How do I extend UserCreationForm to include email field

Question

I managed to get the stock standard User Creation Form to work. Which included just the username, password1 and password2 field. However, when I try to include the email fie

Answer 1

You are importing the wrong UserCreationForm in views.py. You should import your own form not the Django's one:

stories/views.py

from stories.forms import UserCreationForm
...

Besides that, you don't have to wrap all your fields with

individually as there exists form.as_p() for this job.

register.html

{% csrf_token %}
    {{ form.as_p }}

Hope this helps.