# Multiple User Types

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-user-types/107425>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 21, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-user-types/107425 "2007-06-21T18:10:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-user-types/107425/1 "2007-06-21T18:10:28Z")

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Hi, I was hoping to create an application with multiple user types;  
examples: consumers, businesses, employers, etc… where each user type  
would have a specialized profile. As I’m new to rails I’m not really  
sure how to handle registration. I already have a basic registration,  
login, and profile page but nothing to handle multiple user types. I was  
wondering if anyone knew of any plugins or examples/tutorials that could  
help.

-Thanks

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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-user-types/107425/2 "2007-06-21T18:28:00Z")

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Or maybe an example of a premium/free setup

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**Author:** ![dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@dcgrigsby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dcgrigsby)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-user-types/107425/3 "2007-06-21T23:31:31Z")

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You should look into using roles for different users checkout ACL  
System:

[http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acl\_system](http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/acl_system)