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It's amazing what CiviCRM + Views2 allows you to as far as getting CiviCRM data to display in Drupal. But what if you wanted to go the other way?

A great addition to CiviCRM would be the ability to create a contact tab which displays Drupal nodes (or Views) that reference a CiviCRM contact. Another way to do this would be to allow nodes that reference a CiviCRM contact to display on that contact's dashboard.

For instance, we are building an internal project management tool, with custom node types for tasks and projects. We initially had a "client" node type as well, then realized this would be better served just using Civi organizations as our "client" reference. With views, it works like a charm.

The only place this breaks down is when we want to view all the task or project nodes related to a Civi Organization. I have no idea how involved this would be, but it's an idea. The same concept could allow you to create an "Author" tab for CiviCRM individuals who write blog posts on your site. You could see their posts right on their civi contact.

Just an idea! Look forward to any feedback.