Hello.

"First I would like to collect visitors email addresses so I can send out monthly newsletters using Mailchimp" - You can generate embedded form code and insert it on your site using the object HTML. In this free video tutorial you can see how to do this (using the slider as an example). In this free video tutorial you can see how to do this (using the slider as an example).

"I would like to add an online shop to my website so I would like to create a customer login page so they can create an account and store their personal information for the next time they return" - Perhaps my paid video tutorials will help you with this. 

Hi Peter, 

thank you for your message. 

I suggest you to use a Contact Form Object to collect your visitors' emails. 

As far as the users' accounts are concerned, I confirm you can let your customers' register to your website to complete the order and create a personal page for them where you can report the orders details bu using the User Order Optional Object. 

Please let me know if I can be of further help. Kind regards.