Going back into my del.icio.us account and checking on the umpteen links that I had marked when I was learning Drupal I decided that a list was definitely worth posting of the my top Drupal links. So here are few must read Drupal articles that pertain to the user module and profile customizing.

Remove Unwanted Tabs from Pages

For those pesky tabs that show up. Personally, the tab that is the bane of my existence is the “view” tab. This article will tell you how to get rid of all and any tabs you’d like to.

Customizing User Profile Node

Start your custom user profile journey here. There are snippets galore, and you don’t even need to know php, just copy and paste.

Display Recent Nodes on Profile Page

Any User-generated content site has users that generate content! Use this php snippet of code to display what your users have posted.
About Me Block

This is my favorite user block. If you don’t read any of the other articles you must read this article. This article tells you how to place user details in a sideblock and not in the userprofile.tpl.php file.

Display List of User Images

Because your users love looking at pictures that they add.

Add/delete/to from Buddylist

Because friends are nice and you need someway to add friends. This bit of code, correctly modified, will add a little add/delete link to users that are not your friends.

Buddylist Block

Here is a nice little block that displays 15 of your friends. Trust me when I say that every Drupal user has gone through the pain of display buddies in a buddylist block correctly. Read this and save 21 hours of your life.

Insert user friendly “click here to add to your..” links when user profile fields are left blank.

Last but not least, this is just a nice little bit of code that gives your site some credibility. Pretty easy to implement and well worth the time. Once I added this to my site, many more fields were filled out.

That’s it for now. Till next time, adios.

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