Re: Editing user profiles via "inlines" breaks password management in admin site

Update: seemingly the "two stage" is the way to do it. I have not
managed to get any alternative methods to work (and there are more
pressing problems :)

On Oct 27, 9:07 am, derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, it seems more complex...  you now have a 2 stage operation
> to carry out what should be a relatively(?) simple operation - add a
> user with their details.
>
> I have *exactly* the same problem as the original user - is there no
> one else who has managed to create a usuable User+Profile admin edit
> form?
>
> (Sidebar: Django is all kinds of wonderful, but user management seems
> strangely clunky compared to all the other goodness...)
>
> On Oct 13, 1:48 pm, Martin Burger <mburger...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, thanks! Actually, it's much simpler this way.
>
> > On Oct 13, 12:29 pm, Jonathan Barratt <jonathan.barr...@knifeict.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On 13 ต.ค. 2010, at 17:19, Martin Burger wrote:
>
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > I implemented a user profile that is activated via AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE
> > > > in settings.py. In order to be able to view and edit user profiles in
> > > > the admin site, I used the method described at
> > > >http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3400641/how-do-i-inline-edit-a-dja....
> > > > Basically, this method uses a custom ModelAdmin to enable inline
> > > > editing.
>
> > > > <snip complexities of the new "user" admin section>
> > > > How can I enable viewing / editing of user profiles while preserving
> > > > the original password functionality?
>
> > > The way I'm doing this is just to add "admin.site.register(models.UserProfile)" to my admin.py
>
> > > This makes the user profiles available through the admin section as a separate entity, like any other model class. It's not in-line editing under the same section as the basic Django user module, so you do have to create the user first and then create their profile separately, but it avoids the problems you're running into and seems like the simplest solution to your problem to me...
>
> > > Others with more Django experience may have a better answer for you though.
>
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Jonathan

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