Hi folks,
Fairly new DNN user here -- for the most part very satisfied with the software, but having some trouble figuring out the registration process. After several hours of Googling and looking for documentation that might help me with my problem, all to no avail, I'm resorting to the forums...
I am running DNN 4.06.02. My requirement is pretty simple. I host a community site which is open to the public. A lot of people are turned off by the requirement to input a first and last name during the registration process. I have no particular reason to collect that information from my users and requiring it for registration prevents a number of people from registering in the first place.
When a user tries to register with the site, the portal requires a username, an email address, a first name, a last name, and a display name. That's five pieces of ID! I don't know if anyone else is having this problem -- I'd prefer to keep it to the username and email address myself.
In the "Manage Profile Properties" section of the portal admin pages, I set FirstName and LastName to be neither visible nor required. Neither of these settings appears to have any effect on the registration process.
I've seen some scattered references around the net to a Register.ascx user control but this does not exist in my installation of DNN.
Bottom line - how can I make these fields optional for my users? Does the portal have some kind of hardcoded need for them that prevents this? What can I do?
Going a step further I'd even like to customize the registration process and offer people the opportunity to sign up for a newsletter, but this seems like a difficult endeavor - let's start with the optional fields!
Thanks,
Aaron