Hi, I try to add a few more fieldes to the default registration page, e.g., mother's maiden name, birth place, etc.  I figured out how to do this: it is through modifying DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserInfo and DotNetNuke.UI.UserControls.user in DotNetNuke.Library project.  It does what I need.  But my question is: how do I port my code changes in DotNetNuke.Library project to a new version of DotNetNuke?  (Right now I am on 4.4, but I want to upgrade to 4.5 soon)  Is there an automatic way to do this?  Do I have to manually modify the code for every version update?

Thanks a lot.

First rule of thumb for any framework -  Dont touch the core if you want upgradability.

If you do edit the core you are opening yourself up to potential problems with each new release since you will need to manually recode your changes into the code everytime.

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It also seems like you are going around this problem the wrong way - adding additional elements to a users profile can be done directly thru the Manage User Profile.

And you can force these fields to appear in the Registration page by making them required and setting the Rego page to display the profile.

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But in reality if you have gone as far as digging into DotNetNuke.library then you coding is more than up to building a simple custom rego page that displays the fields in exactly the layout you want.

Custom modules are a much more elegant way of modifying DNN since they dont touch the core - and will upgrade much more smoothly to new versions - in most cases.

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