Hi Paula, thanks for your reply, I never received an activation email when I initially registered. I'm able to log in but not able to use he search box (top right of home page).
"Banzeta, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."