# Help: Profile

#### Description

The Profile module is for managing custom user profile fields.

#### Install/uninstall

No special measures necessary, follow the standard installation process – extract the /profile folder into the ../modules directory. Install the module through Admin -> System Module -> Modules.

Detailed instructions on installing modules are available in the XOOPS Operations Manual

#### Operating instructions

To set up this module you need to:

- Configure your preferences for the module (see ‘Preferences’) and optionally the Profile block if you intend to use it (see ‘Blocks’).
- Edit existing Categories or add new ones.
- Edit existing Fields or add new ones. Here you can specify which fields will be visible in which category, and if they will be visible during user registration.
- Define the order of Registration steps.
- And finally, you can set permissions for individual fields - which ones are editable, which ones are searchable.

#### Anti-Spam measures

To minimize spam registrations, do the following:

- go to the Protector module in Admin, go to Preferences, and then at the bottom, at this option: "Stop Forum Spam" Checks POST data against spammers registered on www.stopforumspam.com database.
  Set it to "Ban the IP (no limit)"
- in /class/captcha/config.php, make sure that the mode is set as "text":
  return $config = array(
  'disabled' => false, // Disable CAPTCHA
  'mode' => 'text', // default mode, you can choose 'text', 'image', 'recaptcha'(requires api key)
  'name' => 'xoopscaptcha', // captcha name
  'skipmember' => true, // Skip CAPTCHA check for members
  'maxattempts' => 10, // Maximum attempts for each session
  );
- In the Profile module, go to Admin and in the Basic step located at:
  /modules/profile/admin/step.php?id=1
  set the "Save after stop" to "No"
- In Profile Preferences, set the "Use Captcha after the second Registration step" Option to "Yes" (it is the default)

#### Tutorial

Tutorial coming soon.