Need some help

Hi all,

I’m currently working on a module that ties some specific data to both our website and a couple applications. We also have a gateway for certain users to be able to access only certain data. When someone registers on the site, her/his email address will be validated against one of the tables that is created by the module. We are also adding a template in case they lose their code for registering (kind of like the forgotten password form).

Right now, my approach is to create an extension using 3 hooks - member_register_start, member_register, and member_manager - and use those to do the custom validation, updating of the tables for my module, and create the second form. If I do this, should I just create the form template in my own member template group, or can I tie this into my module? Is there a way to extend the member module via my module, or is the extension the only solution currently available?