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Vanishing Name fields
September 26, 2014, 01:03:04 am
I tried to update following the instructions (to 4.5 on WP) but when I got to the update link stage I was sent back to my wp-user login screen, and then to my wp dashboard. and although Civi looked like it was there on my Wordpress dashboard, I opened it there was nothing doing.

As I had barely made any changes before 'updating' (and was happy to start again) I just uninstalled the plugin, deleted my username and database, before reinstalling from scratch.

It was all going fine until I realised something must be wrong with the 'Name' part of the install... When I hit 'New Individual' or 'new activity', I get no 'Name' field. The prefix/name/suffix line is just not there.

What have I done...?!? Keen to keep working at using Civ but a bit stuck here.

Thanks!

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Re: Vanishing Name fields
September 26, 2014, 12:39:09 pm
under different circumstances we had an instance of first/last not showing

problem was with c_templates

try clearing those out and checking the permissions on that folder
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Re: Vanishing Name fields
October 06, 2014, 10:59:03 am
4.5 includes the ability to turn certain name fields off (e.g. you can disable Prefix if you're not using it). Can you go to Administer -> Customize Data & Screens -> Display Preferences and check which ones are enabled?
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