Having taken my MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) some years ago, ExpressionEngine's member management and permissions reminds me of a network. It has fine grained control and access privileges, and can have any number of member groups and assignments. Below are a few screenshots showing some of this ability (popup in larger image).
Note: using member groups, one can send emails to certain groups only, and use the built in mailing list module.
Here we have the form to create an unlimited number of fields for members profiles. The default fields can also be removed making for a highly customizable member profile. Any parts of this can be included in a public “about the author” area.
Profile data fields
The Custom Profile Data Tag allows you to display member profile information in any of your templates.
This article by no means covers all the options available. One can redo the members templates to display within the site design and add a Module called User which adds many more functions. Contact us for more details.
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