User Registration: Looking for tips

I'm using the auth module for my project and I've got a registration
form that's based on the "UserCreationForm" provided by
"django.contrib.auth.forms" but it's only showing the username and
password fields.

I want a registration process that requires users to fill out ALL of
the "User" fields plus the fields in my "UserProfile" model.

If someone has some basic suggestions for how to modify the
UserCreationForm to include these additional fields I'm all ears. I
managed to find some basic examples of how to hide certain ModelForm
fields or change their labels but nothing about adding additional
fields, particularly from other models.

In addition to modifying the UserCreationForm I've come across a
couple of leads:

1. Build my own registration process following this example:

http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/sep/02/django-tips-user-registration/

I'm concerned with how old this post is. Is this approach still valid
given that it was posted in 2006? The author is using both the User
model and his own UserProfile model. I think that I could adapt this
for my purpose.

2. Use the django-registration package provided by the same author

http://bitbucket.org/ubernostrum/django-registration/overview

I'm concerned with having to install additional packages into Django.
It seems like this will make deploying my application on a Web host
more difficult. Can anyone speak to this?

Thank you for your suggestions. I've provided my code thus far below.

# forms.py

from django import forms
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext

def register(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = UserCreationForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
new_user = form.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect("/somewhere/")
else:
form = UserCreationForm()
return render_to_response("registration/register.html",
{'form':form,}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

# profiles.models.py

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from ylbbq.areas.models import Area

class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
phone = models.CharField(max_length=12)
address = models.CharField(max_length=70)
city = models.CharField(max_length=50)

STATES = (
('AK', 'Alaska'),
...
)

state_province = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=STATES,
verbose_name='State or Province')

COUNTRIES = (
('USA', 'United States'),
('Canada', 'Canada')
)

country = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=COUNTRIES)
zip_code = models.CharField(max_length=5)
birth_date = models.DateField()
areas = models.ManyToManyField(Area)

# templates/registration/register.html

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block title %} Account Registration {% endblock %}

{% block content %}
<h1>Create an account</h1>

<form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %}
{{ form.as_p }}
<input type =submit value="Create Account" />
</form>

{% endblock %}

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