Why use node profile instead of just adding CCK to usernode?
Posted by Garret on February 21, 2007 at 5:39pm
I'm on Drupal 5. When I use nodeprofile to hold and display user profile data the "edit" button, at the top of a user's profile page, goes to edit the usernode instead of the node profile, because that's the container.
Why not just use CCK to add all the fields I want directly to usernode? It seems like that would be a lot simpler, more elegant; and it would eliminate the need to patch all these functions to make my node profile viewable and editable from everywhere usernode appears. Am I missing something?
Before you answer the question, here's what I'm going for ...
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