Re: extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-04 Thread James Bennett
On 8/4/07, eXt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You shold read very good summary on extending user model here: > http://www.amitu.com/blog/2007/july/django-extending-user-model/ This method will probably have serious problems on multi-site installations, and -- unlike AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE -- has no

Re: extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-04 Thread eXt
Hi! You shold read very good summary on extending user model here: http://www.amitu.com/blog/2007/july/django-extending-user-model/ Regards -- Jakub Wisniowski On 4 Sie, 12:54, ocgstyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perfect. I google'd AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE and found a nice writeup: > > htt

Re: extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-04 Thread ocgstyles
Perfect. I google'd AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE and found a nice writeup: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/06/06/django-tips-extending-user-model Looks like that will suit my needs. Thanks On Aug 3, 7:56 am, daev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can create Profile model that can have all additional

Re: extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-03 Thread Thejaswi Puthraya
> Is there a way I can add some attributes to the User model in > django.contrib.auth.models and also have those new attributes render > in admin? Probably you should have a look at Django-Registrationbetter to hack on this than directly on django.contrib.auth.models. See http://code.google.c

Re: extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-03 Thread daev
You can create Profile model that can have all additional fields. Then connect it in settings.py to User model with AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = "profiles.Profile". And you can get per user profile like this: user = User.objects.get( username = "foobar" ) profile = user.get_profile() --~--~-~--

extending django.contrib.auth

2007-08-03 Thread ocgstyles
Is there a way I can add some attributes to the User model in django.contrib.auth.models and also have those new attributes render in admin? I figure I could just edit the django.contrib.auth.models and add the attributes manually, but that won't last persist through future upgrades. --~--~