Hi, I have had a look at the mailing list archive and could not see anything that addresses my issue. However I could have missed it. What I am looking for is a way for a way to do one of the two followwing things: A) When a Customer creates a new account through the cusomer.pl screen they are then required to have their account activated by an agent. Even if this is through direct manipulation of the sql table it would be ok. Perhaps this would be possible if the default status of "valid" setting was set to invalid? On this same note what is the meaning of the invalid-temporarily setting? B) Have a separate New Customer registration page that allows them to input their details. I prefer Option A but would be happy with this as an alternative where the page is then given a semi obsure url separate from the login page. I had a look thru the code but perl is not one of my strengths. I have managed to adjust the DTL to my requirements but this is one of the changes I need to have sorted prior to letting clients access it. At the moment I have the new customer section of the customer login page commented out to prevent new unauthorised registrations. I appreciate any help or links that might enable me to solve this. Thanks Des Quinn