Link Taxonomy Terms to Custom Views in Drupal

By default, views of type Term link to category pages (taxonomy/term/[tid]). I find that category pages are more useful as custom views where you can control fields. You can effectively replace the default category pages with a customized view by following this views recipe. And no programming is needed.
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First create the categories block
<ol>
<li>Create a new view of type "Term"</li>
<li>Add a block display</li>
<li>Set row style to fields</li>
<li>Add Taxonomy: Term ID as a field (this must be first). Be sure to set "Exclude from display". This information will be used to as an argument in our other view.</li>
<li>Add Taxonomy: Term as a field. Check "Output this field as a link" and set the link path to your-other-view-path/[tid] You will only have the token for Term ID available if the Term ID field is listed above the current field.</li>
<li>Create a new view of type "Node"</li>
<li>Add a page display</li>
<li>Set the path to the same path used in step 5. ( your-other-view-path )
<li>Add a Taxonomy: Term ID argument</li>
<li>Customize the rest of the view to your liking</li>
</ol>

Now, term listings will link to your custom view instead of the default category listing page. Because your custom view takes an argument, you will restrict the view to listing the very same nodes that the default category listing will show. However, you now have the power of views to customize the display.

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