Talking Drupal #512 - Member Platform

Today we are talking about The Member Platform, Why it was
created, and How you can get involved with guest JD Leonard.
We’ll also cover Profile as our module of the week.


For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/512
Topics

Introduction to Member Platform

Member Platform: Origin and Vision

Member Platform Features and MVP

Post-MVP Vision and Challenges

SaaS Solutions and Drupal Forge

CRM Project and Member Platform Vision

Evaluating CRM Options

Integrating External CRMs with Drupal

Targeting Different Market Segments

Current Progress and Future Plans

Community Involvement and Contributions

Getting Involved with Member Platform

Resources

Member Platform

https://www.drupal.org/project/member

Drupal Slack #member-platform

Sign up for Member Platform news



CRM

https://www.drupal.org/project/crm

Drupal Slack #crm



Drupal forge

Drupito

https://debugacademy.com/

https://drupito.com/



Erpal

CRM Core

CIVICRM

Contributors to Drupal Core

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
JD Leonard - jdleonard
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu


Brief description:

Have you ever wanted to store user information in one or
more configurable profiles, independent of the user entity
itself? There’s a module for that.



Module name/project name:

Profile



Brief history

How old: Project created in Oct 2015 by bojanz (boy-yan
Z), but seems to originate in code that was in the 4.0.x
branch of Drupal core. Recent releases are by Jonathan
Sacksick (jsacksick) or Centarro

Versions available: 8.x-1.12, which supports Drupal 9,
10, and 11



Maintainership

Actively maintained

Security coverage

Test coverage

Number of open issues: 125 open issues, 53 of which are
bugs



Usage stats:

34,338 sites



Module features and usage

Profiles are conceptually separate from the user account,
and users will even edit their profile in a separate tab,
which is a pretty common pattern

A site can have multiple profile types, and then use
permissions and roles to determine who can create which kind
of profile

Profile forms can optionally be shown during registration

Profile fields can also be set as private, meaning that
the value will only be visible to the user and site admins

By default profiles will be displayed on the user’s view
page, and this can be configured in the “Manage Display” tab
on accounts

Profiles are also optionally revisionable

The project page also notes that profiles are not
currently translatable, but there is an issue with a patch,
so you can try that if it’s a requirement for you