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Hi Civi Community. I've been Drupaling for a few years now and recently integrated CiviCRM into the church website. the transition was very smooth! Bravo to the coders responsible for that. the instructions for prepping the database we spot on.

The one spot I am having trouble wrapping my brain around is how the end user will interact with Drupal and Civi to manage their information (address, phone, communications preferences, upload photo, choose tags and groups, etc).

I know that profiles can be used for some of this, but it seems a bit bulky to have all this in a profile to attach to the Drupal user page.
**as aside. I find the term profile VERY confusing. I think of profile like a profile page, in Civi though it seems like more of a filter or form**

Oh, I thought about linking their name in the directory, and that works... but a user can edit ANY user. I suppose if I could figure out a way to limit it to where the logged in user can only edit their Civi account information, that would be a start.

What is the best way to merge these two systems for easy end user maintenance? I've read the whole Civi manual, been through the forums, I haven't really grasped anything pertaining to this.

Many thanks for whatever help you can provide!