made biography optional and cleaned up speaker code a little

symposion/speakers/forms.py

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from django import forms
 
-from django.contrib import messages
-
 from markitup.widgets import MarkItUpWidget
 
 from symposion.speakers.models import Speaker
@@ -40,24 +38,3 @@ class SpeakerForm(forms.ModelForm):
         if not value:
             return None
         return int(value)
-
-
-# class SignupForm(PinaxSignupForm):
-    
-#     def save(self, speaker, request=None):
-#         # don't assume a username is available. it is a common removal if
-#         # site developer wants to use email authentication.
-#         username = self.cleaned_data.get("username")
-#         email = self.cleaned_data["email"]
-#         new_user = self.create_user(username)
-#         if speaker.invite_email == new_user.email:
-#             # already verified so can just create
-#             EmailAddress(user=new_user, email=email, verified=True, primary=True).save()
-#         else:
-#             if request:
-#                 messages.info(request, u"Confirmation email sent to %(email)s" % {"email": email})
-#             EmailAddress.objects.add_email(new_user, email)
-#             new_user.is_active = False
-#             new_user.save()
-#         self.after_signup(new_user)
-#         return new_user

symposion/speakers/models.py

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ class Speaker(models.Model):
     
     user = models.OneToOneField(User, null=True, related_name="speaker_profile")
     name = models.CharField(max_length=100, help_text="As you would like it to appear in the conference program.")
-    biography = MarkupField(help_text="A little bit about you. Edit using <a href='http://warpedvisions.org/projects/markdown-cheat-sheet/' target='_blank'>Markdown</a>.")
+    biography = MarkupField(blank=True, help_text="A little bit about you. Edit using <a href='http://warpedvisions.org/projects/markdown-cheat-sheet/' target='_blank'>Markdown</a>.")
     photo = models.ImageField(upload_to="speaker_photos", blank=True)
     twitter_username = models.CharField(
         max_length = 15,
         blank = True,
         help_text = "Your Twitter account"
     )
-    annotation = models.TextField() # staff only
+    annotation = models.TextField()  # staff only
     invite_email = models.CharField(max_length=200, unique=True, null=True, db_index=True)
     invite_token = models.CharField(max_length=40, db_index=True)
     created = models.DateTimeField(