diff --git a/ordr2/schemas/account.py b/ordr2/schemas/account.py
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+++ b/ordr2/schemas/account.py
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+import colander
+import deform
+
+from ordr2.models import Role
+
+from . import CSRFSchema
+from .helpers import (
+    deferred_unique_email_validator,
+    deferred_unique_username_validator,
+    deferred_password_validator
+    )
+
+
+# schema for user registration
+
+class RegistrationSchema(CSRFSchema):
+    ''' new user registration '''
+
+    username = colander.SchemaNode(
+        colander.String(),
+        widget=deform.widget.TextInputWidget(
+            readonly=True
+            ),
+        description='automagically generated for you',
+        validator = deferred_unique_username_validator,
+        )
+    first_name = colander.SchemaNode(
+        colander.String()
+        )
+    last_name = colander.SchemaNode(
+        colander.String()
+        )
+    email = colander.SchemaNode(
+        colander.String(),
+        validator=deferred_unique_email_validator
+        )
+    password = colander.SchemaNode(
+        colander.String(),
+        widget=deform.widget.CheckedPasswordWidget()
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def as_form(cls, request, **override):
+        settings = {
+            'buttons': ('Create Account', 'Cancel'),
+            'css_class': 'form registration'
+            }
+        settings.update(override)
+        return super().as_form(request, **settings)
+
diff --git a/ordr2/templates/deform/readonly/textinput.pt b/ordr2/templates/deform/readonly/textinput.pt
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+<span tal:define="name name|field.name;
+                  css_class css_class|field.widget.css_class;
+                  oid oid|field.oid;
+                  mask mask|field.widget.mask;
+                  mask_placeholder mask_placeholder|field.widget.mask_placeholder;
+                  style style|field.widget.style;
+"
+      tal:omit-tag="">
+    <input type="text" name="${name}" value="${cstruct}"
+           tal:attributes="class string: form-control ${css_class or ''};
+                           style style"
+           id="${oid}"
+           readonly="readonly"/>
+    <script tal:condition="mask" type="text/javascript">
+      deform.addCallback(
+         '${oid}',
+         function (oid) {
+            $("#" + oid).mask("${mask}",
+                 {placeholder:"${mask_placeholder}"});
+         });
+    </script>
+</span>