User Directory using Views and Advanced Profile Module - support

8 Jun 2009


      Hello everybody - my first question to this list!
I'm trying to set up a User Directory in Drupal 6, and from what I can tell,
Views and the Advanced Profile Modules are looking like a good route to
take.  I'd like users to be able to sort through the directory based on info
entered into their user profiles.  For example, the users will be volunteers
and volunteer orgs - so I'd like to be able to sort by that criteria, as
well as things such as "sort list by volunteers available during morning
hours" or "volunteers with program mgmt experience." etc. etc.
Lastly, I'd like for users with Admin privileges to be able to use the
directory to email or private message individual users or large groups of
users that they've sorted (e.g.: volunteers available in the morning).
Are the Views and Advanced Profile modules a good option for creating this
type of directory?  And I've set up private messaging on my site, but what
will I have to do to integrate it with my directory after I've built it?
And does anybody know of any tutorials on setting up user directories for D6
I'm familiar with the Views module, but haven't used it much, so assuming
it's the right module -  any other general suggestions would be helpful too!
Thanks for any ideas or suggestions!
brendan,
seattle.usa