---
title: "What does it do?"
manual: "Academic Profiles Edit"
version: "3.0"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons-edit:introduction@3.0"
source: "Introduction/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-26T17:55:31+00:00"
---

# What does it do? {#introduction}

This extension provides the option to connect person profils from [EXT_academic_persons](https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/academic_persons) to TYPO3 frontend users.

In addition this extension provides plugins to choose and edit an assigned profile. Therefore a frontend user with
an assigned person profile has to be logged in.

## Third-party icons {#third-party-icons}

The SVG icons below `Resources/Public/Icons/`, except
`Extension.svg`, are [Font Awesome Free](https://fontawesome.com)
icons by Fonticons, Inc., licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The
notice `Resources/Public/Icons/LICENSE-font-awesome.txt` lists every file
with its Font Awesome name and the changes made to it. The controls of the
profile editor draw the shared icons of **academic_base**, which lists
them in its own notice.

This manual shows the icon of the content element from
`Documentation/Images/Icons/profile-editing.svg`, a copy of
`Resources/Public/Icons/plugin/profile-editing.svg`, the Font Awesome icon
`user-pen`, drawn in a fixed grey instead of the colour of the surrounding
text, so that it reads on a light and a dark page alike.