[OpenLayers-Users] example for point vector needed

[Tim Michelsen]

Hello,
may you please point me on an example that shows a marker with text 
pop-up and a custom icon (non-standard red one) and employs the latest 
methods?

I read somewhere, that marker layers are not the way to achieve this.

But how do I use the vetor layers in order to create such a feature?

My markers shall use lat/lon variables taken from a database (not like 
the text file example).

I have been searching all over but couldn't find.

Many thanks,
Timmie