Explanation of django-profiles

django-profiles is a module that allows you to add additional fields that extend the "out of the box" User Profile provided by Django.

Steps to Implement Module

1. Modify Settings

settings.py

AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'application_name.UserProfile'

2. Add Routing

urls.py

(r'^profiles/', include('profiles.urls'))

3. Add Form Fields

forms.py

class ProfileForm(ModelForm):

twitter = forms.CharField(label="Twitter")
about = forms.CharField(label="About", widget=forms.Textarea)
url = forms.CharField(label="URL")

4. Add View

views.py

Write the view for the edit_profile

5. Create Templates

• profiles/create_profile.html
• profiles/edit_profile.html
• profiles/profile_detail.html
• profiles/profile_list.html

Download Code

https://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-profiles

Additional Resources

django-profiles: The Missing Manual

Further Tips

• If you are adding an ImageField to your profile model, chmod -R 755 that folder

avatar = models.ImageField(upload_to = 'avatar/')

Note: If you have /avatar/ then you will get a SuspiciousOperation exception

• In your template add enctype="multipart/form-data" in form tag.

<form method="post" action="." enctype="multipart/form-data">

To display the image add something similar to the example below <img id="avatar" src="/media/{{ profile.avatar }}" />