diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4ec176e18..dd79a56bf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ before_install:
 
 script:
   - pep8 --ignore E201,E202 --max-line-length=120 --exclude='migrations' .
+
+notifications:
+  email:
+    on_success: never
+    on_failure: never
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 7a43403f1..0d99b2d63 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Tom Offermann
 Lyla Fischer
 Taylor Baldwin
 Chris Curvey (@ccurvey)
-Fábio C. Barrionuevo da Luz (@luzfcb)
+Fábio C. Barrionuevo da Luz (@luzfcb)*
 Saurabh Kumar (gh: theskumar / @_theskumar)*
 Ashley Camba
 Yaroslav Halchenko
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Alberto Sanchez / @alb3rto
 Eyad Al Sibai / @eyadsibai
 Chris Franklin
 Benjamin Abel
+Felipe Arruda / @arruda
+Matt Warren / @mfwarren
+Martin Blech
+Andy Rose
+Andrew Mikhnevich / @zcho
+Kevin Ndung'u / @kevgathuku
 
 * Possesses commit rights
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index bb95f9cc5..6946a1b43 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ cookiecutter-django
      :alt: Requirements Status
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/pydanny/cookiecutter-django.svg?branch=master
-     :target: https://travis-ci.org/pydanny/cookiecutter-django.svg?branch=master
+     :target: https://travis-ci.org/pydanny/cookiecutter-django?branch=master
      :alt: Build Status
 
 A cookiecutter_ template for Django.
 
 .. _cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
 
+Please update your version of cookiecutter!
+--------------------------------------------
+
+This cookiecutter template uses features that exists only in cookiecutter 0.9.0 or higher.
+
 Features
 ---------
 
@@ -72,13 +77,15 @@ It prompts you for questions. Answer them::
     remote: Total 550 (delta 283), reused 479 (delta 222)
     Receiving objects: 100% (550/550), 127.66 KiB | 58 KiB/s, done.
     Resolving deltas: 100% (283/283), done.
-    project_name (default is "project_name")? Reddit Clone
-    repo_name (default is "repo_name")? redditclone
+    project_name (default is "project_name is the title of the project.")? Reddit Clone
+    repo_name (default is "reddit_clone")? reddit
     author_name (default is "Your Name")? Daniel Greenfeld
     email (default is "Your email")? pydanny@gmail.com
     description (default is "A short description of the project.")? A reddit clone.
-    year (default is "Current year")? 2014
-    domain_name (default is "Domain name")?
+    domain_name (default is "example.com")? myreddit.com
+    version (default is "0.1.0")? 0.0.1
+    now (default is "2015/01/13")? 2015/01/16
+    year (default is "2015")?
 
 
 Enter the project and take a look around::
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ First make sure to create and activate a virtualenv_, then open a terminal at th
 Then, create a PostgreSQL database and add the database configuration using the  ``dj-database-url`` app pattern: ``postgres://db_owner:password@dbserver_ip:port/db_name`` either:
 
 * in the ``config.common.py`` setting file,
-* or in the env variable ``DATABASE_URL`` 
+* or in the env variable ``DATABASE_URL``
 
 
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index c6b3dd2d7..55d92d652 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
-    "project_name": "project_name is the title of the project.",
-    "repo_name":"repo_name is used for describing the directory structure.",
+    "project_name": "project_name",
+    "repo_name": "{{ cookiecutter.project_name|replace(' ', '_') }}",
     "author_name": "Your Name",
     "github_username": "your GitHub username",
     "email": "Your email",
     "description": "A short description of the project.",
-    "year": "2014",
     "domain_name": "example.com",
     "version": "0.1.0",
-    "now": "2014/06/15"
+    "timezone": "UTC",
+    "now": "2015/01/13",
+    "year": "{{ cookiecutter.now[:4] }}"
 }
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
index 655dcb480..64d5924d1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/.gitignore
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ nosetests.xml
 # npm
 node_modules/
 
-# Campass
+# Compass
 .sass-cache
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
index 8b843082c..1de78face 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ Getting up and running
 
 Just follow the steps described in https://{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install.html and you'll get yourself an up and running local development environment.
 
-
 Deployment
 ------------
 
-The instructions for deployment can be found at https://{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.readthedocs.org/en/latest/deploy.html
\ No newline at end of file
+The instructions for deployment can be found at https://{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.readthedocs.org/en/latest/deploy.html
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
index d821d2f59..15a4b325f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/conf.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}'
-copyright = u'{{ cookiecutter.year }}, {{ cookiecutter.author_name }}'
+copyright = u"{{ cookiecutter.year }}, {{ cookiecutter.author_name }}"
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ latex_documents = [
     ('index',
      '{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.tex',
      u'{{ cookiecutter.project_name }} Documentation',
-     u'{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}', 'manual'),
+     u"{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}", 'manual'),
 ]
 
 # The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ latex_documents = [
 # (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
 man_pages = [
     ('index', '{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}', u'{{ cookiecutter.project_name }} Documentation',
-     [u'{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}'], 1)
+     [u"{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}"], 1)
 ]
 
 # If true, show URL addresses after external links.
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ man_pages = [
 #  dir menu entry, description, category)
 texinfo_documents = [
     ('index', '{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}', u'{{ cookiecutter.project_name }} Documentation',
-     u'{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}', '{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}',
+     u"{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}", '{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}',
      '{{ cookiecutter.description }}', 'Miscellaneous'),
 ]
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/install.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/install.rst
index e0bf4f851..add375ede 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/install.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/install.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ First make sure to create and activate a virtualenv_, then open a terminal at th
 
 .. _virtualenv: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/
 
-You can now run the usual Django ``runserver`` command (replace ``yourapp`` with the name of the directory containing the Django project)::
+You can now run the ``runserver_plus`` command::
 
-    $ python yourapp/manage.py runserver
+    $ python {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/manage.py runserver_plus
 
 The base app will run but you'll need to carry out a few steps to make the sign-up and login forms work. These are currently detailed in `issue #39`_.
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
index 23bae8682..621c57667 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is here because many Platforms as a Service look for
 #	requirements.txt in the root directory of a project.
-pylibmc==1.2.3
-django-heroku-memcacheify==0.7
+pylibmc==1.4.1
+django-heroku-memcacheify==0.8
 -r requirements/production.txt
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
index 940de6be4..3365dae3e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 # Bleeding edge Django
-django==1.7.1
+django==1.7.5
 
 # Configuration
 django-configurations==0.8
-django-secure==1.0
+django-secure==1.0.1
 django-cache-url==0.8.0
 dj-database-url==0.3.0
 
 # Forms
 django-braces==1.4.0
 django-crispy-forms==1.4.0
-django-floppyforms==1.2.0
+django-floppyforms==1.3.0
 
 # Models
 django-model-utils==2.2
 
-# images
-Pillow==2.6.0
+# Images
+Pillow==2.7.0
 
 # For user registration, either via email or social
 # Well-built with regular release cycles!
-django-allauth==0.18.0
+django-allauth==0.19.1
 
-# For the persistance stores
-psycopg2==2.5.4
+# For the persistence stores
+psycopg2==2.6
 
 # Unicode slugification
-unicode-slugify==0.1.1
+unicode-slugify==0.1.3
 django-autoslug==1.7.2
 
 # Useful things
 django-avatar==2.0
 
 # Time zones support
-pytz==2014.7
+pytz==2014.10
 
 # Your custom requirements go here
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
index 28c0bc35d..5c163e036 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 -r base.txt
 coverage==3.7.1
 Sphinx
+django-extensions==1.5.0
+Werkzeug==0.10.1
 
 # django-debug-toolbar that works with Django 1.5+
-django-debug-toolbar==1.2.1
+django-debug-toolbar==1.2.2
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
index 293c46f94..db4cb02ae 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #	production that isn't in development.
 -r base.txt
 
-gunicorn==19.1.1
+gunicorn==19.2.1
 django-storages==1.1.8
 Collectfast==0.2.1
 gevent==1.0.1
-boto==2.32.1
+boto==2.36.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/test.txt b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/test.txt
index 3e9f87280..4a05300b7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/requirements/test.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Test dependencies go here.
 -r base.txt
 coverage==3.7.1
-flake8==2.2.3
+flake8==2.3.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
index cf0b01b29..b0720d76d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/setup.py
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ version = {{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}.__version__
 setup(
     name='{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}',
     version=version,
-    author='{{ cookiecutter.full_name }}',
+    author="{{ cookiecutter.author_name }}",
     author_email='{{ cookiecutter.email }}',
     packages=[
         '{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}',
     ],
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        'Django>=1.6.5',
+        'Django>=1.7.4',
     ],
     zip_safe=False,
     scripts=['{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/manage.py'],
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
index deeff460c..9ed587c32 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/common.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     # MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
         # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
-        'djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware',
         'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
         'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#secret-key
     # Note: This key only used for development and testing.
     #       In production, this is changed to a values.SecretValue() setting
-    SECRET_KEY = "CHANGEME!!!"
+    SECRET_KEY = 'CHANGEME!!!'
     # END SECRET CONFIGURATION
 
     # FIXTURE CONFIGURATION
@@ -126,8 +125,12 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     # END CACHING
 
     # GENERAL CONFIGURATION
-    # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#time-zone
-    TIME_ZONE = 'America/Los_Angeles'
+
+    # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
+    # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
+    # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
+    # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
+    TIME_ZONE = '{{ cookiecutter.timezone }}'
 
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#language-code
     LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
@@ -149,8 +152,8 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-context-processors
     TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
         'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
-        "allauth.account.context_processors.account",
-        "allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount",
+        'allauth.account.context_processors.account',
+        'allauth.socialaccount.context_processors.socialaccount',
         'django.core.context_processors.debug',
         'django.core.context_processors.i18n',
         'django.core.context_processors.media',
@@ -211,25 +214,25 @@ class Common(Configuration):
 
     # AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
-        "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
-        "allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend",
+        'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+        'allauth.account.auth_backends.AuthenticationBackend',
     )
 
     # Some really nice defaults
-    ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = "username"
+    ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = 'username'
     ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
-    ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = "mandatory"
+    ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = 'mandatory'
     # END AUTHENTICATION CONFIGURATION
 
     # Custom user app defaults
     # Select the correct user model
-    AUTH_USER_MODEL = "users.User"
-    LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "users:redirect"
-    LOGIN_URL = "account_login"
+    AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'
+    LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'users:redirect'
+    LOGIN_URL = 'account_login'
     # END Custom user app defaults
 
     # SLUGLIFIER
-    AUTOSLUG_SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = "slugify.slugify"
+    AUTOSLUG_SLUGIFY_FUNCTION = 'slugify.slugify'
     # END SLUGLIFIER
 
     # LOGGING CONFIGURATION
@@ -264,4 +267,8 @@ class Common(Configuration):
     }
     # END LOGGING CONFIGURATION
 
+    @classmethod
+    def post_setup(cls):
+        cls.DATABASES['default']['ATOMIC_REQUESTS'] = True
+
     # Your common stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
index c3b6788fb..daf9899b3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/local.py
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ class Local(Common):
     # END INSTALLED_APPS
 
     # Mail settings
-    EMAIL_HOST = "localhost"
+    EMAIL_HOST = 'localhost'
     EMAIL_PORT = 1025
     EMAIL_BACKEND = values.Value('django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend')
     # End mail settings
 
     # django-debug-toolbar
     MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = Common.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES + ('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar',)
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar', 'django_extensions',)
 
-    INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1',)
+    INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1', '10.0.2.2',)
 
     DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
         'DISABLE_PANELS': [
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ class Local(Common):
     }
     # end django-debug-toolbar
 
-    # Your local stuff: Below this line define 3rd party libary settings
+    # Your local stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
index bc5ae8def..5a30893bb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/production.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Production Configurations
 
 - Use djangosecure
 - Use Amazon's S3 for storing static files and uploaded media
-- Use sendgird to sendemails
+- Use sendgrid to send emails
 - Use MEMCACHIER on Heroku
 '''
 from configurations import values
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ class Production(Common):
     # django-secure
     INSTALLED_APPS += ("djangosecure", )
 
+    # MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
+    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+        # Make sure djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware is listed first
+        'djangosecure.middleware.SecurityMiddleware',
+    )
+
+    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += Common.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
+    # END MIDDLEWARE CONFIGURATION
+
     # set this to 60 seconds and then to 518400 when you can prove it works
     SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60
     SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = values.BooleanValue(True)
@@ -74,13 +83,13 @@ class Production(Common):
 
     # see: https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
     AWS_PRELOAD_METADATA = True
-    INSTALLED_APPS += ("collectfast", )
+    INSTALLED_APPS += ('collectfast', )
 
     # AWS cache settings, don't change unless you know what you're doing:
-    AWS_EXPIREY = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+    AWS_EXPIRY = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
     AWS_HEADERS = {
         'Cache-Control': 'max-age=%d, s-maxage=%d, must-revalidate' % (
-            AWS_EXPIREY, AWS_EXPIREY)
+            AWS_EXPIRY, AWS_EXPIRY)
     }
 
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-url
@@ -119,4 +128,4 @@ class Production(Common):
         CACHES = values.CacheURLValue(default="memcached://127.0.0.1:11211")
     # END CACHING
 
-    # Your production stuff: Below this line define 3rd party libary settings
+    # Your production stuff: Below this line define 3rd party library settings
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/admin.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/admin.py
index 80e8e792f..a6b7592d6 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/admin.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/users/admin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from django import forms
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, UserChangeForm
 from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as AuthUserAdmin
@@ -6,9 +7,27 @@ from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as AuthUserAdmin
 from .models import User
 
 
+class MyUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
+    class Meta(UserChangeForm.Meta):
+        model = User
+
+
+class MyUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
+    class Meta(UserCreationForm.Meta):
+        model = User
+
+    def clean_username(self):
+        username = self.cleaned_data["username"]
+        try:
+            User.objects.get(username=username)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            return username
+        raise forms.ValidationError(self.error_messages['duplicate_username'])
+
+
 class UserAdmin(AuthUserAdmin):
-    create_form_class = UserCreationForm
-    update_form_class = UserChangeForm
+    form = MyUserChangeForm
+    add_form = MyUserCreationForm
 
 
 admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
index eeab6956c..f0fbcd974 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/wsgi.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-WSGI config for {{ project_name }} project.
+WSGI config for {{ cookiecutter.project_name }} project.
 
 This module contains the WSGI application used by Django's development server
 and any production WSGI deployments. It should expose a module-level variable
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_CONFIGURATION", "Production")
 # This application object is used by any WSGI server configured to use this
 # file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION
 # setting points here.
-from configurations.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+from configurations.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # noqa
 application = get_wsgi_application()
 
 # Apply WSGI middleware here.