Question

After logging in, my Sign Up/Log In boxes should be removed, and replaced with a box consisting of the username that has logged in and linking to the user’s profile.

How can this be accomplished?

Answer 1

in your template:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
    <!-- display nav bar for the logged in user -->
{% else %}
    <!-- display login form or whatever you need -->
{% endif %}

with django you always have the authenticated user available in the request and this simple if/else statement helps with what you need. you can obviously make this an ajax call and call the html without the need of a new request

more info in the docs