Hi, New to Drupal and relatively new to PHP. I have been working on a COPPA module to constrain the registration process on a non-profit site for young girls. COPPA is important because it is a legal requirement to slightly filter the usage of a web site by a person under 13 in the U.S (for any site that registers users). I have looked at and tried: http://drupal.org/project/coppa I don't see it doing much, or perhaps it is under documented? Anyway, I have two sets of users: * over 13: These users can register, get an email, and access the site right away * under 13: These users are initially blocked. At registration time, when it is determined they are under 13, a lightbox comes up with fields for the parent/guardian name, email and email confirm. So I want two different settings for their /admin/user/settings/Public registrations, blocked and not blocked. The code in user.module has: if (!$admin) { // Set the user's status because it was not displayed in the form. $merge_data['status'] = variable_get('user_register', 1) == 1; } I would like to have a way to block('administrator approval is required')/unblock('no administrator approval is required') the user based on age. I just use the "block('administrator approval is required')" as a way to reuse the admin user settings emails. Actually what happens is the parent is emailed an URL, and when they click it the user's status is set to 1. The only way I could see to do this (remember, newbie) was to change the above user.module code to: if (!$admin) { // Set the user's status because it was not displayed in the form. $merge_data['status'] = $form_state['status'] ? $form_state['status'] : variable_get('user_register', 1) == 1; } I realize this should not be in a site that does not control the $form_state['status'], but is there some cleaner way to do this without changing a base module? thanks, -Rob