adding more fields to registration form using membership on MySql and MVC 3

Question

i started a site based on asp.net MVC 3 and MySql i got the membership to work with the MySQL .NET connector so with the default application you get with a new project of mv

Answer 1

take a look at your AccountModels.cs file. It contains

public class RegisterModel
{ 
   // User name, Email Adress, Password, Password confirmation already there

   // you can add something like below
    [Required]
    [Display(Name = "Nickname")]
    public string Nickname { get; set; }
}

Once you have a new property in your model you need to update the view. In the Views > Account > Register.cshtml you should add

        

            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Nickname )
        
        

            @Html.PasswordFor(m => m.Nickname )
            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Nickname )
        

When you're done with that you need to update the registration logic to use your new property. Go to AccountController and find

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Register(RegisterModel model)
    {
        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            // Attempt to register the user
            MembershipCreateStatus createStatus;
            Membership.CreateUser(model.UserName, model.Password, model.Email, null, null, true, null, out createStatus);

            if (createStatus == MembershipCreateStatus.Success)
            {
                FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(model.UserName, false /* createPersistentCookie */);
              //
              // this would be a good place for you to put your code to do something with model.Nickname
              //                    
              return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
            }
            else
            {
                ModelState.AddModelError("", ErrorCodeToString(createStatus));
            }
        }

        // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form
        return View(model);
    }

If you want to persist that information to Users ASP.NET Profile, you need this in Web.config

Then in your code - you can do

var userProfile = ProfileBase.Create(model.UserName);

to get/set your properties in Profile