In creating a 'multiple' user type Drupal 7 site (e.g. student, teacher, professor, janitor), should I use a single Drupal backend table/fields for all user types, or should I create fields relevant to each Profile (I'm using Profile2 module along with UberCart)? I'm trying to self-learn Drupal, and have been struggling for 6 months, spending more time googling than actually learning and absorbing knowledge.
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closed as not a real question by kiamlaluno♦ May 10 '12 at 22:05
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You should create a role per user type. This helps you manage users better and you can use related modules for manage them. Profile fields are useful for name/last name, address, age, company, etc... |
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In my opinion it depends, if you need to give different permissions to your user types then create roles. If not then use a field. |
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