Drupal: allowing users to sign up to content using a form

Question

My apologies if this is a little broad, but I'm struggling to know where to start here!

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OK, so I have a Drupal site and I need users to be able to sign up for certain content, here is the workflow in detail:

I need a form within a block consisting of the following elements:

First Name (required)
Last Name (required)
Organisation (optional)
Email Address (required)

Then there will be a choice of content to sign up to (using checkboxes):

Policy Bulletin
Action News
eBulletin (which only members can sign up to)

Then the usual submit button of course!

Upon submission, users will:

1) Be taken to a confirmation page, or 2) Be informed about incorrectly filled in fields, and/or the need to become a user to be able to sign up for the eBulletin (possibly even directed to the membership sign-up page).

Users will then receive an email when new content of the type(s) they signed up to is created, along with a link to the node. There should be details about how to unsubscribe within this email.

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I have used the Subscriptions module in the past, but I am not sure if it is possible to use a sign-up form with it. Plus, there is the added complexity that one of the content types, eBulletin, is only available for site members.

Like I say, I'm struggling to know where to start, and any ideas would be gratefully received!

Answer 1

if what you want is to collect user input and then use some other mechanism to act on it, then webform module will probably do all you need. if you have a newsletter type publication, then the simplenews module will fit this better.