Our goal was to add a few fields to the standard Magento Registration form (Magento 1.4x, using the default template structure), enabling us to capture information such as Occupation, and Education.

Magento provides a simple user account signup page. However, some online stores might want to collect relevant customer information for more targeted and personal interactions with their customers. Some examples of details that could be collected include occupation, education etc…

Adding your custom fields on the signup form is not difficult, but it is not trivial either, since one cannot use the Magento backend for the task. As an example of how it can be done, I will demonstrate the addition of a new custom field to the signup form asking new users to enter their occupation and education.
Okay, Let me follow step by step. Please do not miss any single step otherwise it won’t work…
Step 1 :

Open File :

app\design\frontend\base\default\template\customer\form\register.phtml

1. Find below code

<div>
<label for="email_address"><?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?> <span
class="required">*</span></label><br/>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email_address" value="<?php echo $this-
>htmlEscape($this->getFormData()->getEmail()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Email
Address') ?>" />
</div>

Replace Code

<div>
<label for="email_address"><?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?> <span
class="required">*</span></label><br/>

<input type="text" name="email" id="email_address" value="<?php echo $this-
>htmlEscape($this->getFormData()->getEmail()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Email Address')
?>" />

</div>

<div>

<label for="occupation"><?php echo $this->__('Occupation') ?></label><br/>

<input type="text" name="occupation" id="occupation" value="<?php echo
$this->htmlEscape($this->getFormData()->getOccupation()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this-
>__('Occupation') ?>" />

</div>

<div>

<label for="education"><?php echo $this->__('Education') ?></label><br/>

<input type="text" name="education" id="education" value="<?php echo $this-
>htmlEscape($this->getFormData()->getEducation()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Education')
?>" />

</div>

step 2:

Open file :

app\design\frontend\base\default\template\customer\form\edit.phtml

1. Find Below Code

<li>
<div>
<label for="email"><?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?> <span
class="required">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $this-
>htmlEscape($this->getCustomer()->getEmail()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Email
Address') ?>" />
</div>
</li>

Replace Code

<li>
<div>
<label for="email"><?php echo $this->__('Email Address') ?> <span
class="required">*</span></label><br />
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $this-
>htmlEscape($this->getCustomer()->getEmail()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->__('Email
Address') ?>" />
</div>
</li>

<li>
<div>
<label for="occupation"><?php echo $this->__('Occupation') ?> </label><br/>
<input type="text" name="occupation" id="occupation" value="<?php echo
$this->htmlEscape($this->getCustomer()->getOccupation()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this-
>__('Occupation') ?>" />
</div>
</li>

<li>
<div>
<label for="education"><?php echo $this->__('Education') ?> </label><br/>
<input type="text" name="education" id="education" value="<?php echo
$this->htmlEscape($this->getCustomer()->getEducation()) ?>" title="<?php echo $this-
>__('Education') ?>" />
</div>

</li>

Step 3:

Open file :

app\code\core\Mage\Customer\Model\Entity\Setup.php

1. Find below code inside getDefaultEntities() function

Replace Code :

'email' => array(
'type'
=> 'static',
'label'
=> 'Email',
'class'
=> 'validate-email',
'sort_order' => 6,
),
'occupation' => array(
'label'
=> 'Occupation',
'required' => false,
'sort_order' => 7,
),
'education' => array(
'label'
=> 'Education',
'required' => false,
'sort_order' => 8,
),

Note: (if you need field with validation then ‘requirted’ => true)

Hey do not feel tired or boring  you are going right way. You are now only Two steps to get it done.

Step 4 :

Open file :

app\code\core\Mage\Customer\etc\config.xml

1. Find below Code :

<global>
<fieldsets>
<customer_account>

Then In <customer_account>, you will find below line

<email><create>1</create><update>1</update></email>

After that line insert 2 more rows like below :

<occupation><create>1</create><update>1</update></occupation>
<education><create>1</create><update>1</update></education>

Step 5:

(Most important) Please follow below instruction :

1. Open file app\design\frontend\base\default\template\customer\form\register.phtml

2. Add Below code at top of the file,

<?php
$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$AttrCode = occupation;
$settings = array (
'position' => 1,
'is_required'=> 0
);
$setup->addAttribute('1', $AttrCode, $settings); ?>

Now Save file Clear Cache from admin panel Refresh create account page

For Example, (http://websitename/ index.php/customer/account/create/)

Once Refreshed, then

Go to the customer_entity_varchar table in DB, your field is there…

Again Open file, app\design\frontend\base\default\template\customer\form\register.phtml

Now Replace Top code,

<?php
$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$AttrCode = education;
$settings = array (
'position' => 1,
'is_required'=> 0
);
$setup->addAttribute('1', $AttrCode, $settings); ?>

Or Else put

$AttrCode = education;

Now Save file Clear Cache from admin panel Refresh create account page

For Example, (http://websitename/ index.php/customer/account/create/)

Once Refreshed then,

Again go to file, app\design\frontend\base\default\template\customer\form\register.phtml

And Comment Top Code or remove top code….

$AttrCode = education;

Now create your account and login with your information…

Check my account page and get smile….:)

That’s it…………….

Feel Free to ask if you are having any doubt in this.
credit goes to Magento developer : Vipul Prajapati

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