Pass user.get_profile() as a template variable instead by adding it to the template context.
Cheers, André On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Brent <brentba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay, thanks. This is really helpful. > > I am having trouble calling get_profile() from within my profile.html > template, though. Here is my stack trace: > > http://dpaste.com/566583/ > > I tried calling get_profile without the (), which got rid of the > error, but no data showed up. > > On Jul 11, 10:15 am, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All you have to do is add the following code to your models.py (or any > other > > module that gets loaded by django, for that matter): > > > > # models.py > > from django.db.models import signals > > > > def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs): > > if created: > > UserProfile.objects.create(user=instance) > > > > signals.post_save.connect(create_user_profile, sender=User) > > > > (assuming your profile model is called UserProfile, of course). > > > > When django loads models.py, it will call that connect() method which in > > turn makes create_user_profile get called every time the sender model > (User) > > is saved (hence the 'post_save'). > > > > More on this athttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/ > > > > Cheers, > > André Terra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Brent <brentba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I am having trouble with this line of the tutorial: "You need to > > > register a handler for the signal django.db.models.signals.post_save > > > on the User model, and, in the handler, if created=True, create the > > > associated user profile." > > > > > It seems I need to edit the User model. I am confused, though, because > > > I am using the User model included in django.contrib, and I am very > > > hesitant to edit files that are not in my project directory. > > > > > Is this bad design to be using a mix of things I've written on my own, > > > and things that were already included in Django? (i.e. should I write > > > everything from scratch?) > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > On Jul 11, 9:54 am, Michał Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> wrote: > > > > Dnia 2011-07-11, pon o godzinie 09:48 -0700, Brent pisze: > > > > > > > How do I use a foreign key, though? In other words, how do I tell > my > > > > > code to look at UserProfile rather than just user? > > > > > > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#storing-additional... > > > > > > -- > > > > Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> > > > > > > signature.asc > > > > < 1KViewDownload > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Django users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.
