None, False and True all are available within template tags and filters. None, False, the empty string ('', "", """""") and empty lists/tuples all evaluate to False when evaluated by if, so you can easily do
{% if profile.user.first_name == None %}
{% if not profile.user.first_name %}
A hint: @fabiocerqueira is right, leave logic to models, limit templates to be the only presentation layer and calculate stuff like that in you model. An example:
# someapp/models.py
class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField('auth.User')
# other fields
def get_full_name(self):
if not self.user.first_name:
return
return ' '.join([self.user.first_name, self.user.last_name])
# template
{{ user.get_profile.get_full_name }}
Hope this helps :)