By petfel on

I need to add personal info (names, address, telephone numbers etc) to the User table. The informstion should be supplied by the user at the time he/she signs up.

I have tried searching this forum on the term "add fields" but the threads I have looked at don't really address the task I am am working at, or refer to Admin area functionality that I cannot see in the Admin area.

Where do I do this task?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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vm’s picture

vm commented

enable the profile.module
goto administer -> profiles
add the fields you want to add and check the check box for add to registration form

see: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/profile
specifically : http://drupal.org/node/23710
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cog.rusty’s picture

cog.rusty commented

Generally, we talk about "users" and their "profiles". By "user" we mean what is needed to set up a Drupal account, and by "profile" we mean any personal user information which may interest the site.

There is a profile module in core, as well as some more enhanced ones. Probably the most flexible approach is the Node Profile module (http://drupal.org/project/nodeprofile) which turns user profiles into a type of content nodes, which you can categorize, combine, enrich with more fields using CCK, anything you can do with content.

It can work together with the pageroute module which has a kind of wizard for filling a series of forms.

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petfel commented

Thank you for both of those replies. The core profile module was what did the job. And I will also look at the extension module you suggested because it will definitely offer the extra facilities I need.

Thanks again.

Peter