django-longer-user-fields provides a migration and a monkeypatch to make the django auth.user fields longer, instead of the arbitrarily short 30 characters.

It allows you to update the length of the username, first_name and last_name fields. It's usefull only if you are using Django 1.4 or less. If you are using Django 1.5+ you should create a custom user model.

It's designed to be a simple include-and-forget project that makes a little headache go away. Enjoy, and pull requests welcome!

Usage

Step 1. Install django-longer-user-fields

pip install django-longer-user-fields

You will also need to install South to use the migration.

pip install south

Step 2. Add longeruserfields to your installed apps

Add longeruserfields to the top of your ``INSTALLED_APPS` in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = ("longeruserfields",) + INSTALLED_APPS

Step 3. (Optional) Specify custom fields lengths

If you want to specify a custom length, add it to settings.py. The default is 255 characters.

MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH = 100  # optional, default is 255.
MAX_FIRSTNAME_LENGTH = 80  # optional, default is 255.
MAX_LASTNAME_LENGTH = 80   # optional, default is 255.