On Jun 29, 7:43 pm, Jacob Fenwick <jacob.fenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the link Derek. > > I don't think it quite does what I want. > > I guess I should have been more specific. > > I want to change how the Users object is displayed in the Django admin. > > This is a one line change in the Django code, but I would rather not change > Django if I can avoid it. > > Is there a way to do something like subclassing the Django Users object and > use that for authentication instead of the original Users object? > > Jacob > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:01 AM, derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jun 28, 7:54 pm, Jacob Fenwick <jacob.fenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Is there a simple way to change the displayed name of the users object in > > > the auth package? > > > > I don't care about what it's called under the hood. I just want to change > > > what the user sees. > > > > I'd like to avoid changing the code directly in the Django library as > > that > > > will make upgrades difficult. > > > > I came across this article but it's quite old and I'm hoping there's a > > > better way: > > > >http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/jun/06/django-tips-extending-user-m... > > > > Jacob > > > Have a look at: > > >http://bradmontgomery.blogspot.com/2010/04/pretty-options-for-djangos... >
"This is a one line change in the Django code" - no, there is no change to Django's code in this approach. The "subclassing" approach is probably best done with a UserProfile; there is lots written about that. For info related to your question, you could start with my original question here: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/d39e05a9b2d33e7b -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
