getting here. In April of 2007, I spent a few weeks of free time learning nodeprofile and theming and put together what I thought was a pretty nice looking user profile for Coulee Region ONLINE. Since so many people had helped me learn while I struggled to create it, I decided to pass on the knowledge by writing a tutorial. It turned out to be more popular than I ever imagined and generated quite a few support requests. A lot of that was lost when I moved the tutorial between sites but I think the comments were over 400!
Having so many people use the tutorial pointed out a lot of flaws. Between that and improvements to the modules I used, I decided it was time to write a second version a few months later. This version improved on the first quite a bit but also had some issues I was never able to track down. The forums here are filled with support requests in addition to what I've gotten by email and on IRC. I'm having a terrible time keeping up with all the support and a few months ago I started thinking it was really time to do a version 3.
User Profiles - Step 1 - Install the modules
There are a lot of modules involved in making a fancy user profile. To get just a bare bones profile showing user entered profile data and their recent posts, you need (dependent modules listed under each main module):
- Advanced Profile
- CCK
- Content (included)
User Profiles - Step 5 - Importing the views
Moved to module code
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