# forms.py: from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm from django.core.validators import validate_email from django import forms class UserRegisterForm(UserCreationForm): # we are using email as username so override label and validators username = forms.CharField( label = "Email:", max_length = 30, required = True, validators=[validate_email], ) # ==================================================== # views.py: from django.views.generic.edit import FormView class UserRegister(FormView): template_name = 'form_general.html' form_class = UserRegisterForm success_url = '/user/' def form_valid(self, form): # we are using email as username so let's copy it also to email field user = form.save(commit=False) user.email = user.username user.save() return super(UserRegister, self).form_valid(form)