I think it is in core in D7 and sort of enabled by default.. it lives in root-drupal-directory/modules and extra functionality is in profile2 contrib module
no, what i meant was that if you go to configure->account settings you may have the functionality already there.. On user accounts you can already add extra fields which may be what you are looking for, you don't specify what you are trying to do.. but if your needs are more complex check the profile2 module page to see if you need to use it.
The core profile module has been disabled and hidden for those in d7 not upgrading from the d6 core profile module. For fresh d7 profiles, profile2 is indeed the recommended path. There are also fieldable users available in d7-- keep in mind that adding fields to users is not the same as connecting users to separate, but related, profiles. For very involved profiles you're not going to want to add all that cruft to the user object. See http://drupal.org/node/874026 for more info.
If I want to do a social network type of thing, shouldn't extra profile info like anything from location to tags and bio be added to the user profile? It must be super searchable. Should that be a separate content type instead?
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I think it is in core in D7
I think it is in core in D7 and sort of enabled by default.. it lives in root-drupal-directory/modules and extra functionality is in profile2 contrib module
YOU MEAN PROCEED TO, download/install/activate profile2 module?
YOU MEAN PROCEED TO, download/install/activate profile2 module?
no, what i meant was that if
no, what i meant was that if you go to configure->account settings you may have the functionality already there.. On user accounts you can already add extra fields which may be what you are looking for, you don't specify what you are trying to do.. but if your needs are more complex check the profile2 module page to see if you need to use it.
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The core profile module has been disabled and hidden for those in d7 not upgrading from the d6 core profile module. For fresh d7 profiles, profile2 is indeed the recommended path. There are also fieldable users available in d7-- keep in mind that adding fields to users is not the same as connecting users to separate, but related, profiles. For very involved profiles you're not going to want to add all that cruft to the user object. See http://drupal.org/node/874026 for more info.
Could you explain further?
What do you mean with cruft?
If I want to do a social network type of thing, shouldn't extra profile info like anything from location to tags and bio be added to the user profile? It must be super searchable. Should that be a separate content type instead?
profile2module has prerequisites?
profile2module has prerequisites?