[support] Two Views Implimentation Questions

[Luke]

Hello

First, I am no expert on views.  I have created a couple of them, but I am 
still coming to grips with the various methodologies.
I disclaim thusly, because I know these are probably basic questions, and 
I apologize in advance for asking them.  Googling has gotten me nowhere 
to date.

These are both UberCart related, but probably apply generally as well.

1.  How do I cause all displays for a particular node type, or all nodes 
in a particular term of a taxonomy, to be handled via a view, instead of 
by just displaying the node?

E.G. An UC product class: instead of displaying the product, I want to 
display a view of the node which would have been displayed.
Obviously I'm going to be passing the node ID as an argument, but how to 
invoke the view in the first place from whatever node lists are generated?

2.  How can I cause the display of the list of nodes generated by clicking 
on a  subcategory term, to be handled through a view?

E.G. In the UC case, product group -> product type -> subgroup1
is a taxonomy path which shows 50 products, as clickable nodes.
... -> group2
shows other products.

I want clicks upon terms group1 or group2, to invoke a view, which will 
then handle the display of that node list.
Again, I believe I would be passing the term ID as an argument, but the 
same invocation question applies.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

Luke