sorry if i m opening already discussed topic .... my another problem is i have 2 types of users in my application one player and another coach ... now i have created these roles as well as permission set also ...
1) How to know this user is player or coach?
there is one field in personal information form which ask the registered users what type of the user you are player or coach. if the user have selected player i have to keep that user under player role and provide the player desktop otherwise coach. but how to put user to these roles depending upon the provided member type (ie if user have choose player member type it automatically should be under player role) ? when user login for the first time i want to make him to fill out the personal information form unless this form is filled out the role of the users wouldnt be known.. so unless role is defined i have to provide that form and nothing else and as soon as he choose member type role should be defined (player or coach ) and his desktop(menu and page content) should be available to them. how to do this? any ideas or module that u know plz suggest me..

2)Displaying links
i have created view for listing 5 new members using cck and views n kept in one left block of the page. this view display user info as
name,ht
Golf club
now i want two static links profile,send private msg just below golf club, where profile link to profile of the user and another should be linked to send mail to the user... how to do these? is there any field type or module so that i can do it ? or any other options ..... how to keep such static links....

3) i m new to drupal so dont have much knowledge i m thinking of creating each menu content of the users from views is this approach to work or can u tell me if there is some other better(options) way of doing this.