Django: Setting up a user profile page?

Question

I'm still a novice and I'm not sure how I should setup the profile page for users. The django.contrib.auth.views.login will redirect to a accounts/profile page, but how should I actually set this up?

Is it common to just define accounts/profile in urls.py and have it redirect to a template or is it a more complex pattern?

django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template, {'template':'profile.html'}) where profile.html lives in PROJECT_ROOT/templates/profile.html and extends base.html?

Answer 1

You can either set up a view/url that points to accounts/profile, or you can tell Django to redirect somewhere else after login by setting the LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL param in your settings.py.