I am using Django built in view for user login:
url(r\'^user/login/$\', \'django.contrib.auth.views.login\', {\'template_name\': \'users/templates/login.html\'},
check your login.html
<form method="post" action="."> ~blah~ <input type="hidden" name="next" value="/"><!-- login.html must send "next" parameter, and "next" parameter value is url that you want to redirect. --> ~blah~ </form>
good luck~