text: from django.db import models
  from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser
  from django.contrib.auth.models import PermissionsMixin
  from django.contrib.auth.models import BaseUserManager
  from django.conf import settings
  
  
  
  class UserProfileManager(BaseUserManager):
  	"""manager for user profiles"""
  
  	def create_user(self, email, name, password=None):
  		"""create a new user profile"""
  		if not email:
  			raise ValueError('User must have an email address')
  		email = self.normalize_email(email)
  		user = self.model(email=email, name=name)
  
  		user.set_password(password)
  		user.save(using=self._db)
  
  		return user
  
  	def create_superuser(self, email, name, password):
  		"""create and save a new superuser with given details"""
  		user = self.create_user(email, name, password)
  
  		user.is_superuser = True
  		user.is_staff = True
  		user.save(using=self._db)
  
  		return user 
  
  
  
  class UserProfile(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
  	"""Database model for users in the system"""
  
  	email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
  	name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  	is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
  	is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
  
  	objects = UserProfileManager()
  
  	USERNAME_FIELD = 'email' 
  	REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['name']
  
  	def get_full_name(self):
  		"""Retrieve full name of user"""
  		return self.name
  
  	def get_short_name(self):
  		"""Retrieve short name of user"""
  		return self.name
  
  	def __str__(self):
  		"""Return string representation of our user"""
  		return self.email 
  
  class ProfileFeedItem(models.Model):
  	""" Profile status update"""
  	user_profile = models.ForeignKey(
  		settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
  		on_delete = models.CASCADE
  		)
  	status_text = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  	created_on = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
  
  	def __str__(self):
  		"""Return the model as a string"""
  		return self.status_text