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Hi,

You are trying to save a contact without first name or last name or email ?

It sounds that either you are trying to "re-do" the basic core fields as custom fields or that you are twisting civicrm a bit too far to put into it something that isn't a contact. Could you detail a bit more why using the default fields don't work ?

They are a lot of part where it assumes and relies on the default fields being there, if your data don't fit into it, you might want to consider using something else than civicrm and go custom ?

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Am "re-doing" the basic core fields as custom fields only bcoz I found no way to edit the fields in the  built-in Contact Details pane

Fix that problem now (not sure what was not working, could you clarify?), delete your "re-doing" custom fields. The current employer/open id/website are not mandatory anyway (and you can hide some, at least the openid).

Almost every single feature (mailing/civievent, activities, display of lists...) of CiviCRM assumes that the first name is in the first name field, same goes for the other standard fields. Really, use them or you are in for a world of pain if you try not to use them.

Don't try, they are referenced and used in 100th of places in the code, you don't want to change almost every single file.

Seriously, if you don't want to use these fields, don't use civicrm, but whatever was the issue about "edit the fields in the  built-in Contact Details pane.", it can be solved while keeping the normal fields.

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P.S. if you want a specific form to edit contacts, you might want to use profiles.
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