Thank you Matias. Your syntax was a little off, but you did solve it. Here is the correct syntax:
import profiles ... ... ... url(r'^profiles/(?P<username>[\w\.]+)/$', 'profiles.views.profile_detail', name='profiles_profile_detail'), I will submit a patch to django-profiles to support the characters "@/./+/-/_". On May 31, 5:00 pm, Matías Aguirre <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the value for such url definition: > > url(r'^(?P<username>\w+)/$', views.profile_detail, > name='profiles_profile_detail'), > > the rule uses \w+ which doesn't match the dot character. Example: > > >>> import re > >>> r = re.compile('(\w+)') > >>> r.match('name.1').groups() > ('name',) > >>> r.match('.') > >>> > > So, basically, django-profiles doesn't support usernames with dots characters, > you might need to override such URL. > > url(r'^profiles/(?P<username>[\w\.]+)/$', views.profile_details, > name='profiles_profile_detail'), > url(r'^profiles/', include('profiles.urls')), > > Makes sense? > > Matías > > Excerpts from Andrew Sledge's message of Tue May 31 17:51:15 -0300 2011: > > > > > > > > > Don't think that has anything to do with it, but here goes... > > > url(r'^profiles/', include('profiles.urls')), > > > The remaining url config is provided by django-profiles. > > > On May 31, 4:46 pm, Matías Aguirre <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Could you share the URL rule for profiles_profile_detail? > > > > Matías > > > > Excerpts from Andrew Sledge's message of Tue May 31 17:37:20 -0300 2011: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > I am having trouble getting an absolute URL using the django-profiles > > > > module with usernames that have periods in them (for instance "/ > > > > profiles/user.1"). > > > > > Here is my profile class: > > > > > class UserProfile(models.Model): > > > > user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True) > > > > web_site = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True, > > > > verify_exists=False) > > > > > @models.permalink > > > > def get_absolute_url(self): > > > > return ('profiles_profile_detail', (), {'username': > > > > unicode(self.user.username)}) > > > > > If the user name does not have a period in it, it returns a desirable > > > > URL (for instance "/profiles/user1" and "/profiles/user_1" work). > > > > > I've tried forcing to unicode, to str, and leaving blank. I've even > > > > forced UTF coding in the database using PRAGMA encoding="UTF-8"; > > > > > Running out of ideas here...any thoughts? > > > > -- > > > Matías Aguirre <[email protected]> > > -- > Matías Aguirre <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
