diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index a552087..ce8eabb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ History
 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 * **INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE**: view names changed!
-* Synced with latest django-parler development branch
+* Based on django parler 1.0
 * Toolbar items contextual to the current page
 * Add support for canonical URLs
 * Add transifex support
 * Add social tags via django-meta-mixin
 * Per-post or site-wide comments enabling
 * Simpler TextField-based content editing for simpler blogs
+* Add support for custom user models
 
 
 0.1.0 (2014-03-06)
diff --git a/cms_helper.py b/cms_helper.py
index 143403e..c291462 100644
--- a/cms_helper.py
+++ b/cms_helper.py
@@ -1,65 +1,78 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import sys
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 gettext = lambda s: s
 
 HELPER_SETTINGS = {
-        'NOSE_ARGS':[
-            '-s',
-        ],
-        'ROOT_URLCONF':'tests.test_utils.urls',
-        'INSTALLED_APPS':[
-            'django_nose',
-            'filer',
-            'parler',
-            'taggit',
-            'meta',
-            'meta_mixin',
-            'easy_thumbnails',
-            'djangocms_text_ckeditor',
-            'cmsplugin_filer_image',
-            'django_select2',
-            'taggit_autosuggest',
-            'djangocms_blog',
-        ],
-        'LANGUAGE_CODE':'en',
-        'LANGUAGES':(
-            ('en', gettext('English')),
-            ('fr', gettext('French')),
-            ('it', gettext('Italiano')),
-        ),
-        'CMS_LANGUAGES':{
-            1: [
-                {
-                    'code': 'en',
-                    'name': gettext('English'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-                {
-                    'code': 'it',
-                    'name': gettext('Italiano'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-                {
-                    'code': 'fr',
-                    'name': gettext('French'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-            ],
-            'default': {
-                'hide_untranslated': False,
+    'NOSE_ARGS': [
+        '-s',
+    ],
+    'ROOT_URLCONF': 'tests.test_utils.urls',
+    'INSTALLED_APPS': [
+        'admin_enhancer',
+        'filer',
+        'parler',
+        'taggit',
+        'meta',
+        'meta_mixin',
+        'easy_thumbnails',
+        'djangocms_text_ckeditor',
+        'cmsplugin_filer_image',
+        'django_select2',
+        'taggit_autosuggest',
+        'djangocms_blog',
+    ],
+    'LANGUAGE_CODE': 'en',
+    'LANGUAGES': (
+        ('en', gettext('English')),
+        ('fr', gettext('French')),
+        ('it', gettext('Italiano')),
+    ),
+    'CMS_LANGUAGES': {
+        1: [
+            {
+                'code': 'en',
+                'name': gettext('English'),
+                'public': True,
             },
+            {
+                'code': 'it',
+                'name': gettext('Italiano'),
+                'public': True,
+            },
+            {
+                'code': 'fr',
+                'name': gettext('French'),
+                'public': True,
+            },
+        ],
+        'default': {
+            'hide_untranslated': False,
         },
-        'META_SITE_PROTOCOL':'http',
-        'META_SITE_DOMAIN':'example.com',
-        'META_USE_OG_PROPERTIES':True,
-        'META_USE_TWITTER_PROPERTIES':True,
-        'META_USE_GOOGLEPLUS_PROPERTIES':True,
-        'THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS':(
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
-            'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
+    },
+    'PARLER_LANGUAGES': {
+        1: (
+            {'code': 'en'},
+            {'code': 'it'},
+            {'code': 'fr'},
         ),
-        'FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR':mkdtemp()
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+        'default': {
+            'fallback': 'en',
+            'hide_untranslated': False,
+        }
+    },
+    'META_SITE_PROTOCOL': 'http',
+    'META_SITE_DOMAIN': 'example.com',
+    'META_USE_OG_PROPERTIES': True,
+    'META_USE_TWITTER_PROPERTIES': True,
+    'META_USE_GOOGLEPLUS_PROPERTIES': True,
+    'THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS': (
+        'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
+        'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
+        'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
+        'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
+    ),
+    'FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR': mkdtemp(),
+}
+if 'test' in sys.argv:
+    HELPER_SETTINGS['INSTALLED_APPS'].append('django_nose')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/__init__.py b/djangocms_blog/__init__.py
index b074002..e75e531 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.2c1'
+__version__ = '0.2c2'
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py b/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
index c658fc0..f00c96f 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/cms_app.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 
 class BlogApp(CMSApp):
-    name = _("Blog")
-    urls = ["djangocms_blog.urls"]
+    name = _('Blog')
+    urls = ['djangocms_blog.urls']
     app_name = 'djangocms_blog'
 
 apphook_pool.register(BlogApp)
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/cms_toolbar.py b/djangocms_blog/cms_toolbar.py
index eae4a36..3e81a35 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/cms_toolbar.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/cms_toolbar.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class BlogToolbar(CMSToolbar):
         # TODO: Readd if not self.is_current_app condition when CMS 3.0.4 is released
         if not self.request.user.has_perm('djangocms_blog.add_post'):
             return   # pragma: no cover
-        admin_menu = self.toolbar.get_or_create_menu("djangocms_blog", _('Blog'))
+        admin_menu = self.toolbar.get_or_create_menu('djangocms_blog', _('Blog'))
         url = reverse('admin:djangocms_blog_post_changelist')
         admin_menu.add_modal_item(_('Post list'), url=url)
         url = reverse('admin:djangocms_blog_post_add')
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/forms.py b/djangocms_blog/forms.py
index 3a760d0..6d8310a 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/forms.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/forms.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ class LatestEntriesForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Media:
         css = {
             'all': ('%sdjangocms_blog/css/%s' % (settings.STATIC_URL,
-                                                 "djangocms_blog_admin.css"),)
+                                                 'djangocms_blog_admin.css'),)
         }
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b37d139
Binary files /dev/null and b/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0acf53e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangocms_blog/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+# Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# 
+# Translators:
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: djangocms-blog\n"
+"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-09-01 07:16+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2014-03-29 15:29+0000\n"
+"Last-Translator: Iacopo Spalletti\n"
+"Language-Team: Arabic (http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/djangocms-blog/language/ar/)\n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: ar\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=6; plural=n==0 ? 0 : n==1 ? 1 : n==2 ? 2 : n%100>=3 && n%100<=10 ? 3 : n%100>=11 && n%100<=99 ? 4 : 5;\n"
+"X-Generator: Lokalize 1.5\n"
+
+#: cms_app.py:8 cms_plugins.py:32 cms_plugins.py:45 cms_plugins.py:56
+#: cms_plugins.py:67 cms_toolbar.py:18
+msgid "Blog"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_plugins.py:20
+msgid "Latest Blog Articles"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_plugins.py:33
+msgid "Author Blog Articles"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_plugins.py:46 templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/tags.html:4
+msgid "Tags"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_plugins.py:57 templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/categories.html:4
+msgid "Categories"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_plugins.py:68 templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:12
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/archive.html:4
+msgid "Archive"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_toolbar.py:20
+msgid "Post list"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_toolbar.py:22
+msgid "Add post"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: cms_toolbar.py:26
+msgid "Edit Post"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: feeds.py:16
+#, python-format
+msgid "Blog articles on %(site_name)s"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:28
+msgid "parent"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:30
+msgid "created at"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:31
+msgid "modified at"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:34
+msgid "name"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:35 models.py:95
+msgid "slug"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:42
+msgid "blog category"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:43
+msgid "blog categories"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:66
+msgid "Author"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:71
+msgid "Published Since"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:73
+msgid "Published Until"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:75
+msgid "Publish"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:76
+msgid "category"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:78
+msgid "Main image"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:81
+msgid "Main image thumbnail"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:85
+msgid "Main image full"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:89
+msgid "Enable comments on post"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:94
+msgid "Title"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:96
+msgid "Abstract"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:97
+msgid "Post meta description"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:99
+msgid "Post meta keywords"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:101
+msgid "Text"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:158
+msgid "blog article"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:159
+msgid "blog articles"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:199 models.py:226
+msgid "Articles"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:200
+msgid "The number of latests articles to be displayed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:202
+msgid "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen tags."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:204
+msgid "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen categories."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:222 templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:3
+msgid "Authors"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: models.py:227
+msgid "The number of author articles to be displayed."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html:16
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html:10
+msgid "by"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:11
+msgid "Articles by"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:13
+msgid "Tag"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:14
+msgid "Category"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:21
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/archive.html:27
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:15
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/categories.html:16
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/latest_entries.html:7
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/tags.html:16
+msgid "No article found."
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:24
+msgid "Back"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:30
+msgid "previous"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:33
+msgid "Page"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:33
+msgid "of"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/post_list.html:36
+msgid "next"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html:44
+msgid "read more"
+msgstr ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/archive.html:18
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:10
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/categories.html:11
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/tags.html:11
+#, python-format
+msgid "1 article"
+msgid_plural "%(articles)s articles"
+msgstr[0] ""
+msgstr[1] ""
+msgstr[2] ""
+msgstr[3] ""
+msgstr[4] ""
+msgstr[5] ""
+
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/archive.html:19
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:11
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/categories.html:12
+#: templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/tags.html:12
+msgid "0 articles"
+msgstr ""
+
+#~ msgid "blog post"
+#~ msgstr "blog post"
+
+#~ msgid "Posts"
+#~ msgstr "Posts"
+
+#~ msgid "Entries by"
+#~ msgstr "Entries by"
+
+#~ msgid "No entry found."
+#~ msgstr "No entry found."
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index 07df55b..16fc5c0 100644
Binary files a/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index ae0bd3e..6fcb549 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/djangocms_blog/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: \n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-06-11 13:11+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-09-01 07:16+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2014-03-05 18:09+0100\n"
 "Last-Translator: Iacopo Spalletti\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian <i.spalletti@nephila.it>\n"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "X-Generator: Lokalize 1.5\n"
 
 #: cms_app.py:8 cms_plugins.py:32 cms_plugins.py:45 cms_plugins.py:56
-#: cms_plugins.py:67 cms_toolbar.py:17
+#: cms_plugins.py:67 cms_toolbar.py:18
 msgid "Blog"
 msgstr "Blog"
 
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ msgstr "Categories"
 msgid "Archive"
 msgstr "Archive"
 
-#: cms_toolbar.py:19
+#: cms_toolbar.py:20
 msgid "Post list"
 msgstr "Post list"
 
-#: cms_toolbar.py:21
+#: cms_toolbar.py:22
 msgid "Add post"
 msgstr "Add post"
 
-#: cms_toolbar.py:25
+#: cms_toolbar.py:26
 msgid "Edit Post"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -60,31 +60,31 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Blog articles on %(site_name)s"
 msgstr "Blog articles on %(site_name)s"
 
-#: models.py:29
+#: models.py:28
 msgid "parent"
 msgstr "parent"
 
-#: models.py:31
+#: models.py:30
 msgid "created at"
 msgstr "created at"
 
-#: models.py:32
+#: models.py:31
 msgid "modified at"
 msgstr "modified at"
 
-#: models.py:35
+#: models.py:34
 msgid "name"
 msgstr "name"
 
-#: models.py:36 models.py:95
+#: models.py:35 models.py:95
 msgid "slug"
 msgstr "slug"
 
-#: models.py:43
+#: models.py:42
 msgid "blog category"
 msgstr "blog category"
 
-#: models.py:44
+#: models.py:43
 msgid "blog categories"
 msgstr "blog categories"
 
@@ -145,31 +145,31 @@ msgstr "Post meta description"
 msgid "Text"
 msgstr "Text"
 
-#: models.py:156
+#: models.py:158
 msgid "blog article"
 msgstr "blog article"
 
-#: models.py:157
+#: models.py:159
 msgid "blog articles"
 msgstr "blog articles"
 
-#: models.py:201 models.py:226
+#: models.py:199 models.py:226
 msgid "Articles"
 msgstr "Articles"
 
-#: models.py:202
+#: models.py:200
 msgid "The number of latests articles to be displayed."
 msgstr "The number of latests articles to be displayed."
 
-#: models.py:204
+#: models.py:202
 msgid "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen tags."
 msgstr "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen tags."
 
-#: models.py:206
+#: models.py:204
 msgid "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen categories."
 msgstr "Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen categories."
 
-#: models.py:223 templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:3
+#: models.py:222 templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html:3
 msgid "Authors"
 msgstr "Authors"
 
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/djangocms_blog/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
index 4585fc8..8e8faef 100644
Binary files a/djangocms_blog/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo and b/djangocms_blog/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo differ
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/managers.py b/djangocms_blog/managers.py
index 4d9a891..0e9fd70 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/managers.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/managers.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TaggedFilterItem(object):
 
     def tag_list_slug(self, other_model=None, queryset=None):
         queryset = self.tag_list(other_model, queryset)
-        return queryset.values("slug")
+        return queryset.values('slug')
 
     def tag_cloud(self, other_model=None, queryset=None, published=True):
         from taggit.models import TaggedItem
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ class TaggedFilterItem(object):
 
 class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, TranslationManager):
     use_for_related_fields = True
-    start_date_field = "date_published"
-    end_date_field = "date_published_end"
-    publish_field = "publish"
+    start_date_field = 'date_published'
+    end_date_field = 'date_published_end'
+    publish_field = 'publish'
 
     def get_queryset(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, TranslationManager):
         queryset = self.published_future(queryset)
         if self.start_date_field:
             return queryset.filter(
-                **{"%s__lte" % self.start_date_field: now()})
+                **{'%s__lte' % self.start_date_field: now()})
         else:
             return queryset
 
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, TranslationManager):
             queryset = self.get_queryset().all()
         if self.end_date_field:
             qfilter = (
-                models.Q(**{"%s__gte" % self.end_date_field: now()})
-                | models.Q(**{"%s__isnull" % self.end_date_field: True})
+                models.Q(**{'%s__gte' % self.end_date_field: now()})
+                | models.Q(**{'%s__isnull' % self.end_date_field: True})
             )
             queryset = queryset.filter(qfilter)
         return queryset.filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, TranslationManager):
             queryset = self.get_queryset().all()
         if self.end_date_field:
             qfilter = (
-                models.Q(**{"%s__lte" % self.end_date_field: now()})
-                | models.Q(**{"%s__isnull" % self.end_date_field: False})
+                models.Q(**{'%s__lte' % self.end_date_field: now()})
+                | models.Q(**{'%s__isnull' % self.end_date_field: False})
             )
             queryset = queryset.filter(qfilter)
         return queryset.filter(**{self.publish_field: True})
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class GenericDateTaggedManager(TaggedFilterItem, TranslationManager):
         return self.get_queryset().active_translations(language_code=language)
 
     def get_months(self, queryset=None):
-        """Get months with aggregate count (how much posts is in the month). Results are ordered by date."""
+        """
+        Get months with aggregate count (how much posts is in the month). Results are ordered by date.
+        """
         if queryset is None:
             queryset = self.get_queryset()
         dates = queryset.values_list(self.start_date_field, flat=True)
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0001_initial.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 14a6b9a..b3087dc 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+from django.utils import timezone
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
 from django.db import models
 
 
+User = get_user_model()
+user_orm_label = '%s.%s' % (User._meta.app_label, User._meta.object_name)
+user_model_label = '%s.%s' % (User._meta.app_label, User._meta.module_name)
+
+
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
 
     def forwards(self, orm):
@@ -53,10 +59,10 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         # Adding model 'Post'
         db.create_table(u'djangocms_blog_post', (
             (u'id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
-            ('author', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'])),
+            ('author', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm[user_orm_label])),
             ('date_created', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)),
             ('date_modified', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(auto_now=True, blank=True)),
-            ('date_published', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(default=datetime.datetime.now)),
+            ('date_published', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(default=timezone.now)),
             ('date_published_end', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(null=True, blank=True)),
             ('publish', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False)),
             ('main_image', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['filer.Image'], null=True, blank=True)),
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         db.create_table(m2m_table_name, (
             ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', primary_key=True, auto_created=True)),
             ('authorentriesplugin', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin'], null=False)),
-            ('user', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'auth.user'], null=False))
+            ('user', models.ForeignKey(orm[user_orm_label], null=False))
         ))
         db.create_unique(m2m_table_name, ['authorentriesplugin_id', 'user_id'])
 
@@ -175,8 +181,8 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
         },
-        u'auth.user': {
-            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+        user_model_label: {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': User.__name__, 'db_table': "'%s'" % User._meta.db_table},
             'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
             'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', 'db_table': "u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin'", '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % user_orm_label, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % user_orm_label}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -292,7 +298,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % user_orm_label}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -305,7 +311,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % user_orm_label}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0002_auto__del_blogcategorytranslation__del_unique_blogcategorytranslation_.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0002_auto__del_blogcategorytranslation__del_unique_blogcategorytranslation_.py
index 2a3bf30..0f6a554 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0002_auto__del_blogcategorytranslation__del_unique_blogcategorytranslation_.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0002_auto__del_blogcategorytranslation__del_unique_blogcategorytranslation_.py
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
 
     def forwards(self, orm):
         # Changing field 'Post.author'
-        db.alter_column(u'djangocms_blog_post', 'author_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User'], null=True))
+        db.alter_column(u'djangocms_blog_post', 'author_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm[dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL], null=True))
 
     def backwards(self, orm):
         raise RuntimeError("Cannot reverse this migration. 'Post.author' and its values cannot be restored.")
         
         # The following code is provided here to aid in writing a correct migration
         # Changing field 'Post.author'
-        db.alter_column(u'djangocms_blog_post', 'author_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm['auth.User']))
+        db.alter_column(u'djangocms_blog_post', 'author_id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey')(to=orm[dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL]))
 
     models = {
         u'auth.group': {
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', 'db_table': "u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin'", '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0003_rename_plugins.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0003_rename_plugins.py
index cc2e53e..2c62b0d 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0003_rename_plugins.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0003_rename_plugins.py
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
 
     def forwards(self, orm):
-	db.rename_table(u'cmsplugin_latestpostsplugin', u'djangocms_blog_latestpostsplugin')
-	db.rename_table(u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin', u'djangocms_blog_authorentriesplugin')
+        db.rename_table(u'cmsplugin_latestpostsplugin', u'djangocms_blog_latestpostsplugin')
+        db.rename_table(u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin', u'djangocms_blog_authorentriesplugin')
 
 
     def backwards(self, orm):
-	db.rename_table(u'djangocms_blog_latestpostsplugin', u'cmsplugin_latestpostsplugin')
-	db.rename_table(u'djangocms_blog_authorentriesplugin', u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin')
+        db.rename_table(u'djangocms_blog_latestpostsplugin', u'cmsplugin_latestpostsplugin')
+        db.rename_table(u'djangocms_blog_authorentriesplugin', u'cmsplugin_authorentriesplugin')
 
 
     models = {
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0004_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_description.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0004_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_description.py
index 73e37b5..81518b1 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0004_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_description.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0004_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_description.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_keywords.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_keywords.py
index c5b538b..5af45bf 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_keywords.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0005_auto__add_field_posttranslation_meta_keywords.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_post_enable_comments.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_post_enable_comments.py
index d31b001..228f717 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_post_enable_comments.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0006_auto__add_field_post_enable_comments.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'djangocms_blog_post_author'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'djangocms_blog_post_author'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0007_auto__add_field_posttranslation_post_text.py b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0007_auto__add_field_posttranslation_post_text.py
index 6979048..f1da468 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/migrations/0007_auto__add_field_posttranslation_post_text.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/migrations/0007_auto__add_field_posttranslation_post_text.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
-from django.db import models
 
 
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.authorentriesplugin': {
             'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuthorEntriesPlugin', '_ormbases': ['cms.CMSPlugin']},
-            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'authors': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
             u'cmsplugin_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['cms.CMSPlugin']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
             'latest_posts': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '5'})
         },
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
         },
         u'djangocms_blog.post': {
             'Meta': {'ordering': "('-date_published', '-date_created')", 'object_name': 'Post'},
-            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'djangocms_blog_post_author'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'djangocms_blog_post_author'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'categories': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'blog_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': u"orm['djangocms_blog.BlogCategory']"}),
             'content': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['cms.Placeholder']", 'null': 'True'}),
             'date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u''", 'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'original_filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'owned_files'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'polymorphic_ctype': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "u'polymorphic_filer.file_set'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
             'sha1': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "u''", 'max_length': '40', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ class Migration(SchemaMigration):
             u'lft': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
             'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255'}),
-            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'owner': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'filer_owned_folders'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['%s']" % dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL}),
             'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "u'children'", 'null': 'True', 'to': u"orm['filer.Folder']"}),
             u'rght': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
             u'tree_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'db_index': 'True'}),
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/models.py b/djangocms_blog/models.py
index f052c45..2311ac5 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/models.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from cms.models import PlaceholderField, CMSPlugin
 from cmsplugin_filer_image.models import ThumbnailOption
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.conf import settings as dj_settings
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
     """
     Blog post
     """
-    author = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name=_('Author'), null=True, blank=True,
+    author = models.ForeignKey(dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                               verbose_name=_('Author'), null=True, blank=True,
                                related_name='djangocms_blog_post_author')
 
     date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
         post_text=HTMLField(_('Text'), default='', blank=True),
         meta={'unique_together': (('language_code', 'slug'),)}
     )
-    content = PlaceholderField("post_content")
+    content = PlaceholderField('post_content')
 
     objects = GenericDateTaggedManager()
     tags = TaggableManager(blank=True, related_name='djangocms_blog_tags')
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
     }
 
     def get_keywords(self):
-        return self.safe_translation_getter('meta_keywords').strip().split(",")
+        return self.safe_translation_getter('meta_keywords').strip().split(',')
 
     def get_description(self):
         description = self.safe_translation_getter('meta_description', any_language=True)
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
 
     def get_tags(self):
         taglist = [tag.name for tag in self.tags.all()]
-        return ",".join(taglist)
+        return ','.join(taglist)
 
     def get_author(self):
         return self.author
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ class Post(ModelMeta, TranslatableModel):
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _('blog article')
         verbose_name_plural = _('blog articles')
-        ordering = ("-date_published", "-date_created")
+        ordering = ('-date_published', '-date_created')
         get_latest_by = 'date_published'
 
     def __unicode__(self):
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ class LatestPostsPlugin(CMSPlugin):
                                         help_text=_('Show only the blog articles tagged with chosen categories.'))
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return u"%s latest articles by tag" % self.latest_posts
+        return u'%s latest articles by tag' % self.latest_posts
 
     def copy_relations(self, oldinstance):
         self.tags = oldinstance.tags.all()
@@ -217,14 +218,17 @@ class LatestPostsPlugin(CMSPlugin):
 
 
 class AuthorEntriesPlugin(CMSPlugin):
-    authors = models.ManyToManyField(User, verbose_name=_('Authors'),
-                                     limit_choices_to={'djangocms_blog_post_author__publish': True}
-                                     )
-    latest_posts = models.IntegerField(_(u'Articles'), default=settings.BLOG_LATEST_POSTS,
-                                       help_text=_('The number of author articles to be displayed.'))
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(
+        dj_settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, verbose_name=_('Authors'),
+        limit_choices_to={'djangocms_blog_post_author__publish': True}
+    )
+    latest_posts = models.IntegerField(
+        _(u'Articles'), default=settings.BLOG_LATEST_POSTS,
+        help_text=_('The number of author articles to be displayed.')
+    )
 
     def __unicode__(self):
-        return u"%s latest articles by author" % self.latest_posts
+        return u'%s latest articles by author' % self.latest_posts
 
     def copy_relations(self, oldinstance):
         self.authors = oldinstance.authors.all()
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
index f7884d0..f5c2022 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/includes/blog_item.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		{% block blog_meta %}
             <ul class="post-detail">
                 <li>
-                    {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
+                    {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.get_username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
                 </li>
                 <li>
                     {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html
index 9669eb6..759f494 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/plugins/authors.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <h3>{% trans "Authors" %}</h3>
 	<ul class="blog-authors">
 		{% for author in instance.get_authors %}
-        <li><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' author.username %}">
+        <li><a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' author.get_username %}">
 		    {{ author.get_full_name }}
             <span>(
                 {% if author.count > 0 %}
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
index 7d151f3..e283417 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
+++ b/djangocms_blog/templates/djangocms_blog/post_detail.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		{% block blog_meta %}
 			<ul class="post-detail">
 	            <li>
-	                {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
+	                {% trans "by" %} <a href="{% url 'djangocms_blog:posts-author' post.author.get_username %}">{{ post.author.get_full_name }}</a>
 	            </li>
 	            <li>
 	                {{ post.date_published|date:"M d, Y" }}
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/views.py b/djangocms_blog/views.py
index b8dd8e7..43207a5 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/views.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from django.utils.translation import get_language
-from django.utils.timezone import now
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.utils.translation import get_language
 from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
 
 from parler.views import ViewUrlMixin, TranslatableSlugMixin
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from .models import Post, BlogCategory, BLOG_CURRENT_POST_IDENTIFIER
 from .settings import (BLOG_PAGINATION, BLOG_POSTS_LIST_TRUNCWORDS_COUNT,
                        BLOG_USE_PLACEHOLDER)
 
+User = get_user_model()
+
 
 class BaseBlogView(ViewUrlMixin):
 
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ class BaseBlogView(ViewUrlMixin):
 class PostListView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post_list'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_list.html'
     paginate_by = BLOG_PAGINATION
     view_url_name = 'djangocms_blog:posts-latest'
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ class PostListView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
 class PostDetailView(TranslatableSlugMixin, BaseBlogView, DetailView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_detail.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_detail.html'
     slug_field = 'slug'
     view_url_name = 'djangocms_blog:post-detail'
 
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ class PostDetailView(TranslatableSlugMixin, BaseBlogView, DetailView):
 class PostArchiveView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post_list'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_list.html'
     date_field = 'date_published'
     allow_empty = True
     allow_future = True
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@ class PostArchiveView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     def get_queryset(self):
         qs = super(PostArchiveView, self).get_queryset()
         if 'month' in self.kwargs:
-            qs = qs.filter(**{"%s__month" % self.date_field: self.kwargs['month']})
+            qs = qs.filter(**{'%s__month' % self.date_field: self.kwargs['month']})
         if 'year' in self.kwargs:
-            qs = qs.filter(**{"%s__year" % self.date_field: self.kwargs['year']})
+            qs = qs.filter(**{'%s__year' % self.date_field: self.kwargs['year']})
         return qs
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class PostArchiveView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
 class TaggedListView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post_list'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_list.html'
     paginate_by = BLOG_PAGINATION
     view_url_name = 'djangocms_blog:posts-tagged'
 
@@ -100,25 +102,25 @@ class TaggedListView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
 class AuthorEntriesView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post_list'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_list.html'
     paginate_by = BLOG_PAGINATION
     view_url_name = 'djangocms_blog:posts-authors'
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         qs = super(AuthorEntriesView, self).get_queryset()
         if 'username' in self.kwargs:
-            qs = qs.filter(author__username=self.kwargs['username'])
+            qs = qs.filter(**{'author__%s' % User.USERNAME_FIELD: self.kwargs['username']})
         return qs
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        kwargs['author'] = User.objects.get(username=self.kwargs.get('username'))
+        kwargs['author'] = User.objects.get(**{User.USERNAME_FIELD: self.kwargs.get('username')})
         return super(AuthorEntriesView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
 
 
 class CategoryEntriesView(BaseBlogView, ListView):
     model = Post
     context_object_name = 'post_list'
-    template_name = "djangocms_blog/post_list.html"
+    template_name = 'djangocms_blog/post_list.html'
     _category = None
     paginate_by = BLOG_PAGINATION
     view_url_name = 'djangocms_blog:posts-category'
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ab27b3..0000000
--- a/runtests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-from optparse import OptionParser
-import sys
-from tempfile import mkdtemp
-gettext = lambda s: s
-
-try:
-    from django.conf import settings
-
-    settings.configure(
-        DEBUG=True,
-        THUMBNAIL_DEBUG=True,
-        TEMPLATE_DEBUG=True,
-        USE_TZ=True,
-        DATABASES={
-            'default': {
-                'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
-            }
-        },
-        TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS=[
-            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
-            'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
-            'django.core.context_processors.debug',
-            'django.core.context_processors.request',
-            'django.core.context_processors.media',
-            'django.core.context_processors.csrf',
-            'cms.context_processors.cms_settings',
-            'sekizai.context_processors.sekizai',
-            'django.core.context_processors.static',
-        ],
-        MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES=[
-            'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
-            'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
-            'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
-            'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
-            'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
-            'django.middleware.doc.XViewMiddleware',
-            'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
-            'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware',
-            'cms.middleware.language.LanguageCookieMiddleware',
-            'cms.middleware.user.CurrentUserMiddleware',
-            'cms.middleware.page.CurrentPageMiddleware',
-            'cms.middleware.toolbar.ToolbarMiddleware',
-        ],
-        ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_utils.urls',
-        INSTALLED_APPS=[
-            'django.contrib.auth',
-            'django.contrib.admin',
-            'django.contrib.contenttypes',
-            'django.contrib.sites',
-            'cms',
-            'django_nose',
-            'menus',
-            'mptt',
-            'sekizai',
-            'filer',
-            'parler',
-            'taggit',
-            'meta',
-            'meta_mixin',
-            'easy_thumbnails',
-            'djangocms_text_ckeditor',
-            'cmsplugin_filer_image',
-            'django_select2',
-            'taggit_autosuggest',
-            'djangocms_blog',
-            'tests.test_utils',
-        ],
-        LANGUAGE_CODE='en',
-        LANGUAGES=(
-            ('en', gettext('English')),
-            ('fr', gettext('French')),
-            ('it', gettext('Italiano')),
-        ),
-        CMS_LANGUAGES={
-            1: [
-                {
-                    'code': 'en',
-                    'name': gettext('English'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-                {
-                    'code': 'it',
-                    'name': gettext('Italiano'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-                {
-                    'code': 'fr',
-                    'name': gettext('French'),
-                    'public': True,
-                },
-            ],
-            'default': {
-                'hide_untranslated': False,
-            },
-        },
-        CMS_TEMPLATES=(
-            ('page.html', 'page'),
-        ),
-        SITE_ID=1,
-        NOSE_ARGS=['-s'],
-        META_SITE_PROTOCOL='http',
-        META_SITE_DOMAIN='example.com',
-        META_USE_OG_PROPERTIES=True,
-        META_USE_TWITTER_PROPERTIES=True,
-        META_USE_GOOGLEPLUS_PROPERTIES=True,
-        THUMBNAIL_PROCESSORS=(
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.colorspace',
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.autocrop',
-            'filer.thumbnail_processors.scale_and_crop_with_subject_location',
-            'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
-        ),
-        FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR=mkdtemp()
-    )
-
-    from django_nose import NoseTestSuiteRunner
-except ImportError as e:
-    print(e)
-    raise ImportError('To fix this error, run: pip install -r requirements-test.txt')
-
-
-def run_tests(*test_args):
-    if not test_args:
-        test_args = ['tests']
-
-    # Run tests
-    test_runner = NoseTestSuiteRunner(verbosity=1)
-
-    failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_args)
-
-    if failures:
-        sys.exit(failures)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = OptionParser()
-    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-    run_tests(*args)
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 330f661..7db2743 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ import os
 from cms.utils.i18n import get_language_list
 from cmsplugin_filer_image.models import ThumbnailOption
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.files import File as DjangoFile
 from django.http import SimpleCookie
 from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.utils.translation import activate
 from filer.models import File, Image
-from PIL import Image as PilImage, ImageChops, ImageDraw
+from PIL import Image as PilImage, ImageDraw
 from six import StringIO
 
 from djangocms_blog.models import BlogCategory, Post
+from djangocms_helper.utils import create_user
+
+User = get_user_model()
 
 
 class BaseTest(TestCase):
@@ -52,9 +55,9 @@ class BaseTest(TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.request_factory = RequestFactory()
-        cls.user = User.objects.create(username='admin', is_staff=True, is_superuser=True)
-        cls.user_staff = User.objects.create(username='staff', is_staff=True)
-        cls.user_normal = User.objects.create(username='normal')
+        cls.user = create_user('admin', 'admin@admin.com', 'admin', is_staff=True, is_superuser=True)
+        cls.user_staff = create_user('staff', 'staff@admin.com', 'staff', is_staff=True)
+        cls.user_normal = create_user('normal', 'normal@admin.com', 'normal')
 
     def setUp(self):
         activate('en')
diff --git a/tests/test_models.py b/tests/test_models.py
index e3d2aa5..a5242de 100644
--- a/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from cms.api import add_plugin
 from cms.utils.copy_plugins import copy_plugins_to
 from cms.utils.plugins import downcast_plugins
+from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 import parler
@@ -115,8 +116,12 @@ class ModelsTest(BaseTest):
 
         # No fallback
         parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES['default']['hide_untranslated'] = True
+        for index, lang in enumerate(parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES[Site.objects.get_current().pk]):
+            parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES[Site.objects.get_current().pk][index]['hide_untranslated'] = True
         self.assertEqual(len(Post.objects.filter_by_language('it')), 1)
         parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES['default']['hide_untranslated'] = False
+        for index, lang in enumerate(parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES[Site.objects.get_current().pk]):
+            parler.appsettings.PARLER_LANGUAGES[Site.objects.get_current().pk][index]['hide_untranslated'] = False
 
     def test_tag_cloud(self):
         post1 = self._get_post(self.data['en'][0])
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index 6e3f77d..ec36c4b 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class PluginTest(BaseTest):
         request = self.get_page_request(page1, self.user, r'/en/blog/', lang_code='en', edit=True)
         context = RequestContext(request, {})
         rendered = plugin.render_plugin(context, ph)
-        self.assertTrue(rendered.find(reverse('djangocms_blog:posts-author', kwargs={'username': self.user.username})) > -1)
+        self.assertTrue(rendered.find(reverse('djangocms_blog:posts-author', kwargs={'username': self.user.get_username()})) > -1)
         self.assertTrue(rendered.find('2 articles') > -1)
 
     def test_plugin_tags(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/urls.py b/tests/test_utils/urls.py
index e720a3f..ea19448 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/urls.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/urls.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     url(r'^media/cms/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
        {'document_root': get_cms_setting('MEDIA_ROOT'), 'show_indexes': True}),
     url(r'^jsi18n/(?P<packages>\S+?)/$', 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog'),
+    url(r'^taggit_autosuggest/', include('taggit_autosuggest.urls')),
 )
 
 urlpatterns += staticfiles_urlpatterns()
diff --git a/tests/test_views.py b/tests/test_views.py
index 8896dc4..9cbec46 100644
--- a/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/test_views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.translation import activate
 from django.utils.timezone import now
+from djangocms_blog.models import Post
 from djangocms_blog.feeds import LatestEntriesFeed, TagFeed
 from djangocms_blog.sitemaps import BlogSitemap
 from djangocms_blog.views import (PostListView, PostDetailView,
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class ViewTest(BaseTest):
         activate('en')
         view_obj = AuthorEntriesView()
         view_obj.request = request
-        view_obj.kwargs = {'username': 'admin'}
+        view_obj.kwargs = {'username': self.user.get_username()}
         qs = view_obj.get_queryset()
         self.assertEqual(qs.count(), 2)
         self.assertEqual(set(qs), set([post1, post2]))