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Goal: Create a custom profile page to collect additional information related to chapter membership. My client needs some advanced chapter support, and wants the members to be able to choose chapter membership when the profile is created.

I have read the documentation and created a directory structure for custom custom templates. The directory is in <homedir>/civicrm_custom/templates/ and it is outside of the webroot. I then entered the custom profile folder in the correct CiviCRM admin screen. It looks like the file I need to edit is templates/CRM/Profile/Page/Dynamic.tpl, although I also created a custom Page.tpl just to be sure I wasn't working on the wrong file. I tried to do something simple and added a line of text to the form just to verify that my template was being used and that line of text isn't showing up on the page, so I assume my custom template is not being used.

I have also searched through the forums to see if there are any gotchas, and didn't find anything that I haven't already tried.

One last note - this is a test system running under XAMPP on my Windows laptop, in case it makes a difference.

Is there anything I might have missed along the way?

Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Quint

I have the paths correct, and I was able to make customize a form by creating a copy and placing it in the correct folder. I think the problem I have is that the profile is embedded in the membership page under the contribute module. I can make changes to the contribution page by editing the correct .tpl files, but how can I do the following:

1. Modify a profile that is embedded in another form?
2. Have the chapter options show up with the profile only when the it is called from the Contribute module?

Or is my best bet to make a CiviChapter module and have it add its content to the Contribute page in the same way the membership profile is added to the page?

I am just getting my feet wet on developing for CiviCRM, and I appreciate your wisdom

Quint