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Is there any way to get rid of the employer and job title fields from contacts? I mean really get rid of them and not have them in the database rather than going through extra computation in order to hide them as I've seen described. I'm sre they are irrelevant to a good many civi implementations.

Thanks.
Alas, my efforts to hide the fields are not working!
I have created a custom templates directory ( /sites/default/files/civicrm/customtemplates/ ) with appropriate permissions and pointed to it in settings (both Directories and Resources panels).

I have modified ../templates/form/ContactInfo.tpl and templates/form/edit/Individual.tpl and uploaded those to my custom template directory, but I am still seeing those fields. I also tried reproducing the forms/edit directory structure within customtemplates/, but that didn't help.

I note that there's a compiled templates directory. Do I need to recompile, and if so, where is the command to do that?

Rather than hiding fields with custom .tpl files that will likely need to be maintained and merged with future versions (CiviCRM releases two major versions per year, and nearly one release per month!) simply use jQuery in your CMS' theme to conceal the hidden fields.  It's much faster and more maintainable.

Example:

<script>
cj("div.crm-contact-job_title").closest("div").hide();
</script>


You must reproduce the "the forms/edit directory structure within customtemplates" precisely as it is, including capitalization. If that fails, tell us the full directory you are using.

Thanks, that fixed it :-)