Community Builder is an excellent extension for Joomla - it basically extends the user profiling system on your site and allows you to let your site users interact with each other through personal profiles, member lists etc..

A fresh install of the component and special login module offers you most of the functionality you might want but there are three simple configurations I would highly suggest:

1. spend a few moments crafting unique messages in the registration tab of the component - this will help you form a personal connection between your users and the site. At the bottom of the form, there's a field to enter a 'URL for first login visit' - I suggest creating a custom 'thanks for signing up' page to add warm-fuzziness to the user experience ;)
2. establish a jump page in the cb_login module so once people login, they are taken to a welcome message, or listing of new content etc...
3.  the default ordering of tabs in the CB component isn't very intuitive - make sure to float the registration information tab down to the bottom so when people hit the 'edit my profile' link on your site, it will take them to the tab you want them to edit most (example shown above from joomlajobs.net )

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