diff --git a/user/profile/field/menu/field.class.php b/user/profile/field/menu/field.class.php
index 02a177cb8c7da..ad5df466708f7 100644
--- a/user/profile/field/menu/field.class.php
+++ b/user/profile/field/menu/field.class.php
@@ -47,6 +47,32 @@ function save_data_preprocess($data) {
             return $this->options[$data];
         }
     }
+
+    function edit_field_specific(&$form) {
+        /// Param 1 for menu type contains the options
+        $form->addElement('textarea', 'param1', get_string('profilemenuoptions'));
+        $form->setType('param1', PARAM_MULTILANG);
+        
+        /// Default data
+        $form->addElement('text', 'defaultdata', get_string('profiledefaultdata'), 'size="30"');
+        $form->setType('defaultdata', PARAM_MULTILANG);
+    }
+
+    function edit_validate_specific($data) {
+        $err = array();
+        
+        /// Check that we have at least 2 options
+        if (($options = explode("\n", $data->param1)) === false) {
+            $err['param1'] = get_string('profilemenunooptions');
+        } elseif (count($options) < 2) {
+            $err['param1'] = get_string('profilemenuoptions');
+            
+        /// Check the default data exists in the options
+        } elseif (!empty($data->defaultdata) and !in_array($data->defaultdata, $options)) {
+            $err['defaultdata'] = get_string('profilemenudefaultnotinoptions');
+        }
+        return $err;        
+    }
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/user/profile/field/text/field.class.php b/user/profile/field/text/field.class.php
index fa2f53406552c..96a5cb78ac0d5 100644
--- a/user/profile/field/text/field.class.php
+++ b/user/profile/field/text/field.class.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function display_field_add(&$form) {
         $size = (empty($this->field->param1)) ? '30' : $this->field->param1;
 
         /// Param 2 for text type is the maxlength of the field
-        $maxlength = (empty($this->field->param2)) ? '254' : $this->field->param2;
+        $maxlength = (empty($this->field->param2)) ? '2048' : $this->field->param2;
 
         /// Create the form field
         $form->addElement('text', $this->fieldname, $this->field->name, 'maxlength="'.$maxlength.'" size="'.$size.'" ');
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ function display_field_add(&$form) {
     function set_data_type() {
         $this->datatype = 'text';
     }
+
+    function edit_field_specific(&$form) {
+        /// Default data
+        $form->addElement('text', 'defaultdata', get_string('profiledefaultdata'), 'size="30"');
+        $form->setType('defaultdata', PARAM_MULTILANG);
+
+        /// Param 1 for text type is the size of the field
+        $form->addElement('text', 'param1', get_string('profilefieldsize'), 'size="6"');
+        $form->setType('param1', PARAM_INT);
+        
+        /// Param 2 for text type is the maxlength of the field
+        $form->addElement('text', 'param2', get_string('profilefieldmaxlength'), 'size="6"');
+        $form->setType('param2', PARAM_INT);
+    }
+
 }
 
 ?>