You have to add the app to INSTALLED_APPS and also include some URLs in your urlconf:
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'signup',
...
)
urlpatterns = patterns('',
...
url(r'^accounts/', include('signup.urls')),
...
)
There are two settings specific to django-signup.
This controls for how many days an instance of signup.models.Validation will be valid before being considered “expired”. It is used on the clear_expired_signups management command.
If not set in the user settings, the default value is 2 days.
A string with the full dotted name of a class representing the form to be used on the signup page.
If not specified, the signup.forms.DefaultUserCreationForm class is used.