Greetings! My name is Derek, and I’m a Mac. It’s great to be on the development team, and under the ever watchful eye and furrowed brow of Paul, I’ll be posting DevBlog entries from time to time as well.
Recently on my own blog I presented an extension that adds some functionality to the member registration process that I see requested from time to time: requiring submission of a birthday during member registration. The hooks used and the script itself is rather simple, and can be used as a basic skeleton for adding other standard ExpressionEngine member fields to your registration form. For instance, Paul whipped up an extension recently that handles uploading an avatar upon submission. In order to help new developers understand what’s happening behind the scenes, I’m going to dissect my Register Birthday extension.
