Contacts are the people associated with your Accounts. They can attend Events, receive communications, or be members of your staff.
The Contacts settings in the Control Panel let you control which fields appear on Contact records and which fields are required.
For general Contact record management, see Contacts.
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Show Salutation
Default setting: No
When enabled, a drop-down field is shown on Contact records so you can select a salutation such as Mr, Mrs, or Dr.
When disabled, the salutation field is hidden. Any previously saved salutation values are retained but not displayed until this setting is re-enabled.
This setting does not affect how Contacts appear in list views, which continue to show only first and last name.
Salutation field when editing a Contact
Show Middle Name
Default setting: No
When enabled, a middle name field is displayed when editing a Contact.
As the middle name is entered, the Contact’s full name updates in real time.
Note: This setting only controls whether the middle name field is editable. If a Contact already has a middle name saved and this setting is later disabled, the middle name will still be displayed on the Contact record. List views are not affected and continue to show only first and last name.
Middle name field displayed between first and last name
Require Email Address for Contacts
Default setting: Yes
When enabled, a Contact cannot be saved without an email address.
Users are prompted to enter an email address if the field is empty when creating or editing a Contact.
Existing Contacts without an email address are not affected.
Note: This setting is strongly recommended if you use the LMS, because each student requires a unique email address.
Validation message shown when email address is required