removing login info

[barnamania]

On my login page I have succeeded in removing all but the bare essentials necessary to make an order, plus a password. Just involved editing a bit of code. Check out what I've done if you're interested, and if you need help to work out how to acheive the same, just email me.

I also realised I dont need all 3 Checkout steps, so I have tried to reduce them to just the third step, using different workarounds to make sure all relevant information is still input. I have changed all the relevant values that I can see, to ensure that when an item is bought, the user goes from "shopping cart" to "login" to "checkout step 3".

BUT!! I spent about 3 hours trying to make sure I did it all right. However, when I buy an item, and log in, it always directs me back to step 1... I tried removing the anti-hack code in the header.php file for checkout_confirmation but that didn't do it. I've removed all references to checkout_shipping from every file that could be having an effect. And still nothing! Does anyone know what I should be changing to make sure that, from the "log in" page, I go directly to the "checkout step 3"? Oh another quirk, if you're already logged in and try to buy something, you DO go to the checkout page 3

Well! If anyone has any ideas please let me know. For testing purposes (should anyone be so inclined) feel free to use the following user name:

user@dreamofrussia.com
password admin

P.S. I'd like to see anyone else's customised login screens, just to get a feel for what other people are doing, send me your links