KevinThanks, but other than the first one (which is exactly what I need), your answers don’t give me the info I need, please could you take a look at my comments?
2. Choose which fields display in the list view
If you do not enter anything for a field type, nothing will be shown. You can test this out using any of the templates that come with Connections.
> I need to set, for all directory entries, which fields show in the list (as opposed to the item), for example I don’t want the phone number to show on the list but I do want a custom field to show. So leaving the field blank is not a solution.
3. Remove some of the standard fields e.g. ‘messenger IDs’
They can not be removed, but as mention in 2., if you do not enter any messenger IDs, nothing will be shown.
> This makes the form hard work for a user as a lot of the fields aren’t required. We would have to write user notes, and this is too unreliable as users may not follow the notes.
4. Make some fields private i.e. only visible to the site admin.
When entering data in a fields type, you can set the visibility to Unlisted, only the admins will be able to view that info. This too can be tested with the templates that come with Connections.
> Again this makes the form hard work for the user and relies upon the user following guidance notes, which is not sufficiently reliable as the information for these fields will be confidential.
I hope this makes my requirements clearer.
Thanks