Example project updated

example_projects/vanilla/src/example_project/urls.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from machina.app import board
 
 # Local application / specific library imports
-from example_project.forms import UserCreationForm
+from example_project.views import UserCreateView
 
 
 # Admin autodiscover
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@
     # Admin
     url(r'^' + settings.ADMIN_URL, include(admin.site.urls)),
     url(r'^account/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
-    url('^register/', CreateView.as_view(
-            template_name='registration/register.html',
-            form_class=UserCreationForm,
-            success_url='/'
-    ), name='register'),
+    url('^register/', UserCreateView.as_view(), name='register'),
     url('^markdown/', include( 'django_markdown.urls')),
 
     # Apps

example_projects/vanilla/src/example_project/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Standard library imports
+# Third party imports
+from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
+from django.contrib.auth import login
+from django.views.generic.edit import CreateView
+
+# Local application / specific library imports
+from example_project.forms import UserCreationForm
+
+
+class UserCreateView(CreateView):
+    template_name = 'registration/register.html'
+    form_class = UserCreationForm
+
+    success_url = '/'
+
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        response = super(UserCreateView, self).form_valid(form)
+
+        # We log the user in
+        new_authenticated_user = authenticate(
+            username=form.cleaned_data['username'],
+            password=form.cleaned_data['password1'])
+        login(self.request, new_authenticated_user)
+
+        return response