How to add text to the user registration form?

Question

I've been using the String Overrides module to change a few of the text fields in the user/register form. I've found this approach to be simple and effective.

However, I want to insert some text below the "User Account" heading but above the "Email" field. Just some general information about signing up. Unfortunately there is no text there currently so I can't use "String Overrides". Is there a simple way of adding some text? I don't want to create an entire custom registration form and reinvent the wheel, I just want to add some text to the existing form.

Answer 1

If you don't want to write your own custom module, you can use the Field Group module. Enable the module and on the Manage fields tab for users, add a Fieldset and then set the description to whatever text/HTML you like. Afterwards, just drag it to the place you want it to appear.

Answer 2

You can use hook_form_alter like this.

  function MODULENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
    switch($form_id) {  
      case 'user_register_form': // the value we stole from the rendered form  
        $form['cutomtext'] = array(
        '#type' => 'item',
        '#markup' => '<div > Your text goes here... </div>',
        '#weight' => 1, // Adjust so that you can place it whereever 
        );
        break;  
    }  
  }

Form API Reference

Also you could try hook_form_FORM_ID_alter

Usage :

function hook_form_FORM_ID_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  // Modification for the form with the given form ID goes here. For example, if
  // FORM_ID is "user_register_form" this code would run only on the user
  // registration form.

  // Add a checkbox to registration form about agreeing to terms of use.
  $form['terms_of_use'] = array(
    '#type' => 'checkbox',
    '#title' => t("I agree with the website's terms and conditions."),
    '#required' => TRUE,
  );
}

Answer 3

'#type' => 'item' won't use attribute #value, it should be changed to #markup

function MODULENAME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){
    switch($form_id) {  
      case 'user_register_form': // the value we stole from the rendered form  
        $form['cutomtext'] = array(
        '#type' => 'item',
        '#markup' => '<div > Your text goes here... </div>',
        '#weight' => 1, // Adjust so that you can place it whereever 
        );
        break;  
    }  
  }

You can also place it in your theme's template.php file. In this case the first line changes to function THEME_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id){...

Answer 4

Possibly a bit late for the OP as he has another solution, but for anyone finding this page from Google, a much simpler way is to create a new block with the required text in and just set it to appear at the top of the main section or in a side bar. This does not get it in between the username and email address, but requires less coding to implement