Note: If you are tempted to 'answer' this question by telling me that you don't like django.contrib.auth, please move on. That will not be helpful. I am well aware of the range and strength of opin...

I have the following method: def _attempt(actor): if actor.__class__ != User: raise TypeError Which is called from a view: self.object.attempt(self.request.user) As you can see, the _attemp...

I have run into the same problem that @JohnnyQ has commented on here. My __init__.py is referring to multiple imports that in-turn are referring to models and these are required. The code works pe...

I'm trying to implement an integration test for the password reset flow, but I'm stuck at the "password_reset_confirm" view. I already tested the flow manually, and it works fine. Unfortunately, th...

My django project is working with a third-party forum. The activation_email is being send through get_current_site(request). The password rest is done by a django built called password_reset from d...

I dont know if I am confusing the purpose of collectstatic. Here's my settings module: # BASE_DIR is the location of my django project folder STATIC_URL = '/this.static/' STATIC_ROOT = os.path.jo...

The title may have been confusing, but please let me explain: Currently when I am storing phone number with raw digits like 5554441234. Then in my template I was going to "format" the number into ...

I found some under the tests directory but I'm not sure if they are the right ones. By authentication templates I mean login.htm, password_reset.htm, etc. Some of the templates can be found...

When I try to run python manage.py test in my Django (1.4) project, I get the error: ERROR: test_site_profile_not_available (django.contrib.auth.tests.models.ProfileTestCase) ---------------------...

I just switched from 1.2 to trunk (r15175 at this writing) to play with contrib.staticfiles, and now when using the local devserver all my admin media returns a 404. The static media (as managed by...

Problem: When I add UpdateCacheMiddleware and FetchFromCacheMiddleware to my Django project, I get unittest failures. This is regardless of the CACHE_BACKEND I use (right now I am using locmem://, ...

Currently, django.contrib.comments sends the user to the preview page if there is any error on the form. I am using comments in the context of a blog and I would much rather that the user stayed ...