diff --git a/apps/website/views.py b/apps/website/views.py
index 3e19dec6cc..62a0f8f372 100644
--- a/apps/website/views.py
+++ b/apps/website/views.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.utils import simplejson
 
 from apps.news.models import NewsEntry
+import functions_db
 
 """
 This file contains the generic, assorted views that don't fall under one of
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ def page_index(request):
    pagevars = {
       "page_title": "Front Page",
       "news_entries": news_entries,
+      "players_connected": functions_db.num_connected_players(),
+      "players_registered": functions_db.num_total_players(),
+      "players_connected_recent": functions_db.num_recently_connected_players(),
    }
 
    context_instance = RequestContext(request)
diff --git a/cmdhandler.py b/cmdhandler.py
index 28b3977f9b..1cfb3e641e 100755
--- a/cmdhandler.py
+++ b/cmdhandler.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def handle(cdat):
 
       # This will hold the reference to the command's function.
       cmd = None
-      
+
       if session.logged_in:
          # Store the timestamp of the user's last command.
          session.cmd_last = time.time()
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ def handle(cdat):
          # Player-visible idle time, not used in idle timeout calcs.
          session.cmd_last_visible = time.time()
 
+         # Just in case. Prevents some really funky-case crashes.
+         if len(parsed_input['root_cmd']) == 0:
+            raise UnknownCommand
+
          # Shortened say alias.
          if parsed_input['root_cmd'][0] == '"':
             parsed_input['splitted'].insert(0, "say")
diff --git a/commands/general.py b/commands/general.py
index 7564f24602..710de175c5 100644
--- a/commands/general.py
+++ b/commands/general.py
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ def cmd_inventory(cdat):
       
    money = int(pobject.get_attribute_value("MONEY", default=0))
    if money == 1:
-      money_name = functions_db.get_server_config("MONEY_NAME_SINGULAR")
+      money_name = gameconf.get_configvalue("MONEY_NAME_SINGULAR")
    else:
-      money_name = functions_db.get_server_config("MONEY_NAME_PLURAL")
+      money_name = gameconf.get_configvalue("MONEY_NAME_PLURAL")
 
    session.msg("You have %d %s." % (money,money_name))
 
diff --git a/commands/unloggedin.py b/commands/unloggedin.py
index 66e49d992f..333ead7e5f 100644
--- a/commands/unloggedin.py
+++ b/commands/unloggedin.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def cmd_connect(cdat):
    password = cdat['uinput']['splitted'][2]
 
    # Match an email address to an account.
-   email_matches = functions_db.get_dbref_from_email(uemail)
+   email_matches = functions_db.get_user_from_email(uemail)
    
    autherror = "Specified email does not match any accounts!"
    # No username match
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ def cmd_connect(cdat):
    if not user.check_password(password):
       session.msg(autherror)
    else:
-      user = email_matches[0]
       uname = user.username
       session.login(user)
       
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ def cmd_create(cdat):
    # Search for a user object with the specified username.
    account = User.objects.filter(username=uname)
    # Match an email address to an account.
-   email_matches = functions_db.get_dbref_from_email(email)
+   email_matches = functions_db.get_user_from_email(email)
    
    if not account.count() == 0:
       session.msg("There is already a player with that name!")
@@ -79,8 +78,8 @@ def cmd_create(cdat):
    elif len(password) < 3:
       session.msg("Your password must be 3 characters or longer.")
    else:
-      functions_db.create_user(cdat, uname, email, password)         
-      
+      functions_db.create_user(cdat, uname, email, password)
+
 def cmd_quit(cdat):
    """
    We're going to maintain a different version of the quit command
diff --git a/functions_db.py b/functions_db.py
index 43022db289..63ed391a15 100644
--- a/functions_db.py
+++ b/functions_db.py
@@ -1,20 +1,42 @@
 import sets
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from django.db import connection
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from apps.objects.models import Object, Attribute
-from apps.config.models import ConfigValue
 import defines_global as defines_global
 import gameconf
 
 """
 Common database functions.
 """
-def get_server_config(configname):
+def num_total_players():
    """
-   Returns a server config value.
+   Returns the total number of registered players.
    """
-   return ConfigValue.objects.get(conf_key__iexact=configname).conf_value
+   return User.objects.count()
+
+def get_connected_players():
+   """
+   Returns the a QuerySet containing the currently connected players.
+   """
+   return Object.objects.filter(nosave_flags__contains="CONNECTED")
+
+def num_connected_players():
+   """
+   Returns the number of connected players.
+   """
+   return get_connected_players().count()
+
+def num_recently_connected_players(days=7):
+   """
+   Returns a QuerySet containing the player User accounts that have been
+   connected within the last <days> days.
+   """
+   end_date = datetime.now()
+   tdelta = timedelta(days)
+   start_date = end_date - tdelta
+   return User.objects.filter(last_login__range=(start_date, end_date)).count()
 
 def is_unsavable_flag(flagname):
    """
@@ -211,9 +233,9 @@ def is_dbref(dbstring):
    else:
       return True
    
-def get_dbref_from_email(uemail):
+def get_user_from_email(uemail):
    """
-   Returns a player's dbref when given an email address.
+   Returns a player's User object when given an email address.
    """
    return User.objects.filter(email__iexact=uemail)
 
diff --git a/session.py b/session.py
index 67add8e201..d55e714493 100755
--- a/session.py
+++ b/session.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import time, sys
+from datetime import datetime
 import cPickle as pickle
 
 from twisted.conch.telnet import StatefulTelnetProtocol
@@ -147,11 +148,16 @@ class SessionProtocol(StatefulTelnetProtocol):
       session_mgr.disconnect_duplicate_session(self)
       self.msg("You are now logged in as %s." % (self.name,))
       pobject.get_location().emit_to_contents("%s has connected." % (pobject.get_name(),), exclude=pobject)
-      cdat = {"session": self, "uinput":'look', "server": self.factory.server}
-      cmdhandler.handle(cdat)
+      self.execute_cmd("look")
       functions_general.log_infomsg("Login: %s" % (self,))
+      
+      # Update their account's last login time.
+      user.last_login = datetime.now()
+      user.save
       pobject.set_attribute("Last", "%s" % (time.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y", time.localtime()),))
       pobject.set_attribute("Lastsite", "%s" % (self.address[0],))
+
+      # Load their channel selection from a pickled attribute.
       self.load_user_channels()
       
    def msg(self, message):
diff --git a/webtemplates/prosimii/index.html b/webtemplates/prosimii/index.html
index 9bc4ca9766..5f93668997 100644
--- a/webtemplates/prosimii/index.html
+++ b/webtemplates/prosimii/index.html
@@ -77,15 +77,12 @@
 
       <div class="rowOfBoxes dividingBorderAbove">
         <div class="quarter noBorderOnLeft">
-          <h1>Standards</h1>
-          <p><span lang="la">Prosimii</span> is 100% compliant with
-             <acronym title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0 Strict and
-             uses <acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym>.
-             <span class="doNotPrint">[Validate
-             <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">XHTML</a>]</span></p>
-
-          <p>Unlike this design&rsquo;s inspiration, no tables have been used to layout elements
-            and text.</p>
+        
+          <h1>Players</h1>
+          <p>
+            There are currently <strong>{{players_connected}}</strong> connected,
+            and a total of <strong>{{players_registered}}</strong> registered. Of these, {{players_recent}} were created this week, and <strong>{{players_connected_recent}}</strong> have connected within the last seven days.
+          </p>
         </div>
 
         <div class="quarter">