[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]//created a new view for Register - overriding the old view public async Task <ActionResult> Register(RegisterViewModel model) { if (ModelState.IsValid) { var user = new ApplicationUser { UserName = model.Email, Email = model.Email }; var result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, model.Password); if (result.Succeeded) { #region Assigning customer a role of user and Creating User Object //Added to assign customers a role of user when registering. UserManager.AddToRole(user.Id, "User"); //*********** USER INFO //Create user object as well UserDetail info = new UserDetail() { UserID = user.Id, FirstName = model.FirstName, LastName = model.LastName, }; //Create the context to get to EF PawsNClawsEntities ctx = new PawsNClawsEntities(); //add the UserDetails Object to EF ctx.UserDetails.Add(info); //Sent the object to the database as a record ctx.SaveChanges(); #endregion var code = await UserManager.GenerateEmailConfirmationTokenAsync(user.Id); var callbackUrl = Url.Action("ConfirmEmail", "Account", new { userId = user.Id, code = code }, protocol: Request.Url.Scheme); await UserManager.SendEmailAsync(user.Id, "Confirm your account", "Please confirm your account by clicking this link: <a href=\"" + callbackUrl + "\">link</a>"); ViewBag.Link = callbackUrl; return(View("DisplayEmail")); } AddErrors(result); } // If we got this far, something failed, redisplay form return(View(model)); }