Beginner's Guide

Figure 4: Menu item types for users
Additional profile fields
In the past it was only possible with additional extensions, to have additional fields in the registration
form. To solve that issue and to connect the user data to the contact component, Joomla 2.5 core comes
with a plug-in called User Profiles. In Extensions - Plug-in Manager you can activate and configure the plug-in
(See also Contact component) The module provides several additional fields, even a Terms of service option,
which user have to check during the registration process to accept the terms of service (Figure 5).
Joomla! 2.5 - Beginner’s Guide
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