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I have obviously done something incorrectly and would appreciate any recommendations. I want to set up a Business Directory on my website, I am using Drupal v6.2, Custom Content and Views.

I have created the custom content type, entered a few listings and they show properly in in Admin/Content/Node. The Title I have assigned to each listing is the Business Name.

When I go to Views, the Title field does not show as a choice in the Fields selection. All other fields show up properly and I obviously need the Business name to appear in the custom View.

I am still working on my directory http://justkansas.com.

I have used CCK to create the content type that is listed in the directory. I have a few fields that I would like to make available for paying memberships. I know that we can control the access to CCK fields by roles. But I am looking for a way to theme a node's display according to the author's role.

IF author role=role1 then use this code with all field entries displayed
IF author role=role2 then use this code without a certain field

Thought I would mention that I too am doing some business directory work in Wisconsin - A little north of the Coulee Region site. It's constantly a work in progress
http://www.chippewaguide.com

Using cck, views, gmap module, ecommerce, etc.

As I was #2 is asking for this on drupal.org (Jan 2004) I figured I should weigh in on what I have done (and not done). The picture has changed a bit from when I first was looking.

Let me say that I have a business directory running on http://www.NicaPlaza.com. It is using Joomla and sobi2 rather than Drupal. It is clearly not the ultimate solution but there were some reasons for the choice. I feel we can all learn from what I have and don't have.

First, here are some basic requirements

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Mine is still a work in progress, but you can see it here:

http://couleeregiononline.com/directory

I'm using taxonomy, views, CCK, and custom theming for the over all directory. Fivestar for rating entries.

I plan on using the field permissions module to make some fields available only to paid listing as well as have some fields for admin use, but haven't gotten to that, yet. For a simple enhanced listing, I'll use the sticky option to put the items at the top and them them slightly different.