Customer Web Settings

Located in Web Settings > Customer Settings

Customer Access Restriction

Initially set to "Public" meaning anyone can access your website, Customer Access Restrictions allow you to set only logged-in or approved customers to view or shop on your website.

Access Restriction Type

Specify if your website will be Public or Restricted by one of the rules in this drop-down setting.

Logo

If you restrict your website to login or login/register, this setting allows you to upload a custom logo that will be used on the login screen.

Background Image

If you restrict your website to login or login/register, this setting allows you to upload a custom background image that will be used on the login screen.

Message

If you restrict your website to login or login/register, this message will appear below the logo and above the login form

Success Message

If you restrict your website to login or login/register, this message will appear after a user has successfully signed in.

Account Request/Registration

Require new customers or only B2B customers to be approved by the store administrator.

Account Registration Type

When a customer requests an account they can be created as a Contact, or as a Lead and Contact, or Opportunity and Contact. If you do not require account approval you can also have the registration create an Account and Contact.

Require Registration

Opportunities and Leads have their own workflow built-in for review and approval.

YES or NO -Require Approval will show only if you have the form creating a Contact. This setting will hide when Account Registration Type is Opportunity or Lead.

Send Email Alert for Pending Registrations

Yes or No - Configure email settings for registration approval in Settings > Emails

Default Group

This will be the Customer Group assigned to the customers registering.

Number of Lines in a Street Address

Leave empty for default (2). Valid range: 1-4

Sort Customer Addresses By

Sort customer addresses in the order they were entered, or alphabetically by Name, Company, Street, City, State etc...

Require Email Confirmation

Yes/No - this setting specifies if the user will need to confirm their email address (using a confirmation link sent to them after registering) before they can log-in.

Permissions

Allow Customers to Add Addresses

When set to Yes customers will be able to add new addresses to their address book. If set to No and no addresses exist the customer will be unable to checkout. Guest Checkout will still allow users to enter any address. You can disable Guest Checkout under Setup->Checkout Settings

Allow Customers to Edit Addresses

When set to Yes customers will be able to edit existing addresses in their address book

Allow Customers to Delete Addresses

When set to Yes customers will be able to delete existing addresses in their address book

Show Newsletter Registration Checkbox during Account Creation

Yes or No.

Require Addresses During Registration

If enabled, address will be assigned as the Default Billing and Default Shipping address for the customer.

Login Options

Redirect Customer to Account Dashboard after Logging in

Yes or No - Customer will stay on the current page if "No" is selected.

Force Expire Password

Never or every 30/60/90/180/360 Days customers will be forced to reset their password.