Same models for different purposes in django

Question

I'm very new to django so please bear with me. I'm in the process of creating a website and have written the authentication system for it using Django's 'User' model (which I customised). Now I'm wondering how does one use the same 'User' model for making a customised 'profile page' for a user i.e. When a user signs up he's only asked to provide his/her email and password. However, on successful login the user is to be greeted with a sort of a dashboard where he/she can upload media, follow people etc. This will require that the user model be extended with different fields.

Wouldn't this cause a database conflict?

Thanks

see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6085025/django-user-profile — sobolevn, Nov 13 '15 at 16:16
That solves the problem of how to add new columns. I already did that, my question asks a different thing. — Ankit Kulshrestha, Nov 15 '15 at 06:29

Marcos R. Guevara · Answer 1 · 2015-11-13T16:06:04.973

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I might this link to resource can help you, search before for a CRUD tutorial for Django.

edited Nov 13 '15 at 16:06

answered Nov 12 '15 at 18:47

Marcos R. Guevara

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I didn't get to the page you mentioned, could you provide a direct link? – Ankit Kulshrestha Nov 13 '15 at 13:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 12 '15 at 18:49

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If you use the blank=true option on the additional User fields then you can create and validate a User without specifying values for those fields. You may also need to use the null=true field, depending on how you want those blank values stored in the database.

answered Nov 12 '15 at 18:49

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So I should extend user model once and set the fields not required for authentication as blank=true? Or am I missing something here? – Ankit Kulshrestha Nov 13 '15 at 03:03

Same models for different purposes in django

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