- yes you can mvoe the page elements around to chnage the visual appearance pretty easily, it looks like you are familiar with smarty templates a bit so that’s a good start
- yes you can create a page similar to your example,maybe not exactly but similar to yes…
- I don’t use automatic shipping but I beleive if you do it stores the tracking information upon order confirmation, however if you use manual phone orders ect… there is a section in order details to store the tracking information upon shipping which works good and then can be emailed to the customer…
- Yes, there is an edit order button near the bottom of the order details page in which you can change all aspects of an order…
Thanks Sno… I really appreciate the input.
And yes…I’m a new proud owner of CS-Cart. I can check that off the list. Now on to eBiz world domination. 
MisterTC (aka Unregistered above there.)