[support] optional user profile fields

[Laura Scott]

On May 7, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Jean Gazis wrote:

> I would like to make some user profile fields dependent on other  
> user profile fields, for example,  right now I have parent 1, a  
> whole bunch of contact info fields, parent 2, a whole bunch of the  
> same fields, child 1 - many fields, child 2 - many fields, child 3  
> - many fields. I'd like to make it so the user could check a box if  
> all the info is the same for each person, or if there is only one  
> person, and not have to put "N/A" in over and over.
>
> Would this require some other module, or custom field types, or php  
> codiig?
>

This is not something that profile module will provide for. There is  
a module that supposedly provides for this in nodes, which could work  
if you set up your site so that your user profiles are nodes (there  
are a handful of modules that are designed to do that part). The  
module in question is http://drupal.org/project/dependantDropdown ...  
but I have no idea as to how well it works or whether the maintainer  
will keep it up to date. It hasn't been updated since December.

Laura