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I've been searching for several days trying to find what I thought would be a simple  edit to a standard installation of CiviCRM 4.2 with Drupal 7, for my church. What I want to do is edit the offline "new contribution" form to not display some of the optional fields that we won't use, like source and transaction ID, and include a custom field in the main edit area, instead of in a tab below.
I've followed the guide for creating a custom folder for a custom .tpl file, but the smarty language doesn't appear to be granular enough to do what I want. I've also tried a custom profile, but it doesn't appear that I can mix fields from individuals and contributions.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Al

Thanks Hershel. I wouldn't know where to begin to use jQuery to hide fields. I can barely navigate through php template files in Drupal for minor edits. I can however follow directions, do you have an example that I might follow or a howto to point me to?

Thanks Hershel!
Wow. I've been meaning to learn some jQuery, I had no idea how powerful it is! I've been able to hide the fields / rows that I won't be using, select an initial value for select boxes, and I believe I should be able to relocate a custom data field to the upper table area, instead of in a tab below. Cool.