Sign up View in Django with Bootsrap - django

Question

I am a self learned programmer (beginner) trying to write a Signup Class Based View. Through some tutorials I have been able to write a code which as follows:
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
from django.views import generic
from django.views.generic import View
from .forms import UserForm
class UserFormView (View):
form_class = UserForm
template_name = "signup.html"
#display signup blank form
def get(self, request):
form = self.form_class(None)
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
#process form data
def post(self, request):
form = self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = form.save(commit=False)
#cleaned (normalized) data
username = form.cleaned_data['username']
password = form.cleaned_data['password']
user.set_password(password)
user.save()
# Returns User objects if credentials are correct
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return redirect("home")
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
Here is the forms.py:
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django import forms
class UserForm (forms.ModelForm):
password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput)
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'username', 'email', 'password' ]
Now, I have a signup.html page designed using bootstrap. I am now stuck how to integrate my views to the html page. Using {{ form }} in a plane html is working bt not in bootstrap designed page. Please help
signup.html:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-6 col-sm-offset-2 col-md-offset-3" style="margin-top: 70px">
<form role="form" method="post" action="">{% csrf_token %}
<h2>Welcome to Artivism <small>Sign up</small></h2>
<hr class="colorgraph" style="height: 7px; border-top: 0; background: grey; border-radius: 5px;">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-6">
{% for field in form %}
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="First Name" tabindex="1" value="{{User.first_name}}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Last Name" tabindex="2" value="{{User.last_name}}">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="user name" id="user_name" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="User Name" tabindex="3" value="{{User.username}}">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Email Address" tabindex="4" value="{{User.email}}">
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Password" tabindex="5" value="{{User.password}}">
</div>
</div>
<span class="help-block">By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms and that you have read our Data Use Policy, including our Cookie Use.</span>
<hr class="colorgraph" style="height: 7px; border-top: 0; background: grey; border-radius: 5px;"">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3"><input type="submit" value="Sign Up" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-lg"></div>
</div>
</form>
</div>

Answer 1

Include the following form in your signup.html page and let me know if it works for you:
<form method="post" action="{% url 'signup' %}" class="form-horizontal">
{% csrf_token %}
{% for field in form %}
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-2 control-label" for="id_{{ field.name }}">{{ field.label }}</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input class="form-control" type="{{ field.field.widget.input_type }}"
name="{{ field.name }}"
id="id_{{ field.name }}"
value="{{ field.value }}" >
</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
<input type="submit" value="Sign Up" class="btn btn-primary pull-right">
</form>
In your case, the simple solution would be to replace your form inputs with the following ones (this should work if your form fields are ['first_name', 'last_name', 'username', 'email', 'password']):
<input type="text" name="first_name" id="id_first_name" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="First Name" tabindex="1">
<input type="text" name="last_name" id="id_last_name" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Last Name" tabindex="2">
<input type="text" name="username" id="id_username" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Username" tabindex="3">
<input type="email" name="email" id="id_email" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Email Address" tabindex="4">
<input type="password" name="password" id="id_password" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Password" tabindex="5">