I keep reading about the profile module, including in this article http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/profile & the things it can do. Some module or 2 that I have it need, but I neither find it in the place described in the above article among core modules nor anywhere among the downloadable modules.

One has no access to http://drupal.org/project/profile
So where does one find it? Or it no longer exists in Drupal 5.x?

Thanks

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tostinni’s picture

It's a core module ;)

VM’s picture

The profile module is part of Drupal core.

administer -> modules
insure you have the profile.module enabled under the core - optional area.

then visit
administer -> user management -> profiles
to add fields as necesssary

lionheart8’s picture

Thanks for the very rapid responses.
Actually that is why I came here.
I have checked 100 times under modules & it is certainly not listed under the core optional modules or I would have no problem at all, including enabling it, etc.

Proof, that's one of the modules requiring it & on the module page, it is not listed as (DISABLED) but as (MISSING):

Onlinestatus Indicator 5.x-1.x-dev Adds Online Status Indicator Support for the most common Instant Messangers into Drupal.
Depends on: Profile (missing)

Other optional core modules, like news aggregator, blog, forum are there...

:(

So what next?

VM’s picture

inspect your core modules folder, is it there ?

if not, get a fresh download and copy the profile module from it, however I would at that stage, inspect every file to make sure they are there.

if the file is there, delete it and reupload a new one, its possible the file you have may have been corrupted at upload.

lionheart8’s picture

Asante! (means thank u in Swahili) ;)

I did exactly as u suggested. On checking that folder, I discovered it was missing & within 2 minutes I had downloaded 5.1, got it & uploaded it.

Nice evening/day/nite, whichever is fitting. ;;).