anyhow, i'll add this:

\setupuserpagenumber[viewerprefix=titlepage]
\startstandardmakeup
The first page
\stopstandardmakeup
\setupuserpagenumber[viewerprefix=p ]

Thanks Hans. That works great. Is it possible to have ONLY the prefix (not followed by the corresponding page number) with this implementation? If not, is that a feature that can also be added?

Troy