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[PNWDweller]

I am starting a service which I can't go into specific details but will reveal what I can: .

 

What I am wanting to do is build a site which is a service.   I want the user to register an account to record their item(s) and then be assigned a randomly generated profile number.

 

The Profile number is then assigned to the user as part of the URL.  So something like http://www.whatevermysiteistobe.com/92481 where the 92841 is the profile number and would bring up their page of item(s) they have listed with contact information.

 

This is NOT for;

 

An Auction Site, Dating Site, Match Making Site, E-Commerce Site, or anything else that would let the profile be publicly viewable except for when it is directly accessed or searched for by the number.

 

The structure of the site will be using a database to store the user name,pass, profile number etc.

 

So far, I have looked at various Social Network sites and tested Boonex Dolphin, and even though it is  "Match Making" centered, I can adapt it somewhat, but for what I am needing as it is slightly overkill not to mention not mobile friendly.. 

 

I would prefer a CMS, but haven't' found any that would assign a profile number to a user let alone a random number. 

 

Does anyone have any ideas of what CMS or Script I could use to do this, even build off of?  The concept is simple, so even a framework that incorporates the random profile number generation  would do at this point.

 

 

 

[PNWDweller]

I am still looking for a solution.  I did settle somewhat in WordPress, using BuddyPress and a few other plugins to customize the profile at least, but am still trying to solve the random user number or profile number generation.   Does what I need sound like a custom solution rather than a CMS?

[Kalint]

Why don't you build from scratch?  ASP.NET/MVC can do this with ease.

[Mr.XXIV]

Use Symfony, great for PHP applications of any kind. You'll be able to situate the user information as you develop on top of it.

 

I am still looking for a solution.  I did settle somewhat in WordPress, using BuddyPress and a few other plugins to customize the profile at least, but am still trying to solve the random user number or profile number generation.   Does what I need sound like a custom solution rather than a CMS?

 

As a WordPress theme developer. I wouldn't ever want to touch BuddyPress. It's too..segregated to WP's codex.

[+Kyle Subscriber¹]

I am still looking for a solution.  I did settle somewhat in WordPress, using BuddyPress and a few other plugins to customize the profile at least, but am still trying to solve the random user number or profile number generation.   Does what I need sound like a custom solution rather than a CMS?

The random number generation is something I have never heard of being used before for a profile field. Generally those are auto-incremental for quicker indexing. 

 

If you don't want to develop this from scratch, you should think about the structure of this differently. 

 

Let's say you use a social network script that has a user table structure that looks something like:

user_ID | password | email | username

 

Generally the URL will load from tld.com/user_ID or tld.com/username, right? Well add another column so it looks like: 

user_ID | password | email | username | user_RandomID

 

Then change the code so it loads the user data from the user_RandomID column instead of the other two columns. 

 

Does that make sense?

[PNWDweller]

I totally forgot about this post.  Been busy with building the site. ;)

 

I have settled on Drupal (which IMHO is way too overcomplicated for it's own good), and have had pretty cool results.   I have had to make a compromise here and there, but the site is starting to turn out the way I wanted it.