class UserManager(BaseUserManager): use_in_migrations = True def _create_user(self, email, password, **extra_fields): if not email: raise ValueError('The given email must be set') email = self.normalize_email(email) user = self.model(email=email, **extra_fields) user.set_password(password) user.save(using=self._db) return user def create_user(self, email, password=None, **extra_fields): extra_fields.setdefault('is_superuser', False) return self._create_user(email, password, **extra_fields) def create_superuser(self, email, password, **extra_fields): extra_fields.setdefault('is_superuser', True) if extra_fields.get('is_superuser') is not True: raise ValueError('Superuser must have is_superuser=True.') return self._create_user(email, password, **extra_fields) class UserProfile(models.Model): avatar = models.URLField() user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True) objects = UserManager() @receiver(post_save, sender=User) def create_user_profile(sender, **kwargs): #When creating a new user, make a profile for him or her. u = kwargs["instance"] if not UserProfile.objects.filter UserProfile(user=u).save()