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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

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Drupal for Education and E-Learning

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Drupal for Education and E-Learning
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Building the Profile


The Content Profile module creates a new content type called Profile when it is enabled. By default, this content type is set to be used as a profile. We need to complete a few additional steps to make our profile fully functional.

  1. Edit the default settings for the Profile content type

  2. Configure the base Content Profile settings

  3. Add any required fields to the Profile content type

  4. Add any taxonomy terms to the Profile content type

  5. Assign rights to create and edit the Profile content type

Edit the Settings of the Profile Content Type

As mentioned above, when the Content Profile module is enabled, it creates a new content type named Profile. To use this new node type effectively, we need to change the default settings.

To do this, click on the Administer | Site building | Content types link, or navigate to admin/content/types. Click the Edit link for the Profile content type.

The Automatic Nodetitles module—enabled earlier in this chapter—adds a new fieldset labelled Automatic...