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I've created a profile, then in the advanced section, I told it to add new users to the group 'volunteer'. Then I created a stand alone form based on the profile and when I add a volunteer using the form, the group is set to something else. I'm getting the same result if I create an event and attach the same profile to it. The group that the participant gets assigned to isn't consistent and it's never right. Does this just not work? What's a good work around?

Ok, on the demo site I created the group "volunteer", created a profile "volunteer" and in the "advanced" section I told it to put new contacts in the group "volunteer". Then I created the event "my big event" and added the volunteer profile to the event. Then I registered "Elvis Presley" as a volunteer to the event. When I register Elvis as a volunteer to the event, I would expect that Elvis is in the group "volunteer", but when I search for everyone in the group volunteer ... no Elvis. He has left the building.

BTW Thanks for the tip on the  demo site. I didn't know it was there.

Yes, I put this on the Demo site, but the database got reset. How can I show you my work? The stand alone profile has the same behavior. It doesn't put the contact in the group I want. The profile has the fields, First, last name address, city, state, zip, phone number, email address.

Here are the screen shots: http://www.opportunitycommunities.org/profile_problem

I'm not sure how to get into the DB. I can figure it out though if you need me to.

A couple of things I've noticed that I didn't see before:

1. When I copy and paste the HTML snippet code for the profile into a Drupal page, or article, all the <script> ... </script> tags are stripped out. Only regular HTML is accepted. I guess with Drupal 7 this is normal behavior. I'm surprised it worked at all! So, to create a standalone CiviCRM form using Drupal 7, I need to figure out a way to run <script> tags in a Drupal page.

2. I created a different Drupal site with a different CiviCRM, and tried to create an event and insert my custom profile in it. I discovered that it won't even give me that option. My custom profile doesn't show up on the list of profiles to attach to the event, only pre-defined ones. Is this correct behavior?  Now, thinking about it, I remember changing the name of the "Your Registration Info" profile to "Volunteer". I wonder what that might have done? Could this have something to do with it not working the way I thought it should?

Thanks for your help. I will wrestle this one to the ground and when I understand the problem, I'll post what I've learned here.