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For more complex searcable directories, i would recommend checking the views integration and see how much further we can get with that

lobo

Looks like the OpenLayers method is working. Now the issue seems to be that the output from the data layer view is duplicating and all sort of oddities. Not sure where it is coming from.  Any ideas? I am using membership fields in that data layer view and getting duplicates that are slightly different in lat/long values for each. FYI, you can see this output in the preview area of the data layer view for debug purposes, which is very helpful.  I checked the records and they only list one entry for those values so would this be a views issue with CiviCRM values?

Okay I figured it out and got things moving again, two questions:

One, how do you limit the references to the "primary" member only instead of all members

Two, how do you reference the Website URL in the Rewrite inside Views, for the life of me I cannot find a Token or anything of the sort that rewrites the same exact field value as a link.

Thanks!

If I could code a Views Handler I would sure like to help. I am terrible at coding and trying to understand even the "easy" methods of writing handlers for custom fields is beyond me.

What I did discover in the course of research is the following:

Views 3 and CiviCRM play pretty well with each other except for adding custom fields into the fields section of a particular view but custom data seems to be perfectly okay in the filter or sort sections.

Seems like there is a pretty good plan in place as explained here: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC40/Drupal+Views%27+Future

Looks like it is pretty close to working except the custom data which appears that there is a plan to write code that makes the handler based on data type so that it would work with any custom field and create a generic handler for custom fields so individual handlers for each custom field aren't necessary???  Is that correct in my understanding of the current landscape?

If so there is no way I could help with this except to offer high level strategy.  I am happy to try and help any where I can but I am more of an implementer designer and such where code changes are simple like adding database connectors in settings.php 

I also saw the Data module which seems like it could offer a solution to creating generic handlers with custom data but I'm pretty sure you need to know the relationships to be effective with it.  Perhaps we can leverage that module to complete the task of Views integration easier? Should I pose this question to someone that oversees views for CiviCRM currently?

Please point me in the right drection if I can be of any assistance.