I'm using Content Profile to set up a student job application. I would like to be able to provide a link in our ads directly to the form. Of course, they would come there as an anonymous user and would be prompted to create an account. Once the account was created, they'd be brought directly back to the form to be completed and associated with their new account. Giving them a direct link would be much easier for the applicants rather rather than giving them a 3-step set of instructions (go to site, create account, click on "application" link). Is this possible? How would I structure this link?

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michellezeedru commented
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I figured this out... sharing what I learned in case anyone else can benefit. If I route the user to the standard Node Add form for the content profile CCK, this module handles this very nicely, even rerouting to the "Edit node" form if the user has already submitted one of this CCK. Thanks for a great module that has proves very useful in many circumstances!

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Bilmar commented

Would you kindly share how this was done?
Did you place any code into a template file or use Rules?
Thank you!

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michellezeedru commented

I'm afraid I didn't do anything special... just pointed people to the node add form (e.g. yoursite.com/node/add/student-application -- although I did set up a friendlier URL alias to this page), instead of to their My Account page. The module takes care of the rest. The user who completes this form (i.e. node author) will automatically have this node associated within their account profile. And if the user has already submitted this form, they will automatically be redirected to the node/edit form to edit the one they previously submitted, rather than be permitted to submit a second one. It worked quite seamlessly without any effort on my part.

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Bilmar commented

ahh I see, thanks for the input
I will explore using this method in creating links to the content profile from any page.