Title: Customizing Viewable Information
Last modified: June 21, 2023

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# Customizing Viewable Information

 *  Resolved [noahwbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noahwbrown/)
 * (@noahwbrown)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/)
 * Hi Steven,
 * My website is using Slim Plus 2.4 and has a directory of ~1,400 program alumni
   that have self-entered their information. I’m hoping to customize the way this
   information displays to the public – my apologies if there are obvious ways to
   solve these issues that I’m overlooking!
    1. There is an extra space appearing between names and suffixes. For example, the
       directory will show “Jane Doe , MSN” but when I open Jane’s entry, there are
       no extra spaces at the end of the last name or before the suffix. This applies
       to every entry in my database.
    2. Some alumni have uploaded photos, but for those who haven’t, a grey box with“
       No Photo Available” is part of their entry. Is there a way to remove this placeholder?
    3. Alumni are entering some information that we don’t want publicly displayed on
       the website. Is there a way to prevent certain fields, such as address (and 
       the accompanying map), from being displayed across every entry?
 * Thank you so much!
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by [noahwbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noahwbrown/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/#post-16837925)
 * **RE: There is an extra space appearing between names and suffixes. For example,
   the directory will show “Jane Doe , MSN” but when I open Jane’s entry, there 
   are no extra spaces at the end of the last name or before the suffix.**
 * There should not be extra space. It sounds like perhaps CSS from the theme or
   another plugin is causing the extra space to appear. If you can share a link 
   to your directory page, I can take a look.
 * **RE: Some alumni have uploaded photos, but for those who haven’t, a grey box
   with “No Photo Available” is part of their entry. Is there a way to remove this
   placeholder?**
 * Add `image_fallback='none'` to your existing `[connections]` shortcode. Here’s
   an example:
 * `[connections image_fallback='none']`
 * **RE: Alumni are entering some information that we don’t want publicly displayed
   on the website. Is there a way to prevent certain fields, such as address (and
   the accompanying map), from being displayed across every entry?**
 * The address can be disabled, too, with a shortcode option. Add `show_addresses
   =false` to the existing shortcode. Here’s an example:
 * `[connections image_fallback='none'`` show_addresses=false`]
 * I hope this helps; please let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [noahwbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noahwbrown/)
 * (@noahwbrown)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/#post-16837936)
 * Thank you Steven! Both of those shortcode options worked perfectly.
 * Regarding the extra spaces, here is a link to the directory: [https://jonasphilanthropies.org/scholar-directory/](https://jonasphilanthropies.org/scholar-directory/)
 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/#post-16837963)
 * Try adding the `name_format` shortcode option to the existing shortcode; for 
   example:
 * `name_format='%prefix% %first% %middle% %last%%suffix%'`
 * I hope this helps; please let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [noahwbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noahwbrown/)
 * (@noahwbrown)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/#post-16837983)
 * Thank you Steven, that did the trick! I sincerely appreciate the support you 
   have provided and will be sure to recommend Connections Pro to others moving 
   forward.
 *  Plugin Author [Steven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shazahm1hotmailcom/)
 * (@shazahm1hotmailcom)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-viewable-information/#post-16838012)
 * Great to hear that solved it for you. Have a great day!

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