--- a/reg/forms.py	Fri Apr 09 11:46:35 2010 +0530
+++ b/reg/forms.py	Fri Apr 09 12:28:58 2010 +0530
@@ -3,33 +3,26 @@
 
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 
-class LoginForm(forms.ModelForm):
+class LoginForm(forms.Form):
     """ a form to handle login.
     """
 
-    class Meta:
-        model = User
-        fields = ['email', 'password']
+    email = forms.EmailField()
+    password = forms.CharField(widget=forms.PasswordInput)
 
     def clean_email(self):
         """ see if a user exists for this email.
         """
 
         email = self.cleaned_data['email']
+        password = self.data['password']
         try:
-            self.user = User.objects.get(email__iexact=email)
-            return email
+            username = User.objects.get(email__iexact=email).username
         except User.DoesNotExist:
             raise forms.ValidationError("Incorrect e-mail or password")
 
-    def clean_password(self):
-        """ now we know that the user exists.
-        we see if he typed the password correctly.
-        """
-
-        password = self.cleaned_data['password']
-        user = authenticate(self.user.username, password)
+        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
         if not user:
             raise forms.ValidationError("Incorrect e-mail or password")
-        return password
+        return email