diff --git a/accounts/admin.py b/accounts/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2b65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
+
+from .models import Account
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from .forms import CustomUserChangeForm, CustomUserCreationForm
+
+class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
+    # The forms to add and change user instances
+
+    # The fields to be used in displaying the User model.
+    # These override the definitions on the base UserAdmin
+    # that reference the removed 'username' field
+    fieldsets = (
+        (None, {'fields': ('email', 'password')}),
+        (_('Personal info'), {'fields': (
+            'first_name',
+            'last_name', 
+            'email',
+            'handle',
+            'about_me',
+            'subscribers',
+        )}),
+        (_('Permissions'), {'fields': ('is_active', 'is_staff', 'is_superuser',
+                                       'groups', 'user_permissions')}),
+        (_('Important dates'), {'fields': ('last_login', 'date_joined')}),
+    )
+    add_fieldsets = (
+        (None, {
+            'classes': ('wide',),
+            'fields': ('email', 'password1', 'password2')}
+        ),
+    )
+    form = CustomUserChangeForm
+    add_form = CustomUserCreationForm
+    list_display = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'is_staff')
+    list_filter = ('is_staff', 'is_superuser', 'is_active', 'groups')
+    search_fields = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name')
+    ordering = ('email',)
+    filter_horizontal = ('groups', 'user_permissions',)
+    readonly_fields = ("date_joined",)
+
+admin.site.register(Account, CustomUserAdmin)
+
+class CustomUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
+    """
+    A form that creates a user, with no privileges, from the given email and
+    password.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
+        super(CustomUserCreationForm, self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
+        del self.fields['username']
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Account
+        fields = ("email",)
+
+class CustomUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
+    """A form for updating users. Includes all the fields on
+    the user, but replaces the password field with admin's
+    password hash display field.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
+        super(CustomUserChangeForm, self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
+        del self.fields['username']
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Account
+        fields = ("email",)
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diff --git a/accounts/forms.py b/accounts/forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bb0465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
+from .models import Account
+
+class CustomUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
+    """
+    A form that creates a user, with no privileges, from the given email and
+    password.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
+        super(CustomUserCreationForm, self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
+        #del self.fields['username']
+        self.fields['email'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['first_name'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['last_name'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['handle'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['about_me'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['password1'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+        self.fields['password2'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+    class Meta:
+        model = Account
+        fields = ('email', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'handle', 'about_me', 'password1', 'password2')
+
+class CustomUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
+    """A form for updating users. Includes all the fields on
+    the user, but replaces the password field with admin's
+    password hash display field.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kargs):
+        super(CustomUserChangeForm, self).__init__(*args, **kargs)
+        #del self.fields['username']
+        self.fields['email'].widget.attrs.update({'class' : 'form-control'})
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Account
+        fields = ('email',)
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diff --git a/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py b/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4466b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10 on 2017-04-28 03:32
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('auth', '0008_alter_user_username_max_length'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Account',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('password', models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name='password')),
+                ('last_login', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True, verbose_name='last login')),
+                ('is_superuser', models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text='Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.', verbose_name='superuser status')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=225, unique=True)),
+                ('username', models.CharField(max_length=225, unique=True)),
+                ('first_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, null=True)),
+                ('last_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=50, null=True)),
+                ('handle', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100)),
+                ('about_me', models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                ('date_joined', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('updated_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ('is_admin', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('is_staff', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.', verbose_name='active')),
+                ('groups', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='The groups this user belongs to. A user will get all permissions granted to each of their groups.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.Group', verbose_name='groups')),
+                ('subscribers', models.ManyToManyField(related_name='_account_subscribers_+', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+                ('user_permissions', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, help_text='Specific permissions for this user.', related_name='user_set', related_query_name='user', to='auth.Permission', verbose_name='user permissions')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/accounts/migrations/0002_auto_20170428_0359.py b/accounts/migrations/0002_auto_20170428_0359.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c0ccd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/migrations/0002_auto_20170428_0359.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10 on 2017-04-28 03:59
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('accounts', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='account',
+            name='username',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=225),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/accounts/migrations/0003_auto_20170428_0401.py b/accounts/migrations/0003_auto_20170428_0401.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78e01dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/migrations/0003_auto_20170428_0401.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10 on 2017-04-28 04:01
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('accounts', '0002_auto_20170428_0359'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='account',
+            name='username',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=225, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/accounts/migrations/__init__.py b/accounts/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/accounts/models.py b/accounts/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dcc70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import os
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager, PermissionsMixin
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.db import models
+from django.template.loader import render_to_string
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+class AccountManager(BaseUserManager):
+    """ Manager class that contains methods for
+        the account model
+    """
+    def create_user(self, email, password=None, **kwargs):
+        """ create user account
+        """
+        if not email:
+            raise ValueError("Email is required")
+
+        # create account
+        email = self.normalize_email(email)
+        account = self.model(email=email, username=email)
+        account.set_password(password)
+        account.save()
+
+        return account
+
+    def create_superuser(self, email, password, **kwargs):
+        """ creates a user that has administrative
+            access. (can access the admin panel)
+        """
+        account = self.create_user(email, password, **kwargs)
+        account.is_admin = True
+        account.is_staff = True
+        account.is_superuser = True
+        account.save()
+
+        return account
+
+
+class Account(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
+    """ Custom model for the account user. it is
+        an override from the `django.auth.models.User`
+    """
+    email = models.EmailField(max_length=225, unique=True)
+    username = models.CharField(max_length=225, blank=True, null=True)
+    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
+    last_name = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
+    handle = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
+    about_me = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    subscribers = models.ManyToManyField('self')
+
+    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+    is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_active = models.BooleanField(_('active'), default=True,
+        help_text=_('Designates whether this user should be treated as '
+                    'active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.'))
+
+    objects = AccountManager()
+    
+    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
+
+    def get_full_name(self):
+        """ returns the user's full name
+        """
+        return "{first_name} {last_name}".format(
+            first_name=self.first_name,
+            last_name=self.last_name
+            )
+
+    def get_short_name(self):
+        return self.first_name
+
+    # def check_passwords(self, password1, password2):
+    #     if 
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diff --git a/accounts/tests.py b/accounts/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce503c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/accounts/urls.py b/accounts/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a8f095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.conf.urls import url
+from . import views
+from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^register$', views.RegistrationView.as_view(), name='registration'),
+    url(r'^login$', auth_views.login, { 'template_name':'accounts/login.html'}, name='login'),
+]
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diff --git a/accounts/views.py b/accounts/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5d025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from .forms import CustomUserCreationForm
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from .models import Account
+
+# Create your views here.
+class RegistrationView(TemplateView):
+    template_name = 'accounts/register.html'
+    form_class = CustomUserCreationForm
+    initial = {'key': 'value'}
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        form = self.form_class()
+        return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        form = CustomUserCreationForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            form.save()
+            return redirect('login')
+        else:
+            print form.errors
+            return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
diff --git a/swiftmeet/settings.py b/swiftmeet/settings.py
index 9a2bcf3..eb791ca 100644
--- a/swiftmeet/settings.py
+++ b/swiftmeet/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'accounts'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates/')],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -117,8 +118,14 @@
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/
 
+STATIC_PATH = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
+
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    STATIC_PATH,
+)
+
 
 # Allow any settings to be defined in local_settings.py which should be
 # ignored in your version control system allowing for settings to be
@@ -127,4 +134,7 @@
     from .local_settings import *
 except ImportError as e:
     if "local_settings" not in str(e):
-        raise e
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+        raise e
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'accounts.Account'
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/events'
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diff --git a/swiftmeet/urls.py b/swiftmeet/urls.py
index d23646d..582bb82 100644
--- a/swiftmeet/urls.py
+++ b/swiftmeet/urls.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
     1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.conf.urls import url, include
 from django.contrib import admin
 
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    url(r'^account/', include('accounts.urls'))
 ]
diff --git a/templates/accounts/login.html b/templates/accounts/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dca62d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/accounts/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{% extends 'main/base.html' %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container">
+<br><br>
+	<div class="row">
+		<div class="col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 col-lg-6 col-lg-offset-3">
+            <h3 class="text-center">LOGIN TO ACCOUNT</h3>
+            {% if success %}
+                <div class="alert alert-success">
+                    <strong>{{ success }}</strong>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if form.errors %}
+                {% for field in form %}
+                    {% for error in field.errors %}
+                        <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                            <strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
+                        </div>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% endfor %}
+                {% for error in form.non_field_errors %}
+                    <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                        <strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
+                    </div>
+                {% endfor %}
+            {% endif %}
+			<div class="well">
+                <form action="login" method="post">
+                    {% csrf_token %}
+                   <p><label for="id_username">Email:</label> <input autofocus="" id="id_username" maxlength="254" name="username" type="text" required="" class="form-control"></p>
+                   <p><label for="id_password">Password:</label> <input id="id_password" name="password" type="password" required="" class="form-control"></p>
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-block btn-success">Login</button><br>
+                    <a href="register">Create an account</a>
+                </form>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/templates/accounts/register.html b/templates/accounts/register.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3382c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/accounts/register.html
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{% extends 'main/base.html' %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="container">
+<br><br>
+	<div class="row">
+		<div class="col-sm-12 col-md-6 col-md-offset-3 col-lg-6 col-lg-offset-3">
+            <h3 class="text-center">CREATE AN ACCOUNT</h3>
+            {% if success %}
+                <div class="alert alert-success">
+                    <strong>{{ success }}</strong>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if form.errors %}
+                {% for field in form %}
+                    {% for error in field.errors %}
+                        <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                            <strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
+                        </div>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% endfor %}
+                {% for error in form.non_field_errors %}
+                    <div class="alert alert-danger">
+                        <strong>{{ error|escape }}</strong>
+                    </div>
+                {% endfor %}
+            {% endif %}
+			<div class="well">
+                <form action="register" method="post">
+                    {% csrf_token %}
+                    {{form.as_p}}
+                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-block btn-success">Register</button><br>
+                    <a href="login">Proceed to login</a>
+                </form>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
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diff --git a/templates/includes/footer.html b/templates/includes/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90414a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/includes/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<footer>
+   
+</footer>
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diff --git a/templates/includes/navbar.html b/templates/includes/navbar.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/templates/main/base.html b/templates/main/base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d642748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/main/base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>Swiftmeet</title>
+    {% load static %}
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css' %}">
+</head>
+<body>
+
+{% include 'includes/navbar.html' %}
+
+<div class="container">
+    {% block content %}
+    {% endblock %}
+</div>
+
+<script src="{% static 'js/jquery.js' %}"></script>
+<script src="{% static 'bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js' %}"></script>
+<script>
+    $(document).ready(function(){
+        $('ul.errorlist').hide();
+    })
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
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