Need a member-driven website for your non-profit or foundation? Looking to manage multiple levels of user access, member-created content, user profiles, organization events and more? Yeah, you can do that. And, ExpressionEngine’s native member capabilities get even better when paired with Calendar and Profile:Edit, meaning you don’t have to abandon your design to get the functionality you want.

• Session Three (continued)
• 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
• Chris Newton, MightyBigRobot

• Channels and Templates are the killer app features in EE
• Member system is really built for forums
• Not an appropriate tool for current needs
• Profile:Edit ($64.99) solves the problems that EE has

Challenges with the built-in member system

• 40+ templates for members
• Awkward to work with
• Not flexible enough
• No advance validation
• No admin ability to edit members on the front end
• Difficult to relate a channel entry to multiple members
• Single profile per member
• Little control over redirection upon login / registration

Profile:Edit Adds

• Member data is no different than channel data
• Member data is a channel entry
• Front end member admin
• Advanced validation & inline error reporting
• Advance field types can be used (i. Matrix and Playa)
• Uses standard template system
• Member profiles treated like all other pieces of data
• Multiple profiles per member
• Can be used with other member systems

Case Studies: Bibbulmun Track

• Front-end dashboard administration
• Front-end creation of new members
• Advanced registration forms for admins
• Import thousands of users & member data
• Extend P:E with additional validation automation
• Multiple profiles (1 for each family member of registrant)
• Integration of member data with CartThrob

Data Importing

• Imports from EE member profiles, text files, existing channels
• Handles high import volumes
• Automatically creates member profile if missing or deleted
• Can be used with AJW Datagrab and other channel data importers

Upcoming Features

• Profile Tab
• Member batch actions
• Developer hooks
• Template examples using Twitter Bootstrap

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• Author: G. Brad Hopkins
• About Me: I bought my first computer - an Apple Performa 6320 - when I was in college and have been building websites ever since. I like long walks in Illustrator and candle lit dinners with ExpressionEngine.
• @gbradhopkins