Django Authentication System 🛡️

A clean and customizable user authentication system built with Django. This project includes login, signup, logout, and modal-based UI interactions using Bootstrap 5.

🚀 Features

• User registration with validation
• Login and logout functionality
• Modal-based forms for seamless UX
• AJAX checks for username and email availability
• Bootstrap 5 styling for responsive design
• Django messages framework for feedback alerts

📦 Tech Stack

• Backend: Django 5.x
• Frontend: HTML, Bootstrap 5
• Database: SQLite (default, easily swappable)
• Languages: Python, HTML

📁 Project Structure

authsystem/
├── authentication/ # App for auth views and templates
│ ├── templates/
│ │ └── authentication/
│ │ ├── login.html
│ │ ├── signin.html
│ ├── views.py
│ ├── urls.py
├── templates/
│ ├── index.html
│ ├── landingpage.html
├── manage.py
├── db.sqlite3

⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Legacy-G/django-auth-system.git
   cd django-auth-system
   

2. Create and activate a virtual environment

    python -m venv env
    source env/bin/activate  # On Windows: env\Scripts\activate
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Run migrations:

   python manage.py migrate
   

5. Start the server:

   python manage.py runserver
   

6. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to view the landing page.

🧪 Testing Try registering a new user via the Signin modal

Login using the Login modal

Check for validation messages and modal transitions

📌 To-Do Add password reset functionality

Integrate email verification

Improve accessibility and ARIA compliance

📄 License This project is open-source under the MIT License.