Zoints LOCAL. Social networking, enhanced profiles, blogs and MUCH more

[Zoints]

i don't get an error. it just doesnt show the photo..
Is your server operating in safemode?

[stonner]

Is your server operating in safemode?

under vbulletin options it's off.

under php-info it's:
safe_mode On (local) Off (master)
safe_mode_exec_dir /home/www/empty/ (local) no value (master)

what does that mean?

thank you.

[Zoints]

It means you're running safe mode. Ask your host to turn it off or i'm afraid Zoints Local won't work for you at this time.

[SolPal]

alright i'm upgrading to this 1.03, i replaced all the files except the index.php and the detail.php in the install folder. I go to manage.php and I get this message:

Unable to find configuration file.

What I'm I doing wrong?

thanks

[ktp101]

i cant download the local zip file.
i have tried a few times but it stops halfway through or doesnt download at all.

[Zoints]

alright i'm upgrading to this 1.03, i replaced all the files except the index.php and the detail.php in the install folder. I go to manage.php and I get this message:

Unable to find configuration file.

What I'm I doing wrong?

Did you delete all your /z/ files first?

That message means that your /z/includes/localsettings.php file has been deleted. If you have a backup, upload that. Otherwise, go through /z/install/index.php until that file is created and then stop.

[Zoints]

i cant download the local zip file.
i have tried a few times but it stops halfway through or doesnt download at all.
I assume you mean from here? No idea what the problem is. You could register your forum at http://zoints.com/forum.z then grab the file from here (http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2179).

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

updated. thanks! :)

Local zoints profile on TSU forums (UT sniper and gaming community) Demo here: http://www.clantsu.org/forums/z/grendelkhan/

:)

[Cees]

Made the upgrade to the new release, now i cant use the admin account. Anyone a sollution???

:confused:

solved... Thanks to David

use

UPDATE zp_user SET usergroup = usergroup | 8 WHERE userid = xx

[grandeur_69]

anyone know why I can't find the /z/album.php file in either 1.0.2 or the latest release of 1.0.3

[Zoints]

anyone know why I can't find the /z/album.php file in either 1.0.2 or the latest release of 1.0.3
We removed it in 1.0.2 because it wasn't any good. Sorry for the confusion.

[influence]

DC check you PM. I got me some money to play with so im ready to install this thing

[Olliee]

Hi Ollie:)

My guess is that after the server move, your path changed. Find out from your host what the correct path is and correct it in /z/includes/localsettings.php


Thanks for that. i have double checked the paths and other settings in the localsettings.php file and still had no luck.

The error i am getting seems to be refering to line 551 in database.class.php which is:

$message .= 'Date: ' . $this->_zoints->external->date(TIME, 'm-d-Y h:i a') . "<br />\n";

I cant work out what setting effects this line tho. any ideas?

Thanks again

[ChurchMedia]

When using the profile editor and clicking "upload image" on any of the selections, I get this error:

Invalid error code (invalid section)

[puertoblack2003]

i read through the post and found nothing on about my problems. Will this work for a windows server? i don't have mod rewrite and is there another solution to get this to work without mod rewrite?

[Matt_270581]

^Yea it works on a Windows Server but you just don't get to use the Dynamic URL's. Well not unless you have a component to rewrite the URL's. I'm running it on Windows Server.

Thanks to the Author for the Bug Fixes. Your work is much appreciated. This is a great add on. I will upgrade my forum to the new version :D

[RedGTiVR6]

I have downloaded and installed Zoints as well as configured it. now I'm trying to access this block: http://dev.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=28 (additional profile fields).

I go to the link, click on the file and I can't download it. So I try to log in and I'm taken to a manual log-in page. I'm asked to copy the code and click on proceed. When I do, I'm taken to just a blank page.

[RedGTiVR6]

Also, I have implemented this mod on our forums:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123253

and with it:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123254

I realize that the plug-in I mentioned above will probably pull in the fields that were created (at least I'm hoping so). Is it safe to assume that the drop down won't be lost either? I'm imagining that as long as the fields are stored at the same place, the drop down will still look at the same location for the information. Correct?

[aj8690]

1. Where can I edit users' profiles?

2. Is it possible to allow users to use HTML in profiles?

Thanks!

AJ

[ang2el]

I am interested in this product but is it taking parent styles now?

As it was the problem when it was launched few months back, if it take parent style atutomatically I will install or else I will have to wait until it takes.

[d8tabyte]

I have recently noticed an issue ( as of last night) I have more members starting to use the Zoints Profile system and what I am finding is, some can not log in - this happened to me as well ( the admin) after I logged in as a different user to test if it was their account, and then when I logged out - it will not allow me to log in at all to my zoints profile. I cn view it, but not log in. I tried deleting the cookies and trying again - to no avail. I even uninstalled Zoints, cleared the tables and re-installed and still members can not access their profiles and on the computer that I used to test the account, I had to run a query just to get my admin account back.

Is there a query I can run to update ALL member profiles so they have access to them and are logged in?

[s0lidgr0und]

I installed this modification last week and I think it's a very good mod. However, my members are having a problem modifying the modules on the profile. Some of them don't seem to have the wrench icon that I have. I noticed today that the ones having the problems are the regular members that aren't admins or moderators. I looked over the options and I don't see anything that differentiates members from admins or mods. I even logged into their accounts to see what I can see and the profiles are fully able to be edited on my computer.

Has anyone else run into this issue?

[puertoblack2003]

there's issues with this and no one can't answer if the works on window base server so can't use any of zoints product till it's available for windows servers

[chopin2256]

Maybe someone can help me answer my question. I posted this to the developer, but he hasn't responded:

I am looking for a social networking community package, and this seems like a perfect solution for my forum, however one thing concerns me. Why do I have to register my forum with your site? Would I be in complete control over my community, and would the database be located on my server?

I want my own community "within" my site, so I would not want it to leak into other zoint networks. I would like the branding of my site to strenghthen, and to be free of "outside networks" so I can build and maintain my own network. Is this possible with Zoints? I am a little confused.

Thanks!

If anyone can help me answer my questions, I would greatly appreciate it. I would prefer to pay for this package if it means that I can eliminate any reference to outside communities, and the brand "zoints" if possible. Although this software seems excellent, I am hesitant to use it if I do not obtain exclusive rights to my community, and complete control over it.

[RedGTiVR6]

IIRC, you can just do a local version.

The main reason for the registration is to help network communities together.

However, the developer can probably explain it 100x better.

[chopin2256]

The main reason for the registration is to help network communities together.
Rephrasing my previous question, is this software a standalone? For example, can I fully operate this, and all of its functions without relying on outside sources (ex. staying within my domain name 100% of the time?) I wouldn't want want any activity to be outsourced.

[v12kid]

does anyone know if this vbseo compatible?

[d8tabyte]

Maybe someone can help me answer my question. I posted this to the developer, but he hasn't responded:



If anyone can help me answer my questions, I would greatly appreciate it. I would prefer to pay for this package if it means that I can eliminate any reference to outside communities, and the brand "zoints" if possible. Although this software seems excellent, I am hesitant to use it if I do not obtain exclusive rights to my community, and complete control over it.

Thats the whole point of zoints local. Everything is maintained LOCAL.

There is an option to search the other communities, but by signing up to Zoints, your forum is included in that search - I've seen many incoming visitors off of Zoints referred links

[Maxus]

Hello!
Zoints Local is great thing.
But, i have problem with non-latin characters in blog titles and some other parts.
Is it becouse of my mistake, or now Zoints is not multilang?
Who can help me?

[Juju Man]

Kind of cool. Kind of scary.

I am a complete newbie so help me out with the following questions:

1.Can you set it up so that it dosen't need to link with Zoints.com and elimnate the gloabal search?

2.Will members be able to upload backgrounds, music, etc. to their profiles?

3.Will this affect the security of the board?

4.Can you set it up so that it links directly t the vb buddy list?

5.Is it fairly easy to make it look like the rest of your board and not part of a completely different forum?

6.What are blocks anyways (told you I was a newbie)?:o

[kcsniper]

I'm a newbie to vB too...but I would say I really support your points like #2,4,5.
I wish my members could do that, too. so.....looking forward on updates later.

btw, does Zoints using phrase? I think i'm going to translate them into Traditional Chinese (HK) if permission from author is given so my members can really enjoy it. Some members don't really enjoy reading English instruction :)
If permission is given, the "Trad. Chinese translated" version can also be posted on vbulletin-china.cn which is an official vB site having Chinese as targeted customer.

Anyway this can only be done after the crazy sat @ TMR :(

Hv a gr8 day,
~kcsniper

Kind of cool. Kind of scary.

I am a complete newbie so help me out with the following questions:

1.Can you set it up so that it dosen't need to link with Zoints.com and elimnate the gloabal search?

2.Will members be able to upload backgrounds, music, etc. to their profiles?

3.Will this affect the security of the board?

4.Can you set it up so that it links directly t the vb buddy list?

5.Is it fairly easy to make it look like the rest of your board and not part of a completely different forum?

6.What are blocks anyways (told you I was a newbie)?:o

[John Diver]

Hey,

Could I use this script to create something like a networking site for poker players?

I got a design created for a different script but I would rather use something integrated with vbulletin.

You can see the design at http://www.floporfold.com/temp/gamblerrefugesites3-1.jpg just to get an idea of what Im thinking - The design could be edited to fit vb/zoints :)

Thanks
John

[Follie Folli]

Is it possible to display random profile or Newest Blog Entries ?
I haven't a CMPS . Only my vbulletin forum and Zoint Local Social Netwroking.

[djjeffa]

if i wanted to add a html block for a feilds on the vb how would i code it so it works right
ex: <strong>Location:</strong> $userinfo[field2]
if i use somthing like that i get Location $userinfo[field2]
any advise on a code that would work? im asumming it has someting to do with the fact that its ran out of the /z/ folder

[RedGTiVR6]

djjeffa - I've been trying to figure out the same thing for a few weeks now....only to effectively be stone walled...I still can't log into the Dev area of Zoints to download any blocks....


This is the block that the developer wrote to pull the normal profile information. I'm trying to pull fields 18-32 instead of fields 1-5 like this block seems to pull. No dice on my end, but it might help you seeing as how it pulls location, etc on our board.
# vBulletin Custom Profile Fields
# 1.0
# Soup (soup@zoints.com)
# http://dev.zoints.com/
#
# This block lets you display your custom profile fields
# from the old vBulletin profile
class user_vbulletin_custom_profile_fields extends z_module
{
function contents()
{
$vbulletin = $this->_zoints->external->vbulletin;
$languageid = intval($vbulletin->userinfo['languageid']);

# get custom phrases used in this block
$vbphrase = array();
$phrases = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "phrase
WHERE fieldname = 'cprofilefield'
AND (languageid = $languageid OR languageid = -1)
ORDER BY languageid DESC
");
while ($phrase = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($phrases))
{
$vbphrase[$phrase['varname']] = $phrase['text'];
}
unset($phrase);
$vbulletin->db->free_result($phrases);

# get data from usertextfield for this user
$extended_info = $vbulletin->db->query_first("
SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userfield
WHERE userid = " . $this->zuser . "
");

$profilefields = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT profilefieldid, required, type, data, def, height
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield
WHERE form = 18
AND hidden = 0
ORDER BY displayorder
");

$search = array(
'#(\r\n|\n|\r)#',
'#(<br />){3,}#', // Replace 3 or more <br /> with two <br />
);
$replace = array(
'<br />',
'<br /><br />',
);

$customfields = '';
while ($profilefield = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($profilefields))
{
$profilefieldname = "field$profilefield[profilefieldid]";
$profilefield['title'] = $vbphrase[$profilefieldname . '_title'];

if ($profilefield['type'] == 'checkbox' OR $profilefield['type'] == 'select_multiple')
{
$data = unserialize($profilefield['data']);
foreach ($data AS $key => $val)
{
if ($extended_info["$profilefieldname"] & pow(2, $key))
{
$profilefield['value'] .= iif($profilefield['value'], ', ') . $val;
}
}
}
else if ($profilefield['type'] == 'textarea')
{
$profilefield['value'] = preg_replace($search, $replace, trim($extended_info["$profilefieldname"]));
}
else
{
$profilefield['value'] = $extended_info["$profilefieldname"];
}

if ($profilefield['value'] != '')
{
$customfields .= '<div class="' . $this->style['phead'] . '">' . $profilefield['title'] . '</div>';
$customfields .= '<div class="' . $this->style['pmain1'] . '">' . $profilefield['value'] . '</div>';
}

}
$vbulletin->db->free_result($profilefields);

return $customfields;
}
}

[djjeffa]

djjeffa - I've been trying to figure out the same thing for a few weeks now....only to effectively be stone walled...I still can't log into the Dev area of Zoints to download any blocks....


This is the block that the developer wrote to pull the normal profile information. I'm trying to pull fields 18-32 instead of fields 1-5 like this block seems to pull. No dice on my end, but it might help you seeing as how it pulls location, etc on our board.


thanks ill give it a shot but im bad with codes if i figer anything out ill post it.

[djjeffa]

it seems to pull all my feilds that are public but it just comes up with the contents of each feild but not the title?

[|Jordan|]

How do you get the zoints system to use your VB styles?

[djjeffa]

How do you get the zoints system to use your VB styles?

In the zoint admin panel ther is an option to use your header and footer

[|Jordan|]

I dont mean the header and footer, i mean the color schemes. I want my vb style to be consistent across zoints.

[dholt]

I have been looking as I made a mistake on reverting my navbar template. for the zoints pop up menu what do I add to the navbar.

[|Jordan|]

Bah, with zoints being flakey i made my own member page. I might release it once my site goes live and once i add more user options.

[John Diver]

How do you get the zoints system to use your VB styles?

I would like to know this as well - Not just the header and footer.

[Harley77]

I would like to know this as well - Not just the header and footer.

You can't, thats not how it was designed. The best you could do is make a zoints style that matched your forums, and make it public so people could use it.

[|Jordan|]

Yea, i didnt feel like doing that either so i made a template hack that has similar functionality as zoints.

[The Equivocate]

I currently run a forum that acts as a hub/central forum for a bunch of sites. They are placed into primary usergroups according to their referring site. Will any of the features, especially the groups feature, affect the usergroups in any way?

[Matt_270581]

Does anyone know how to edit the PM's that get sent on adding someone to network etc as I found an error in one?

[blind-eddie]

when I add http://mysite/forum/z/install/index.php
I get a 404 page not found. So I added an install folder copied the index.php to it an get an error page,,,,What do I need to do to get this functioning?

EDIT: Some of the files didnt load...

[bobrossjunior]

I installed zoints and it looks great, but "Profiles" drop down menu is not showing up on my homepage. It appears once i click on my profile under "quick links" but that's it. I placed $zointsprofile_popup_navbar in the navbar template, which now shows two drop down menus once i click on my profile.

Wondering how i fix this? Thanks.

[Chicago_VLNU_4s]

yeah it's not working. When I click anything under "My Profiles", it says "HTTP 404 error"

[blind-eddie]

Awesome......Just awesome, my members are going to love this, works flawlessly.

[blind-eddie]

You may only send a message to this user once per day. Please try again tomorrow.

How do I change this?

[LLcoolMP]

I always get this error message "Invalid error code (invalid section)" when i try to set an image as background of a block or the page in the style editor of every profile.

I have Zoints 1.03.

What can i do? Thank you

[blind-eddie]

What setting I need to chsnge so everyone cant get into z admin settings? I went on on my test account, which is only registered, and I can get into z admin settings?...This isnt good!!

[Follie Folli]

What setting I need to chsnge so everyone cant get into z admin settings? I went on on my test account, which is only registered, and I can get into z admin settings?...This isnt good!!
settings >> members >> search a member and then you can login in a user and modified all settings

[nascimbeni]

We did fail in installing Zoints. We are running Windows in ISAPI mode.
I read somewhere of possible issues with that but the post was one year old. Are the issue solved?
My forum is at http://my.lifeinitaly.com
Anybody would like to try installing it on my server for a fee?

Paolo


www.lifeinitaly.com

[blind-eddie]

Did you uninstall it? I typed in:

http://my.lifeinitaly.com/z/index.php?z-profile=abdum.jasser

and I get, Unable to find configuration file.

[nascimbeni]

We where never able to install Zoints on our server.
Is zoint supposed to work in isapi mode or not ? Or it works with some issues?
Paolo

my.lifeinitaly.com

[blind-eddie]

I did change any mode, I just followed instructions & it works.

[blind-eddie]

I also notice you have your site installed in your root , not forum root...not sure if that makes a difference.

[nascimbeni]

ISAPI mode means my server is a Windows server and not a Linux.
Does your Zoint work on Linux or Windows ?
Paolo

[blind-eddie]

Linux

[Hostboard]

Went to install this and after it identifies the forum software from the installer all I get is: You must be an administrator in order to access this page.

[Dr.NoTime]

Hi and thanks for the mod.

One question, what is keeping anyone from accessing the /z/zadmin.php file?

[swearwolf]

ello :) i really like the idea of your hack but cant get it installed..
when i go to http://mysite.com/z/install.php
it downloads the file as if it were a zip, but says "you are trying to dowload the file index.PHP
would u like to open or save?"

and its vBulletin 3.6.5, linux server

[Aaron O]

The problem is: when you have the latest versions of PHP and mySQL, this mod will not work. It actually prints out the raw PHP code during installation and it loops. You can't go beyond Step 2. This is a critical bug that needs to be fixed in the next version.

[Pulsorock]

This was posted at Zoints.com

Subject: Zoints.com Has A New Owner

We’d like to announce that recent rumors are true. Zoints.com has been acquired by a Utah investment company headed by Doug Porter of Salt Lake City. David Chapman also announced that he had resigned his position in the company to pursue other interests but would remain on board temporarily to help with the transition.

I am excited to be part of the Zoints team, and look forward to working with forum and community leaders to improve our products and service. While there are a numbers of challenges and important issues to tackle, our first priorities include improving system performance and user support. We have a great team of talent assembled here at Zoints and I’m very confident in their abilities.

I also recognize that due to the uncertainties caused by this transition, our service has recently slipped below our desired level of satisfaction. I assure you that we are working hard to correct this situation. I believe that you’ll see many improvements in the coming weeks as we bring additional engineers up to speed on this project.

Sincerely,
Doug Porter
http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=3350

David always was a excellent support in Zoints. Not sure how this bought going to affect the service and the product.

[RTFA]

Just installed, works great except for one thing. I am missing the album.php file. Getting a 404 error when trying to go to album link. Checked my files twice, its not there (server or downloaded file) ??????

Can someone post a link to this file where I can get it.

[Pulsorock]

Just installed, works great except for one thing. I am missing the album.php file. Getting a 404 error when trying to go to album link. Checked my files twice, its not there (server or downloaded file) ??????

Can someone post a link to this file where I can get it.
I believe they deleted album.php starting in ZL 1.0.2. It was causing confusion.

[Hostboard]

Went to install this and after it identifies the forum software from the installer all I get is: You must be an administrator in order to access this page.

7 days no reply for help/assistance. Removed files and will just wait for VB to release thier new blog software.

[FreshFroot]

I wonder if Zoints feels any pressure now that vB has announced that they will be making a blog and social addon?

[blind-eddie]

Go into you admincp and change your primary usergroup to Administrator, Problem Solved.

7 days no reply for help/assistance. Removed files and will just wait for VB to release thier new blog software.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

I wonder if Zoints feels any pressure now that vB has announced that they will be making a blog and social addon?

I'm sure it raised many issue... esp. given the changes with Zoints ownership and Dave leaving (will be missed).

that said, interested whether the vb add-ons will be ajax based... which I thought was one of the main draws of zoints (and zoints local) system for me.

[Zweeper]

hallo,

i have 2 problems and i hope that someone can help me. I'm using Vbulletin 3.5.4.

1.) in the online.php the links are not correctly rewritten.
when a user is reading a thread, there just is a "is reading a thread" message, not "is reading thread XXX".

2.) in my archive there is a error. (http://www.zweeper.de/forum/archive/)
i can see the site, but when i click on a link, i just come again and again on the archive startpage. when i turn Zoints SEO off, its all correct.

i deactivated the follow options:

Rewrite /archive/ to /sitemap/
Use Archive as Sitemap
Use Zoints Archive Navigation?

(when i activate them, the error is just the same)


my htaccess file looks like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(f|all)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ forumdisplay.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_\-]*-(t|p)[0-9]+(p[0-9]+|/index[0-9]*)?\.html)$ showthread.php/$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(index\.php|\.css) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(archive|sitemap)/(.*)$ $1/index.php/$2 [QSA,L]


i hope someone can help me, greetings, zweeper.

[ginger22]

How about another language support, such as Russian?

[ShawneyJ]

anyone no if you can put youtube clips on somewhere ?
or away of enable users to use video clips.

[Vizionz]

i tried this out and yes its pretty damn cool but i wont be using it. untill it can be globally matched to the vbulletin theme its no use to me. it looks like garbage when other users change there themes that dont even go with the forum. stand alone this would be a great. but as of now and the basic admin section with no ability to delete styles or force a global style for profiles its nothing usefull to me. i dont want a myspace clone. that allows you to design your own crap layouts. i want a system that will match my site but with the features this has. so untill then i will be designing my own or waiting to see what vb has in store.

but it gets 4 out of 5 for the features and all around attempt

[basketmen]

Social add on from vbulletin i think not will great like zoints local

it just crap like add buddies, blacklist other, etc

this is just from my experience, they can't breed like vbseo feature arent they?

[vuiveclub_net]

I was Deleted the Profile Link on my Navbar by accident. I reallly want it back but I can't find the Code. PLease Help me ...

[ShawneyJ]

anyone no if you can put youtube clips on somewhere ?
or away of enable users to use video clips.

mmmmmm

[NaughtyStud]

Finally got around to installing this and I just have to say excellent work on it.Thanks ;)

[hinch]

got it installed and such on www.furious-angels.com if anybody uses it or not is a different story but its there :)

[Tanya123]

Zoints Local is ushering in a new era of interconnectivity between communities. Therefore, a few minor details such as the navbar must remain standard. You can change the images to better fit your styles, but you cannot remove them. Think of it this way: if you were traveling on a freeway from state to state and suddenly one state decided not to use any road signs, it would be a nightmare. Zoints Local is the virtual freeway between communities. As traffic is sent to your community, people need to know where to go :)

Is this still the case? I saw (currently) on a big-board where they don't have the Community button in their profiles. I don't even think their site is listed in the Zoints directory. Please advise.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

i tried this out and yes its pretty damn cool but i wont be using it. untill it can be globally matched to the vbulletin theme its no use to me. it looks like garbage when other users change there themes that dont even go with the forum. stand alone this would be a great. but as of now and the basic admin section with no ability to delete styles or force a global style for profiles its nothing usefull to me. i dont want a myspace clone. that allows you to design your own crap layouts. i want a system that will match my site but with the features this has. so untill then i will be designing my own or waiting to see what vb has in store.

but it gets 4 out of 5 for the features and all around attempt
You can as an admin create your own style, set it as default for the forum and enable the option of not allowing users to change the style so that you can keep an element of continuity through out your site. From Zoints Admin CP, you should see an option asking whether or not to allow members to edit styles, which you can disable. Or you can create several styles of your own, and run some queries to remove the default Zoints styles. So unless you have a very complicated style, you should be able to at least CLOSELY match the style you have to keep the site look consistent. I do agree though that it is something that needs some work and something that many desire.

Good luck with your development though.

Is this still the case? I saw (currently) on a big-board where they don't have the Community button in their profiles. I don't even think their site is listed in the Zoints directory. Please advise.
It sounds like that particular site has an autonomous license (which are currently not for sale) that allows them to stay a separate island, disconnected from the Zoints network.

[Tanya123]

It sounds like that particular site has an autonomous license (which are currently not for sale) that allows them to stay a separate island, disconnected from the Zoints network.

OK...thanks for responding.

[Luky]

You have no life, i love you for it! :)

[Luky]

Why do some of my style images not show? http://www.alchemist-team.net/vb/z/index.php?z-profile=Jay

[rci]

I can't find anything in my vbulletin's adminCP about this (after i install zoints) .. and the only administration are those fiew fields in zoints cp ? how about i want to give access to zoints only to a specific group of users? any chance of that ?

[Luky]

Why do some of my style images not show? http://www.alchemist-team.net/vb/z/index.php?z-profile=Jay
Anyone has a fix?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Why do some of my style images not show? http://www.alchemist-team.net/vb/z/index.php?z-profile=Jay
I can't exactly pinpoint it just from looking, but often problems of that nature result from not having your images (and/or image directories on your style) coded to their absolute path, this is something most have to correct with programs such as vB Advanced. And I can see several examples when viewing your code from the source where it is calling for background images from something like "blackteal/misc/..." etc versus the whole path.

If you look in your style, you should be able to correct this. If that does not work or you are unable to do this, please open up a ticket at network.zoints.com

Thank you.

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

I can't find anything in my vbulletin's adminCP about this (after i install zoints) .. and the only administration are those fiew fields in zoints cp ? how about i want to give access to zoints only to a specific group of users? any chance of that ?
There should be a list of options in vB Options under "Zoints Profile Options." I am not aware of just giving access to certain usergroups, but you could limit member profile viewing through the vB Usergroup manager. But if you are attempting to let only one group see the Zoints profile options, but have the rest of your usergroups see the standard vB profiles, then I don't really believe its possible without probably a lot of work on your end I would have to imagine.

[Luky]

I can't exactly pinpoint it just from looking, but often problems of that nature result from not having your images (and/or image directories on your style) coded to their absolute path, this is something most have to correct with programs such as vB Advanced. And I can see several examples when viewing your code from the source where it is calling for background images from something like "blackteal/misc/..." etc versus the whole path.

If you look in your style, you should be able to correct this. If that does not work or you are unable to do this, please open up a ticket at network.zoints.com

Thank you.

- Reid
I will try and fix it myself with your advice, thank you! <3

[RedGTiVR6]

Did you delete all your /z/ files first?

That message means that your /z/includes/localsettings.php file has been deleted. If you have a backup, upload that. Otherwise, go through /z/install/index.php until that file is created and then stop.

I am running into the same issue: Config file cannot be found.

Only this has caused our entire forum to go down.

I have tried the above suggested, but I'm getting the following error:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare probability() (previously declared in /.........../vbulletin/z/includes/functions.php:8) in /............/vbulletin/includes/functions.php on line 11

Where do I even start? This is a major issue for our board...eek!

[Strike3ForumsMH]

If you haven't already, please open a support ticket at network.zoints.com to explain the actions you took in your unistall and include in your ticket a temporary admin account and ftp login info. Without knowing more, I can't help you and this way one of the staff members should be able to help you quickly after your ticket is submitted as I have a meeting to attend shortly.

We'll get it resolved, but it's best to work from a ticket regarding an urgent problem like this.

- Reid

[RedGTiVR6]

Thank you.

I have sent a ticket in already.

I have also managed to get Zoints reinstalled and have now uninstalled it, but I still have the same error on the forum...

I'll update the ticket...

[RedGTiVR6]

This has been resolved.

After much nail biting and hair pulling, I figured it out...though I'm still not sure what caused it.

Too bad I can't close my own ticket on the Zoints page....perhaps when they read it for the first time they will see that.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

By the time I got home a few hours ago, I saw that you had already had resolved this issue via the ticket. I appreciate all the info you provided RedGTiVR6 and I am glad your forums are back up and running.

- Reid

[RedGTiVR6]

Somehow, in the process of trying to reinstall and everything, some vBUlletin files were overwritten.

I can't say for sure what exactly happened....I do know that we were still having problems and ended up having to restore the search.php file for some strange reason....

Thanks for the email last night.

[notrious]

I HAve installed it but still showing nothing

can any 1 help plz

[Strike3ForumsMH]

notrious, please open up a ticket at network.zoints.com with a url to your site and any notes you can provide about the installation process. Before determining if any login details would be needed for us to assist you, let's get that step out of the way.

Thanks

- Reid

[abakus]

thanks man best hack :)

[C.Birch]

Does this have to be installed on the same domain as your forum? I'm looking at having it on a 2nd domain.

eg forums is www.myforum.com and this is www.yourforum.com can this be done or can it only be installed on sub domains?

Thank you

[AndyPandy]

looks like a good mod but does it have to link to zoints? I mean when you have your own forum etc you want to keep users on it and not wondering off in all directions (as little foreign site interference as possible).

[ChurchMedia]

looks like a good mod but does it have to link to zoints? I mean when you have your own forum etc you want to keep users on it and not wondering off in all directions (as little foreign site interference as possible).

If you know your way around PHP you can "hack" out links leading out of your site in the Zoints section. I've also disabled any blocks that link out and changed the search button to go to memberlist.php?do=search instead of the Zoints search. (After the last upgrade I need to re-hack this stuff, so it's not fixed up on my site right now...)

So yeah, it can be done -- to an extent.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Does this have to be installed on the same domain as your forum? I'm looking at having it on a 2nd domain.

eg forums is www.myforum.com and this is www.yourforum.com can this be done or can it only be installed on sub domains?

Thank you
Hi C.Birch,

I've been waiting back to hear on a response for whether or not this can be done, but I am relatively sure that Zoints needs to be installed on the same domain as it calls for various vB settings and such to configure and sync the two up. If I hear otherwise, I will let you know as soon as possible.

Zoints is set up to be installed in your forum root at the /z/ directory.

looks like a good mod but does it have to link to zoints? I mean when you have your own forum etc you want to keep users on it and not wondering off in all directions (as little foreign site interference as possible).
Hey AndyPandy,

It does have to link to Zoints, regardless of what the below user mentions. Zoints is not a hack for everyone, especially those with concerns like those. I would suggest analyzing some Zoints forums, especially if you see any direct competitors on Zoints, and possibly even asking a few users with Zoints how it has effected their traffic. From my experience, and what I have seen from other forums with Zoints, it's not an add-on that will give you significant gains or losses with member activity. If you're concerned about this and would like to reduce the chance for it, you could set up an initial usergroup that members go into that would not give them the ability to access profiles until they hit the promotion you defined in Admin CP. Most establish forum goers aren't going to leave that easily for greener pastures unless they want to, and if they wanted to that badly there is always search engines and directories. (The last few sentiments aren't really of Zoints, but my personal opinion and experience so take them for what they're worth.) I can understand your concerns though.

Again, Zoints isn't for everyone. If the autonomous licenses open up again, I ensure you that the news is posted here as that would accomplish what you seek to do Andy.

If you know your way around PHP you can "hack" out links leading out of your site in the Zoints section. I've also disabled any blocks that link out and changed the search button to go to memberlist.php?do=search instead of the Zoints search. (After the last upgrade I need to re-hack this stuff, so it's not fixed up on my site right now...)

So yeah, it can be done -- to an extent.
Hi ChurchMedia,

Links that go out to Zoints.com are mandatory to stay unless you are using an autonomous license (which currently aren't for sale, and take care of issues such as the search if you have one.) We've released a hack to the community that while not yet perfect, we feel is unique, a positive add on to many sites, and all we ask is that the forum community respects a few things such as not removing links going out to Zoints, which is not permitted. We've tried to leave Zoints to be a tool that forum owners can modify and tweak, giving their own spin to it via their design and coding talents; all within a few restrictions. To quote a post made by one of our coders at network.zoints.com:

You're perfectly free to edit Zoints Local as long as you don't remove the links to Zoints.com, or turn it into an Autonomous system. Other than that, hack away at it, and feel free to share what you've done at dev.zoints.com

Also, keep in mind that updates may overwrite any custom modifications.

Obviously you might of not had been aware of this, so please don't interpret my post as harsh. Hopefully this is informative to you.

- Reid

[ChurchMedia]

Links that go out to Zoints.com are mandatory to stay unless you are using an autonomous license (which currently aren't for sale, and take care of issues such as the search if you have one.) We've released a hack to the community that while not yet perfect, we feel is unique, a positive add on to many sites, and all we ask is that the forum community respects a few things such as not removing links going out to Zoints, which is not permitted. We've tried to leave Zoints to be a tool that forum owners can modify and tweak, giving their own spin to it via their design and coding talents; all within a few restrictions.

Obviously you might of not had been aware of this, so please don't interpret my post as harsh. Hopefully this is informative to you.


No, I wasn't aware of any rules or conditions concerning the Zoints hack. I am surprised, however, to actually get a response from anyone at Zoints. I would really like to see the hack progress in development -- fixing bugs, adding features (like RSS for members blogs, etc.) and better integration with vBulletin (VB Ajax conflicts with Zoints Ajax). I've been monitoring this thread for some time and this is the first response I've seen in quite a long while (maybe I got your attention ;)).

So, does this mean that the Zoints hack will continue to develop? What is on the horizon and what kind of ETA do you have?

And I'll respect the conditions of using the hack. ChurchMedia.net strives to be above reproach in everything we do.

Thanks!

[Strike3ForumsMH]

No, I wasn't aware of any rules or conditions concerning the Zoints hack. I am surprised, however, to actually get a response from anyone at Zoints. I would really like to see the hack progress in development -- fixing bugs, adding features (like RSS for members blogs, etc.) and better integration with vBulletin (VB Ajax conflicts with Zoints Ajax). I've been monitoring this thread for some time and this is the first response I've seen in quite a long while (maybe I got your attention ;)).

So, does this mean that the Zoints hack will continue to develop? What is on the horizon and what kind of ETA do you have?

And I'll respect the conditions of using the hack. ChurchMedia.net strives to be above reproach in everything we do.

Thanks!
Check the thread for the past few weeks. I have been addressing concerns here, via PM, and on network.zoints.com (along with others.) With the transfer of ownership, things were lackluster to say the least regarding our support but we've been making serious strides with answering tickets, responding to posts and so on in a very timely fashion as of late (for nearly all of April essentially).

As for the future of Zoints, I really can't comment on that as we have finally begun to shore up our support once again and address other areas of concern for Zoints. Frankly, a lot of the development is still in the idea stage. We do have every intention however to further the development of Zoints through improvement of the modification and getting it to be as stable of a release as possible. Since I am not a coder or one resourcing the project, a timeline would be unfair to provide as that is really out of my area. However, my area does involve idea generation to further Zoints towards being more featured rich, easy to use and improving items of integration. I am a big dreamer by nature, so I am just excited as the rest of you regarding future Zoints development. At the very least, I guarantee continued support at a much higher level than what some sadly experienced a couple of months ago. We are most certainly progressing though in nearly every front, even if it's most of it is just setting the initial concepts down behind the scenes.

And thank you for respecting those restrictions ChurchMedia. A few areas of Zoints Local are a bit murky (such as that) so I don't blame you or others for being confused to that.

- Reid

[ChurchMedia]

Sounds good. I'll be looking forward to seeing what develops. The hack is awesome as-is, so thanks. My members love it. :)

[Zelda-King]

We have it running fine. Just one odd detail I need to mention;

I blocked a user from my profile on a recent occasion and it gave me a "no such user" message. Blocked them as normal anyway though so I assume it's a phrase issue or something.

[v12kid]

I got it installed tonight and have a few questions

- I changed the My Vehicle block to another name but it still shows as my vehicle? What am I missing in the admin area?

- I am not sure how to change the default color so my users cannot alter it, any ideas, might of missed it somewhere

- is there anyway to stop linking out to the Zoints page in the "My Interestes" page. I dont think I will keep the mod if there are many links leading to outside my forums. I feel it defeats the purpose of having the system if memebrs are forced to go outside when they click a link

thanks

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi v12kid,

It appears someone responded to your queries on network.zoints.com as I am sure you know with responding and all. ;)

But in regards to your second question, which appears different than on the thread you created on the support forums, are you still having difficulty with this? And if so, are you referring to the styles within Zoints?

Thanks for joining Zoints.

- Reid

[jbd]

I used the zoints editor, and the style exists on the zoints.com site, but the style doesn't show up as an option on my forum.

[jbd]

also, the user search facility doesn't work at all, returning the message "no users found", no matter what I enter.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

I used the zoints editor, and the style exists on the zoints.com site, but the style doesn't show up as an option on my forum.
Hi jbd,

Right now, sadly, there is a lack of integration between the Local and Centralized (Zoints.com) versions that permits such a thing from being a possibility. To create a style for your Zoints Local installation, log into the Zoints Local install and create your style, click settings, Zoints Admin Area, Pages and then edit the particular pages you want to display the style you created. You can also disable style editing so that members are restricted to a particular style, if you want it that way.

also, the user search facility doesn't work at all, returning the message "no users found", no matter what I enter.
The member search function is nor working on your Zoints Local install? I would suggest opening up a support ticket at network.zoints.com as that would take a bit more exploratory work than what we could do here.

- Reid

[jbd]

To clarify, if I enter an exact username then it will return the relevant user.

But it won't return anything under any other search option.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Under normal conditions, it should return results by searching either partial or complete names. I haven't dealt with this problem personally, but I will look into it a bit further. I would suggest creating a ticket though in the mean time as there might be someone a bit more experienced with that issue to help you.

- Reid

[jbd]

it should also return results by entering in other data though... it says "all fields are optional"

So for example, if I wanted to find other users between the ages of 20 and 30, then I would not enter a username or part of a username. I would simply enter the age range and click on submit. This should return some users, but it returns none.

Same happens if I do a search for people in the USA, or any other country. No users are returned.

___

EDIT: Perhaps this is because the search facility can only search through communities to which you have already chosen to be connected? Not sure if that is how it is supposed to work?

Ideally the search facility should allow you to find relevant people and communities before you are connected to them via zoints.com. I believe this would be a lot more logical for the user.

[michaelsilvia]

I own several forums. Is there a bridge to connect them?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

it should also return results by entering in other data though... it says "all fields are optional"

So for example, if I wanted to find other users between the ages of 20 and 30, then I would not enter a username or part of a username. I would simply enter the age range and click on submit. This should return some users, but it returns none.

Same happens if I do a search for people in the USA, or any other country. No users are returned.

___

EDIT: Perhaps this is because the search facility can only search through communities to which you have already chosen to be connected? Not sure if that is how it is supposed to work?

Ideally the search facility should allow you to find relevant people and communities before you are connected to them via zoints.com. I believe this would be a lot more logical for the user.
Hi jbd,

Please submit a support ticket at network.zoints.com (I don't believe you have, but I could of overlooked it I suppose) as this one is perplexing me quite a bit and I would like to get a few more eyes on the problem.

I own several forums. Is there a bridge to connect them?
Hi Michael,

There isn't a bridge at this point but more connectivity is something we are looking looking at for future releases. Sorry.

- Reid

[l3it3r]

I installed everything, the profile works, however, no matter what I do, I can't get the integration to work. None of the zoints links show up. I did the import of the product xml, and then I did it manually. Nothing.

[dpatel304]

first off, great mod!

For some reason, installation seems to have gone smoothly, but when I try to view member's profile, it still takes me to their vB profile. If I type myurl.com/forums/z/ I am able to pull up the Zoints menu and go to my page from there, but otherwise I can't.

[l3it3r]

I'm still unable to integrate this into the forum using the installer OR the manual edits. I've attempted to hack it using $post[musername] and attaching it to a a link that goes to /z/index.php but it doesn't always parse the link properly. is there a way to call a userid number properly?

[l3it3r]

first off, great mod!

For some reason, installation seems to have gone smoothly, but when I try to view member's profile, it still takes me to their vB profile. If I type myurl.com/forums/z/ I am able to pull up the Zoints menu and go to my page from there, but otherwise I can't.

I'm also having this issue. Haven't been able to find the source of the issue..

[dpatel304]

I'm also having this issue. Haven't been able to find the source of the issue..

Yea, I haven't been able to find a solution just yet. PM me if you do figure it out, and ill do the same.

[l3it3r]

I'm still unable to integrate this into the forum using the installer OR the manual edits. I've attempted to hack it using $post[musername] and attaching it to a a link that goes to /z/index.php but it doesn't always parse the link properly. is there a way to call a userid number properly?

NEVERMIND.

index.php?id=123

[dpatel304]

does it work?

[l3it3r]

yeah, I've been able to create links on postbit, navbar, and memberinfo

postbit: /z/index.php?id=$post[userid]
memberinfo: /z/index.php?id=$userinfo[userid]
navbar: /z/index.php?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]

(insert where you desire)
now, I'm evaluating whether or not I want to fully replace profiles..

[dpatel304]

sorry, im kind of a newbie at this. Where would I be entering these in those files?

[l3it3r]

I got your PM, I will update this thread with the location of the manual edits.. or someone else can. Basically, in any of the pages where 'userid' is used, the link http://yoursite(dot)com/forumsdirectory/z/index.php?id=$xxx[userid]

A good way to find the userid link you need to change is by opening the template and searching for 'userid'

I'd love to know how to change the last post userid link though

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi l3it3r and dpatel304,

I apologize for the lack of response, I've been a bit busy as of the past few days. I see though that there is a thread opened at network.zoints.com (I have yet to read it) and I will see if I can find anything to contribute to the conversation there that hasn't been said by someone else. I hope we can resolve this issue for you both.

- Reid

[dpatel304]

Hi l3it3r and dpatel304,

I apologize for the lack of response, I've been a bit busy as of the past few days. I see though that there is a thread opened at network.zoints.com (I have yet to read it) and I will see if I can find anything to contribute to the conversation there that hasn't been said by someone else. I hope we can resolve this issue for you both.

- Reid

No worries. Actually, I should be apologizing. Turns out I just forgot to import the zointsprofile product. I'm an idiot. Anyway, crisis has been averted. Not sure about l3it3r though. He seemed to have the same problem. I asked him if he forgot to do what I forgot, but I haven't heard back.

[l3it3r]

I do not have that issue ;) my issue is more deeply rooted than that I believe. Regardless, I would still like to get a snippet of code to change the lastposter link

[Kohhal]

Hi,

Everything looks good so far.

I haven't released it to the public yet, profiles not on or whatever and am currently setting up the default blocks for my users. Is there a way to reset everyone's profile when I update the Default Blocks as users which I've viewed myself during testing keep the blocks viewed in addition to the new defaults?

Basically, how do I just set it at some stage so that every users profile page just has the default blocks?

Also, is the attached image correct? It looks strange and I've a feeling something is missing as I find it odd that the two text links shown are supposed to look like that?

Good work though, looks great. Been reading the zoints forums and development isn't looking too healthy so I hope that changes as I think when vB release their product, depending on how good it is of course, it may whip Zoints if there is no more development.

Good luck,

G :)

[xfaethorx]

Hi I've asked for this before but I was wondering if it’s still going to be implemented as there was a mention a while ago. Can anyone confirm if there might be additions of the following to the blogs section of zoints
Search facility for blog entries.
Blog moods.
Blog entry categories.
Blog attachments.
Download blog entries in XML format/Txt format

[Rouzbeh1]

hi,
i have upgraded my forums to vb 3.6.6, and now Zoints Profiles plugin seems not to be working anymore. it says the plugin has been turned off!!
what to do?

thanks in advance

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi,

Everything looks good so far.

I haven't released it to the public yet, profiles not on or whatever and am currently setting up the default blocks for my users. Is there a way to reset everyone's profile when I update the Default Blocks as users which I've viewed myself during testing keep the blocks viewed in addition to the new defaults?

Basically, how do I just set it at some stage so that every users profile page just has the default blocks?

Also, is the attached image correct? It looks strange and I've a feeling something is missing as I find it odd that the two text links shown are supposed to look like that?

Good work though, looks great. Been reading the zoints forums and development isn't looking too healthy so I hope that changes as I think when vB release their product, depending on how good it is of course, it may whip Zoints if there is no more development.

Good luck,

G :)
Hi MasterG,

First off, welcome to Zoints. As for your question, I am not sure if there is such a way to easily revert everyone's profile back in the manner I think you're speaking of. But to be honest, I am a bit confused on what you were exactly are you simply wanting to know if you can revert all profiles back to the defaults (as defined by the standard Zoints install) or something else?

The attached image looks perfect. Text links do appear instead of clickable image links like some may expect (especially us vB users.)

And development is indeed in the works. I wish I could state more in regards to that but it's just not my place to do so. Any of the current Zoints staffers will admit the transition period has been a rough one but things have been clearing up for awhile now to the point that we can start focusing a bit more on the future versus just getting our house in order like we needed to during the initial stages of transition from the changing of owners.

I apologize about the delay in response time. And thanks for the wishes of good luck!

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi I've asked for this before but I was wondering if it?s still going to be implemented as there was a mention a while ago. Can anyone confirm if there might be additions of the following to the blogs section of zoints
Search facility for blog entries.
Blog moods.
Blog entry categories.
Blog attachments.
Download blog entries in XML format/Txt format
Hi xfaethorx,

I haven't heard much in the way of new features for blog development, but I do know that its an area we would all like to improve in. If you would be so kind to make a post regarding the features you would like to see here (at our suggestions forum):

http://network.zoints.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41

It would be greatly appreciated as we do consider features based on the suggestions we get there, they are actually extremely helpful not only due to the nature of them but also since its one forum that all Zoints staff members can access and reference when talking about new development.

If you have made a post there, I apologize as I must of never had the chance to read that one. Irregardless though, I will pass this on myself as well.

Thank you for the suggestions.

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

hi,
i have upgraded my forums to vb 3.6.6, and now Zoints Profiles plugin seems not to be working anymore. it says the plugin has been turned off!!
what to do?

thanks in advance
Hey Rouzbeh1,

I have yet to upgrade to 3.66 and I am not for sure if anyone on the staff yet has (we have learned of a tags issue with someone and 3.66) so it would be best if you haven't already to open up a ticket at network.zoints.com. I wish I could give more assistance here, but seeing that I have yet to deal with a 3.66 problem, I don't want to give you advice based on my best guess of the situation that would only make your problem worse.

- Reid

[Gholsie]

This is a nice add-on. I like it a lot. But, I can't find a method to modify my own profile from the "USER CP" area... do you have one?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

This is a nice add-on. I like it a lot. But, I can't find a method to modify my own profile from the "USER CP" area... do you have one?
Hey Gholsie,

As of this moment, you can not edit your profile from within the USER CP, and that's something I am hoping will be addressed in the future (if it's doable.) But it should be possible currently to just simply add another link on the USER CP dropdown and within the USER CP as well with a simple link to a user's Zoints Profile that would be labeled as "Edit Zoints Profile" or to just replace the "Edit Profile" link.

- Reid

[tminus]

Got this MySQL error after upgrading my test forums to 3.6.6 and 3.7.7:
mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Host 'ans09.midphase.com' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
/home/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 274
Script : /forum/z/task.php?46722
Referrer : /forum/z/index.php?z-profile=tminus
I haven't upgraded my real forums yet, but I am assuming that I just need to change the permissions for class_core.php, since the upgrade wrote over it, and it will be fine. So I just wanted to mention it. I will post the results after I upgrade tonight, but it doesn't seem to be a major error. Zoints seems to be working fine otherwise, though I haven't done a full test of it's functions.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thank you for letting us know tminus, I'll be passing this onto the engineers as soon as I can so they are aware.

- Reid

[michaelsilvia]

What is the safest way to unistall this? To remove the DB tables as well?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Michael,

Zoints Local has an uninstaller, you will need to access /z/install/manager.php to find it (it should be the third option.) After that, just delete the /z/ folder from your server. Make sure you also remove the product (or disable it) from your Admin CP, or vB will be calling for profiles that no longer exist (after the removal of course). Uninstalling the product and using the uninstaller link should remove the tables in vBulletin and outside of it. If you have problems with this, make sure to open a ticket up at network.zoints.com.

I'm sorry Zoints Local wasn't what your forum was looking for.

- Reid

[Taios]

Holey crap wow!! Very nice job sir!

[haytham]

Hi. 59 pages and did a search for Arabic..didn't find anything. My question is..my forum is in Arabic..if I install zoints in English will it be like messed up or what? I have no intention of translating it..it looks huge..I just wanna know if it will work side be side with my current Arabic language forum.
Thanks

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi haytham,

Zoints Local should work just fine next to an installation of vBulletin in another language other than English.... outside of the fact of it being a different language of course ;). Just tonight I was looking at a forum completely in Russian (from the banner to the text) but working alongside with a Zoints Local that comes as default in English perfectly. If you have any apprehension about installing though, make sure to backup before you install to play it safe (which should be done before any major modification or hack is applied.)

- Reid

[haytham]

ok thanks..one more question. What's the zoint profile that I downloaded? It doesn't say what to do with it. Also will I need to make another database for zoints or will it use the one for VB? Thanks

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi again,

I am not really for sure what you are exactly referring to. Both downloads on this thread are necessary to install and integrate Zoints with your forum, if you are asking about the package labeled as zointsprofile2.1.4 then you will need to locate the product within that folder and upload it through your vBulletin Admin CP (this allows for the redirection to the Zoints profiles) and it also has instructions of how to make various template edits in case you are using a custom style that wouldn't allow for the automatic template edits to take place. Please let me know if I didn't hit upon what you were asking about Haytham.

Import the product "product-zointsprofile-{version}.xml" in the vBulletin product manager.

AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Oh and as for the database question, in the installation the installer will take you through the steps of where to put the Zoints tables, by default it goes within your forums' database with the prefix zp_ (and it will uninstall just fine in the future if you decide that it's not for your forum.)

- Reid

[haytham]

Well thanks a lot. Installation was easy enough. It did mess up my style a bit bec. maybe the right to left difference in language. Anyways..I'd like to ask 2 questions now.
1- Is there an uninstallation guide or page.
2- I have another English forum on my site. I'd like to install zoints there. Coulld I use the same token I did with the Arabic forum or would I need a different one?
Thanks

[Strike3ForumsMH]

No problem Haytham. To answer your first question regarding uninstalling Zoints, please view this page:

http://zoints.com/docs/zoints-local/uninstalling/

As for installing Zoints elsewhere, you do need to have a separate token/authentication key as those are kept unique to a particular forum.

- Reid

[Mrdby]

3.6.7???

[Mrdby]

You will need to CHMOD the following directory to "777" (World writable).

User Directory (Styles, Images, etc)Path on filesystem /**/local/home/***/***.net/forum/z/user
Writable? Not writable

so what file should i chmod?

[Mrdby]

Sorry, you must have javascript enabled to view this site. THIS MY PROBLEM? or the hack?

[Mrdby]

How about GUEST not being able to view profiles???? Must be registered!!ANYBODY?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Mrdby,

You will need to CHMOD the following directory to "777" (World writable).

User Directory (Styles, Images, etc)Path on filesystem /**/local/home/***/***.net/forum/z/user
Writable? Not writable


so what file should i chmod?
I believe Paul answered your question regarding this at network.zoints.com

Sorry, you must have javascript enabled to view this site. THIS MY PROBLEM? or the hack?
I am sorry, I don't really follow the question I did see you mention at the support site something in regards to Java correcting your problem (possibly an upgrade from 1.02 to 1.03.)

How about GUEST not being able to view profiles???? Must be registered!!ANYBODY?
And I answered this question over the support site as well.

- Reid

[Mrdby]

I got it now..lol thanks!!

[redtaz]

Uh i have a question in my Zoints when i went to my zoints and then settings on my site i used to be able to see the link to the Zoints Admin Area but now i cant? Any idea why? I need to get into my Zoints Admin CP. OK i found out the url to my Zoints Admin Cp but when i try to access it it says :
Zoints Message
You do not have sufficient privileges to view this page.
How can i fix this?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi redtaz,

As for your problem... hmm. Are you using the admin account that installed Zoints Local? If you're are not and cannot access that account for whatever reason, run this query where x is your userid:

UPDATE zp_user SET usergroup = usergroup | 8 WHERE userid = x

If you are using the correct account, log into your vB Admin CP, vB Options, Cookies and HTTP options, and under Cookie Domain Suggested Settings select .yourdomain.com and save.

If you're not comfortable using the last solution (I really can't vouch for it either way, it's just something I heard about in the past from a Zoints staff member and it can affect your logins if it isn't the case) and the first solution doesn't work or isn't applicable, please open up a support ticket at network.zoints.com

Thanks.

- Reid

[redtaz]

Hi redtaz,

As for your problem... hmm. Are you using the admin account that installed Zoints Local? If you're are not and cannot access that account for whatever reason, run this query where x is your userid:

UPDATE zp_user SET usergroup = usergroup | 8 WHERE userid = x

If you are using the correct account, log into your vB Admin CP, vB Options, Cookies and HTTP options, and under Cookie Domain Suggested Settings select .yourdomain.com and save.

If you're not comfortable using the last solution (I really can't vouch for it either way, it's just something I heard about in the past from a Zoints staff member and it can affect your logins if it isn't the case) and the first solution doesn't work or isn't applicable, please open up a support ticket at network.zoints.com

Thanks.

- Reid

To answer your first question yes i am using the admin account that installed Zoints and i tried the second thing which you said to do but it still didnt work :confused:

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi redtaz,

Please open a support ticket at network.zoints.com regarding your problem.
Thanks.

- Reid

[slinky]

Strike3 - is anyone of reasonable size using Zoints at this time? I wasn't too impressed with what I saw in the community section, especially the kind of forums there (anything with the word forex or other words in my spam filter don't thrill me.)

I bought a few copies and didn't get a chance to install because of some bug issues that concerned me. I've never received an update in the months I've had the autonomous version. But now with the sale and the question of direction (seems you're linked in if you want to use zoints) I'm seriously considering another route. Let me know if I can be convinced since you are closer to the source apparently. Thanks. :)

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Strike3 - is anyone of reasonable size using Zoints at this time? I wasn't too impressed with what I saw in the community section, especially the kind of forums there (anything with the word forex or other words in my spam filter don't thrill me.)

I bought a few copies and didn't get a chance to install because of some bug issues that concerned me. I've never received an update in the months I've had the autonomous version. But now with the sale and the question of direction (seems you're linked in if you want to use zoints) I'm seriously considering another route. Let me know if I can be convinced since you are closer to the source apparently. Thanks. :)
Hi slinky,

Our directory is full of a lot of junk and actually Doug (our new owner) has assigned a few of us to begin cleaning that up so I hope you don't take that as an honest view of what the Zoints network is like.

I can't speak for this entire list as I haven't checked it recently, but here is a list of Big-Boards sites who are Zoints enabled:
http://www.big-boards.com/kw/zoints/

As for your licenses, while we do not sell autonomous licenses anymore, we do honor them and support them. I haven't heard much in the way about them lately, but when we come out with our next update, autonomous packages will be updated as well (so you won't have to fear being locked into something that you paid to avoid.)

If you have any suggestions or lingering bugs, make sure to post them in our feedback and suggestions forum as we using that as a resource in determining what is critical for the next release.
http://network.zoints.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41

Thank you.

- Reid

[venomx]

Well i've installed evrything to the letter and it all seems to work fine except this can someone tell me how to fix it?



Link Your Account to Zoints
You are not currently linked to an account on Zoints.com. Click here to link your account. Linking will allow you to easily travel around communities on the internet and enjoy cool future features.

Zoints Message
The client forum is not configured properly.

Regards

I got the same problem. Have you fixed this? Someone help please? :confused:

[venomx]

Got it. I had to turn the forum on... doh!

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Sometimes the most frustrating problems are the easiest to solve.

Glad you figured it out venomx and welcome to Zoints.

- Reid

[lostgirl815]

About how much disk space would I need per board member for this - does anyone have a ballpark figure?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi lostgirl815,

By default, Zoints Local allots 10 MB per user but that's a controllable figure you can change as you need. With the photo album not functional to our standards though right now, your members really won't have much to upload to your server to drain space. For most installations and uses of Zoints Local, I would say that the disk usage is low .

- Reid

[lostgirl815]

Thanks very much for that excellent and helpful reply. :)

[dukegotgame]

it says i need javascript enabled to view it.. how do i do that? is that something i do within the forum admincp or is it something i need to do on my own cpu?

[dukegotgame]

Sorry, you must have javascript enabled to view this site. THIS MY PROBLEM? or the hack?

this is exactly my problem. how did you fix this?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hey dukegotgame,

Mrdby fixed his problem by disabling the header/footer as there was a Javascript conflict with Zoints and his forum style, I believe that was it anyway.

But a few of our engineers have responded back to your thread at the support forums, so please check that out.

http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?p=23597

Thanks.

- Reid

[rich-o-gram]

Hi, just a quick question

Step 4 - During the installation you will need to register your forum with Zoints to obtain a token and authentication key

Where do you enter the token and authentication key, as ive installed all of the required stuff but no where looks like its where you enter the keys. <- This has been solved now

Also on the forum I work for when I click the link to zoints profile from the original profile page it says can not find configuration file. http://www.meadowforum.com/z/?id=12


Dont worry now ive sorted it :]

Many thanks
Rich

[tsirung]

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in \z\includes\database.class.php on line 551

Also nothing happens during install when I'm on detail.php page, shows me a blank page!

[auctionguy]

Can you run this on 3.6.7??

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in \z\includes\database.class.php on line 551

Also nothing happens during install when I'm on detail.php page, shows me a blank page!
Hi tsirung,

If you haven't already, please open up a ticket at network.zoints.com with a temporary vB admin account and ftp account as a problem like that would best be solved if one of the engineers can take a look.

Thanks.

Can you run this on 3.6.7??
Hi auctionguy,

I have heard of a few issues regarding our tags system and 3.66/3.67, but as far as I know (with seeing it in action on 3.67 forums), the Zoints Profile System works just fine with the upgrade. Please let us know if you run into any trouble.

- Reid

[IMPAQ]

Thanks for making this "local". It's an awesome addition to our humble forum. :)

[MacNTrix]

So is it true that we can no longer purchase a license to use Zoints on our server in isolation mode? I hate knowing this may be true. I only recently even discovered it.. found that the profile allowances are vastly superior to anything else i found.. only to discover that you have to be remain part of a networked 'collective' due to the selling of this plugin back in january/february.

Please tell I am mistaken. :(

[ChurchMedia]

So is it true that we can no longer purchase a license to use Zoints on our server in isolation mode? I hate knowing this may be true. I only recently even discovered it.. found that the profile allowances are vastly superior to anything else i found.. only to discover that you have to be remain part of a networked 'collective' due to the selling of this plugin back in january/february.

Please tell I am mistaken. :(

That was my understanding when I suggested ways to hack Zoints to disable parts of Zoints that either lead people away from your site or don't fit in with your site. At this point I would pull the hack but a lot of my members are using the features. As a matter of integrity, I haven't altered the Zoints hack. However, I haven't run across any other FREE hacks I can think of in all my years of modifying VB that don't allow you to make your own customizations to their code (aside from not removing copyright notices, of course). Seems really silly to me. We're allowed to modify our PAID vBulletin scripts all we want, but Zoints won't let us modify their FREE plug-in? I don't get it, but I'll follow the rules -- but they should reconsider. Someone else will eventually come up with something similar with no restrictions.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thanks for making this "local". It's an awesome addition to our humble forum. :)
That's great to hear IMPAQ, thanks. We appreciate the feedback. :)

So is it true that we can no longer purchase a license to use Zoints on our server in isolation mode? I hate knowing this may be true. I only recently even discovered it.. found that the profile allowances are vastly superior to anything else i found.. only to discover that you have to be remain part of a networked 'collective' due to the selling of this plugin back in january/february.

Please tell I am mistaken. :(
No, you are correct. But the selling of Zoints wasn't the reason for doing so, the previous ownership put the sell of them on hold where it has remain. I really don't know if or when they will be put back up for sell, but if they are, I guarantee that I will notify the vBulletin.org community when I see first word of it, because obviously you are not the first one to question this.

I am sorry we can't meet your needs currently.

That was my understanding when I suggested ways to hack Zoints to disable parts of Zoints that either lead people away from your site or don't fit in with your site. At this point I would pull the hack but a lot of my members are using the features. As a matter of integrity, I haven't altered the Zoints hack. However, I haven't run across any other FREE hacks I can think of in all my years of modifying VB that don't allow you to make your own customizations to their code (aside from not removing copyright notices, of course). Seems really silly to me. We're allowed to modify our PAID vBulletin scripts all we want, but Zoints won't let us modify their FREE plug-in? I don't get it, but I'll follow the rules -- but they should reconsider. Someone else will eventually come up with something similar with no restrictions.
I don't know if it was a mis-understanding due to something I wrote to you or someone else, but Zoints is 100% fine with any customization as long as those customizations do not alter the networking features and links, as well as the Zoints copyright. Now I am sure I am generalizing a bit too much here, but given our forums for just block development and modifications, obviously we encourage the talents of forum owners apart of our community. If you have questions regarding potential customizations you would like to make, just to make sure they are align with the rules (which in all likelihood they are), please PM me here or open up a support ticket at network.zoints.com. But again, in general, the only limitations to forum owners is restricting the removal of branding (unless they paid for it of course) and becoming autonomous from the network. I apolgize if you understood otherwise.

- Reid

[anarx]

Holy Shit, awesome mod!!!

[AuroraStorm]

When I click a member's profile, I get a blank screen...why is that happening?

Now I'm getting "page not found"...it's like it's not connecting...

[IMPAQ]

Unfortunately, I had to uninstall this.

It doesn't play well with vB Ad Management (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131150) and the ad management system is a must have for me. Maybe when the two work out the kinks, I'll revisit it.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

When I click a member's profile, I get a blank screen...why is that happening?

Now I'm getting "page not found"...it's like it's not connecting...
Without getting more details AuroraStorm, I can't be of much assistance. Please open a support ticket at network.zoints.com and provide the link to your forums (if we need to progress further after that, we can then do so more easily.)

Thank you.

- Reid

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Unfortunately, I had to uninstall this.

It doesn't play well with vB Ad Management (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131150) and the ad management system is a must have for me. Maybe when the two work out the kinks, I'll revisit it.
Hi IMPAQ,

I am sorry to hear about that conflict, if you or anyone else works out the kinks, let us and the rest of the Zoints download community know here as I am sure others have suffered that as well.

- Reid

[Rouzbeh1]

was there a workaround for the problem with vb3.6.7?
it shows that the mode is turned off!!

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Rouzbeh1,

Did you recently change servers, database settings or forum folder location in addition to updating to 3.67? Often times that message is caused by a change such as that. I haven't heard much in the way of errors like this with 3.67 being the culprit (for Zoints Local), but if that is the case, please open up a ticket at network.zoints.com because we will most certainly have to take a peak in for you.

Thanks.

- Reid

[Xil Ze]

are there fees involved with this? or is an "autonomous" license the only charge?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

are there fees involved with this? or is an "autonomous" license the only charge?
Hi Xil Ze,

There are absolutely no fee's attached to Zoints Local. Currently, we only offer one optional cost download which is the ability to remove the branding from your installation, the Autonomous version is not available for purchase at this moment. But you can download Zoints Local from this thread here (the install package and the product), to add to your forum without ever having to expect to pay a dime for use of it.

- Reid

[boweso]

How do you delete styles?

[Xil Ze]

Hi Xil Ze,

There are absolutely no fee's attached to Zoints Local. Currently, we only offer one optional cost download which is the ability to remove the branding from your installation, the Autonomous version is not available for purchase at this moment. But you can download Zoints Local from this thread here (the install package and the product), to add to your forum without ever having to expect to pay a dime for use of it.

- Reid
what's up with all the moaning then? i've read bits and pieces of it. does zoints limit template and image changes?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

How do you delete styles?
Hi boweso,

So do you want to remove all of the default styles that Zoints Local comes with or just select default styles?

what's up with all the moaning then? i've read bits and pieces of it. does zoints limit template and image changes?
Hi Xil Ze,

Zoints allows for a lot of customization. You can change all the images that it comes with to customized or newly created ones and the amount that Zoints is integrated to your forums through the template system is up your discretion (some might just have the navbar links, or just a link in the postbit, whatever they choose to implement or not.) You can develop your own blocks for it and manage how the profiles will display for your members in many regards. What Zoints does not allow is the removal of the copyrights and the branding (unless you purchase it) or the networking features and that is where the bulk of the complaints comes from. Not everyone is willing to be apart of the network just to use Zoints, which is fine of course but those are the feelings they have about the product. Of course there are many forums who are fine with it and many who enjoy being apart of the network. Different strokes for different folks as they say.

I hope this helps.

- Reid

[Gholsie]

I turned this off... I can't figure out how to turn it back on. If I go to the products and plugins, it looks like it's all enabled. I get this error:


This installation of Zoints has been turned off.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Gholsie,

Login to your vBulletin Admin CP, go to vBulletin Options, then Zoints Profile Options and from there make sure at the first option on the screen "Enable The Profile System" is set to yes and click save. That isn't the issue, but just something you should check so when it is working, it is working for your members.

Next, go to /z/ or your Zoints Local location from there click Settings, then click Zoints Admin Area and then at Zoints Profile System Status make sure it is set to Activated and click save. If this doesn't work, likely the problem is a little bit more deep-rooted and I would suggest opening up a ticket at network.zoints.com.

Hopefully this helps though.

- Reid

[yahoooh]

any update?

[EvilKitty]

Okay, there's way too many posts in this thread for me to trudge through.

Lets say i only had one skin for my forum upon Zoints install and i'm working on integrating a second skin now - when i switch to using the second skin, as soon as i go to my Zoints profile it reverts to the first skins header and footer.

Is there a way to fix this?

[Alexvanleeuwen]

I have installed it and it is brilliant!! but in my profile i cant see the uploaded pictures??

[Kohhal]

Uninstalled due to lack of development and pending vBulletin Social Networking release. It's good but I think you guys dropped the ball at a crucial time in vBulletin forum history. (maybe dchapman saw it coming...?)

[Strike3ForumsMH]

any update?
Hi there yahoooh,

Zoints is a pretty big project, especially for one that had a staff who either left due to the stress and exhaustion a few months ago as well as some who simply became inactive over time. We had to get out customer support back strong, which I believe we have, and as of late we have been adding onto the staff and developing a roadmap of where we should head. A Zoints Local update is very important for us to release out to you guys, the public, and we have a whole list of features and bugs we would like to fix.... it's just an issue of getting the engineers together to get it done. This is a priority and I know its been something we've said for awhile, but we're hoping its sooner than later as it is one of our very top priorities. If I can say something a bit more solid, I will as soon as I am able to.

Thanks for your patience.

Okay, there's way too many posts in this thread for me to trudge through.

Lets say i only had one skin for my forum upon Zoints install and i'm working on integrating a second skin now - when i switch to using the second skin, as soon as i go to my Zoints profile it reverts to the first skins header and footer.

Is there a way to fix this?
Hi EvilKitty,

So let me get this straight, you are talking about vBulletin styles and not Zoints styles, correct? If so, the problem is that you're using style 2 for vBulletin and when going to a Zoints profile you then see style 1 for vBulletin, it goes back to it, is that right? If so, ensure you haven't used custom header foot information (which would lock you into using that particular style information on a Zoints profile by going to you /z/ install, then settings, then Zoints Admin Settings and see whether "Header and Footer" or "Other" is selected. If you are using the "Header and Footer" feature and this result is persistent, please open up a support ticket at network.zoints.com. I don't know if this has an effect or not (I don't think it does), but make sure the vBulletin Style is available for user selection.

Thanks and I hope we can resolve this.

I have installed it and it is brilliant!! but in my profile i cant see the uploaded pictures??
Hi Alexvanleeuwen,

Did you chmod 777 the user folder? If not, that could be the problem. If that fix is not correct, open up a ticket at network.zoints.com as we might need to look at your setup and files for you Zoints Local install.

Thanks.


Uninstalled due to lack of development and pending vBulletin Social Networking release. It's good but I think you guys dropped the ball at a crucial time in vBulletin forum history. (maybe dchapman saw it coming...?)
Hi MasterG,

I appreciate the comments about Zoints and I can understand the frustration. No one on this team has wanted to halt development and it never really has been halted, it just seems that way. Think of it like a group of people on a ship, but all of a sudden the ship disappears and the people remain.... in the middle of the ocean, we lost something we depended on (the ship) and we have to think together of something that will save us and get us back on solid ground (of course we would swim to the nearest island and coconut boat here we come). The sell of Zoints shook things up obviously and we lost people that we really relied on, like the aforementioned dchapman (David.) We're ambitious, and a few months ago considering the active staff we had, with people like myself taking on new roles, we were setup to be too ambitious for the manpower we had at the time. Like I mentioned before, we have been retooling the staff and really focusing on our future direction and our development. David however did not leave for any reason as you mentioned, that man poured his heart and soul into this project more than anyone and was simply exhausted and wanting to get to a state of normalcy again. Really, I haven't ever seen someone so dedicated to an project as he was. He still believes in Zoints and assists when needed and we still try to keep his values and principles in mind as that is what we believe in as well.

Currently, I am on vacation (and have been for a few days) so that is why the response time here has been a bit lacking and I do apologize for it. I also apologize for the slow moving development but we really are working towards it as I wouldn't be working here and on network.zoints.com (along with the rest of our staff) if this was a dead project with no future. We want to keep you guys happy, because frankly, we're forum owners as well (the majority anyway) and we would love a new release of Zoints Local to our forums.

- Reid

[Alexvanleeuwen]

Hi Alexvanleeuwen,

Did you chmod 777 the user folder? If not, that could be the problem. If that fix is not correct, open up a ticket at network.zoints.com as we might need to look at your setup and files for you Zoints Local install.

Thanks.

Yes i did, but i am missing the file of the photo album .php??

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Yes i did, but i am missing the file of the photo album .php??
Oh that explains it. Currently Alex, we don't have a photo album (we did before, but it wasn't up to our standards) so that is used a placeholder or for integration with another platform. If you go to dev.zoints.com, I believe there are photo solutions for you to check out that would allow for your members to show pictures and such.

Sorry about the mis-understanding.

- Reid

[Alexvanleeuwen]

oke photoalbum is sloved, but in de normal blog screen you also have to be able to ad your picture and he doesnt doe that either. and the user file in z is 777

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hmmm, if you give me some time I could poke around, but for a problem like that if you want it resolved more quickly I would suggest opening up a ticket at network.zoints.com.

Thanks Alex.

- Reid

[BETIServices]

Well, I hope you continue with the project... one think stop me from installing was been afraid that the developement stop and we leave all users without the option provided. Today I installed and I hope it will continue.

Thanks for the feedback :)

[keyness]

Does network system include all forums which are registered in zoints or we can use it for our forums alone?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Well, I hope you continue with the project... one think stop me from installing was been afraid that the developement stop and we leave all users without the option provided. Today I installed and I hope it will continue.

Thanks for the feedback :)
Hi BETIServices,

Thanks for joining Zoints! If development is ever halted, I promise I will notify you all directly here as we would never want to leave our community of forum owners in the dark.

Does network system include all forums which are registered in zoints or we can use it for our forums alone?
Hey there keyness,

You would be joining the Zoints network but as a Zoints Local network. What that means is while there is integration to Zoints in the sense of links and your members being able to search the Zoints Network, only your forum members can communicate with one another directly through your forum, for them to communicate with others they would need to sign up at Zoints.com or another Zoints Local install. By default, when searching using Zoints Local 1.03, the feature "Search Only This Community" is checked on for them. I believe what you are looking for is an autonomous version, which we have not been selling for a few months for now.

I hope this answers your question, if not, please rephrase. :)

Thanks.

- Reid

[keyness]

Thanks for prompt reply :)

[RvG2]

I have lost "My Profile" link in the postbit section after adding a points system.

Kindly can you tell me where I can find that "code" to add it back manually?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thanks for prompt reply :)
Your welcome keyness, it's the least I can try to do for you all.

- Reid
I have lost "My Profile" link in the postbit section after adding a points system.

Kindly can you tell me where I can find that "code" to add it back manually?
No problem RvG2, to get the postbit link back on your forums, edit either the postbit or the postbit legacy (depending on which you use) like so:


Edit template: postbit
================================================== =========================
FIND
================================================== =========================
<div>
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
================================================== =========================
ADD BELOW
================================================== =========================
<if condition="$show['zointsprofile']">
<div><a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$post[userid]" target="_blank">$vboptions[zointsprofile_postbit]</a></div>
</if>
================================================== =========================

================================================== =========================


Edit template: postbit_legacy
================================================== =========================
FIND
================================================== =========================
<div>
$vbphrase[posts]: $post[posts]
</div>
================================================== =========================
ADD BELOW
================================================== =========================
<if condition="$show['zointsprofile']">
<div><a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$post[userid]" target="_blank">$vboptions[zointsprofile_postbit]</a></div>
</if>
================================================== =========================

================================================== =========================

I hope this works for you.

- Reid

[RvG2]

Thank you so much Reid!

Appreciated :)

[silence88]

Hey bro all working fine.

Got one question.

In forums itself you can click on usercp right and edit profile. how can i link the edit profile to zoints profile FOR ALL REGISTRERED USERS is their anyway ?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thank you so much Reid!

Appreciated :)
Glad to be a help.

Hey bro all working fine.

Got one question.

In forums itself you can click on usercp right and edit profile. how can i link the edit profile to zoints profile FOR ALL REGISTRERED USERS is their anyway ?
Hi silence88,

Just to make sure what you are talking about, on the User CP drop down and on the User CP page itself, you want to replace them with the link to the Zoints profile? I would suggest leaving a link on the User CP page to the vbulletin edit profile, but I think I can write up a quick little tutorial to do the manual editing for what you mentioned.

Let me know.

- Reid

[AuroraStorm]

For some strange reason, we were not able to integrate Zoints to my forum, but I wanted people to know that the staff worked real hard to fix this and even though it didn't work, they did an awesome job...

[silence88]

Hi silence88,

Just to make sure what you are talking about, on the User CP drop down and on the User CP page itself, you want to replace them with the link to the Zoints profile? I would suggest leaving a link on the User CP page to the vbulletin edit profile, but I think I can write up a quick little tutorial to do the manual editing for what you mentioned.


Here added image.

ITs dutch. i want to link ::gebruikersinstellingen=usercp:: to :: Zoints profile::

Else you have a vb profile + zointsprofile = 2 profiles lol. i actually only want 1 so i choose zoints due vb has limited options.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

For some strange reason, we were not able to integrate Zoints to my forum, but I wanted people to know that the staff worked real hard to fix this and even though it didn't work, they did an awesome job...
We really appreciate that AuroraStorm. I apologize that we couldn't get Zoints working properly on your forum, but hopefully and thanks to you working with the staff, we can correct the problem that your forum faced so not only your forums but other forums can benefit.

Thanks for the feedback, because we do really try to support Zoints Local the best we can.

- Reid

Here added image.

ITs dutch. i want to link ::gebruikersinstellingen=usercp:: to :: Zoints profile::

Else you have a vb profile + zointsprofile = 2 profiles lol. i actually only want 1 so i choose zoints due vb has limited options.
Ah ok silence88, I see what you're saying. This is using my personal site's style so if there are any noticeable differences in the code (which I don't think there should be), just do a little compare to how other links are structured in that User CP dropdown on your site.

Log-in to your vBulletin AdminCP, go to your Style Manager, click Navigation/Breadcrumb Templates, then click navbar, save the information to a text file (in case this doesn't work for whatever reason, so the file is there for your convenience.) From there, find:

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>

Replace with this:

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_profile]</a>
</td></tr>

Edit the phrase if you would like to change the text that is displayed.

Thanks for explaining that a bit more.

- Reid

[iogames]

I've been waiting for month for someone to make me a Professional installation of Zoints in my board, where can I get someone?

[silence88]

hey dude me again it didnt find

::::::
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>

[axi]

can anyone please script me the popup code so i can add it into the quick links menu instead????

[Strike3ForumsMH]

I've been waiting for month for someone to make me a Professional installation of Zoints in my board, where can I get someone?
Hi IO,

I just saw the PM you sent me today and will be responding to it soon. That really isn't my area to cover (if you mean beyond a standard installation), so I need to check with the higher-ups.

Thanks for your patience.

hey dude me again it didnt find


::::::
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]"><a href="profile.php?$session[sessionurl]do=editprofile">$vbphrase[edit_profile]</a></td></tr>
Hmmm, sorry about that silence88. In that template, could you scroll to the bottom to the usercp menu tools (that's not the exact name, but there you should see recognizable links to User CP dropdown elements) and see if you can find something along those lines? Like I said, my forum's style could differ so it might not be coded exactly the same. If you can't solve it, open up a ticket at network.zoints.com with your forum address, and a temporary admin account details for your forums that has style/template permissions and I, or someone else, should be able to help you out.

can anyone please script me the popup code so i can add it into the quick links menu instead????

Hi axi,

Are you speaking of the Zoints dropdown menu for the navbar?

- Reid

[axi]

Hi axi,

Are you speaking of the Zoints dropdown menu for the navbar?

- Reid

yes that is the one!!
i'd appreciate it if you or someone can make me a code so the popup shows up in quicklinks instead of a seperate link popup in nav

[Strike3ForumsMH]

yes that is the one!!
i'd appreciate it if you or someone can make me a code so the popup shows up in quicklinks instead of a seperate link popup in nav
That shouldn't be too much of a problem axi.

Login to your vBulletin Admin CP, click on the Style Manager and click Edit Templates on whichever style you want to edit. As always, with any template you are going to edit (if customized in any way either by you or a skin designer), save it in advance. Go to the template where your User CP is listed (for most, it's under Navigation/Breadcrumb Templates, then navbar) and from there look for a line like:
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

A line like this below should follow it.

<tr><td class="thead">$vbphrase[quick_links]</td></tr>

I am on vB 3.64 with a lot of customizations, so that might not be exact, but looking for that phrase and checking to see if the link structure in the code is what is displayed for your quick links will give you an idea if you are are at the right place. And from there, below the top code, add this (or wherever you think it's best suited):

<tr><td class="thead">$vboptions[zointsprofile_title]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=home">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_homepage]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_profile]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=contacts">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_network]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]search.php">$vbphrase[search]</a>
</td></tr>

If this works for you, you likely do not want to have it appear elsewhere on the navbar. So again from your vBulletin Admin CP, go to vBulletin Options, Zoints Profile Options, and set Automatic Template Edits to NO. This means you will have to look at the readme file that comes with the vB product for Zoints Local to add back in what you need (such as postbit link.)

I hope this helps you out, again, make sure to save in advance so you can revert without worry. If you have troubles, open up a ticket at network.zoints.com with a temporary admin account with style permissions and I should be able to get it done (like I mentioned, it's hard to know all the style differences when listing code like this.)

- Reid

[gothicuser]

Has there been any movement forward in using the database to store the member data rather than many hundreds of folders?
We (and many others, fact) have not been able to use this mod simply because we are hosted on a server with safemode=on and are discriminated against by some coders that refuse to recognise our plight as being relevant.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Has there been any movement forward in using the database to store the member data rather than many hundreds of folders?
We (and many others, fact) have not been able to use this mod simply because we are hosted on a server with safemode=on and are discriminated against by some coders that refuse to recognise our plight as being relevant.
To be honest, unless it was being spoken about in jargon that I just don't understand, I don't believe there has been. I wasn't even aware of the problem, but then again I am not an engineer for Zoints. This definitely sounds like a problem that needs to be resolved in the future, could you please post this same message here (you will need to register if you haven't):

http://network.zoints.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41

That way, I will be able to suggest that for future development (which is a bit more my forte) and have an actual forum owner such as yourself who is interested to back that suggestion. Of course I am suggesting it no matter what, but hopefully that would help push the engineers to working on it if it's a possibility. Anyone else who has been limited from using Zoints for the reason gothicuser has mentioned, I would suggest doing the same.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

- Reid

[gothicuser]

This definitely sounds like a problem that needs to be resolved in the future, could you please post this same message here (you will need to register if you haven't):

http://network.zoints.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41

- Reid
Thankyou for the very prompt reply.
I have posted it there, many times over the past year in fact, just to be told initially that yes, it would be sorted by the next release, then yes, it would be sorted in the future then hmmmm, dunno!! and finally to be ignored. So literally any response is a step forward :D

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thankyou for the very prompt reply.
I have posted it there, many times over the past year in fact, just to be told initially that yes, it would be sorted by the next release, then yes, it would be sorted in the future then hmmmm, dunno!! and finally to be ignored. So literally any response is a step forward :D
Ah, then probably a good bulk of those responses were under the previous ownership. I have to imagine the engineers who remained onboard will be reminded of this with just my message to them alone.

Like I said, I really can't speak to whether it's doable and if so, will it get done.... but I will make an effort for you and anyone else who would like to see this.

And I apologize if your requests have gone unnoticed over your last few attempts.

- Reid

[silence88]

Hmmm, sorry about that silence88. In that template, could you scroll to the bottom to the usercp menu tools (that's not the exact name, but there you should see recognizable links to User CP dropdown elements) and see if you can find something along those lines? Like I said, my forum's style could differ so it might not be coded exactly the same. If you can't solve it, open up a ticket at network.zoints.com with your forum address, and a temporary admin account details for your forums that has style/template permissions and I, or someone else, should be able to help you out.






hey m8 i found this.

<if condition="$show['member']">
<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[user_cp]</a></td>
</if>


<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">

[Strike3ForumsMH]

hey m8 i found this.

<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
There you go, that should be the one silence. There should also be an open table code below that (somewhat like this, but I imagine it might be different due to styles: " <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0"> ") so just add the code I provided a few posts back with the Zoints info below where the table should open and you should be fine. If not, let me know and we can take it to a ticket status at network.zoints.com where I should be able to help you.

- Reid

[silence88]

There you go, that should be the one silence. There should also be an open table code below that (somewhat like this, but I imagine it might be different due to styles: " <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0"> ") so just add the code I provided a few posts back with the Zoints info below where the table should open and you should be fine. If not, let me know and we can take it to a ticket status at network.zoints.com where I should be able to help you.

- Reid

So i replace this one

<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

FULLY WITH THIS ONE :

<tr><td class="vbmenu_option" align="$stylevar[left]">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_profile]</a>
</td></tr>

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Silence88, this should help below.
(Remember to save the original first.)

Find:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

BELOW it add:

<tr><td class="thead">$vboptions[zointsprofile_title]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=home">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_homepage]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_profile]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=contacts">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_network]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]search.php">$vbphrase[search]</a>
</td></tr>

If you're still having trouble or need something else in regards to this, don't hesitate to ask.

- Reid

[silence88]

Silence88, this should help below.
(Remember to save the original first.)

Find:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- user cp tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="usercptools_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">

BELOW it add:

<tr><td class="thead">$vboptions[zointsprofile_title]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=home">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_homepage]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_profile]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]?id=$bbuserinfo[userid]&g=contacts">$vbphrase[zointsprofile_my_network]</a>
</td></tr>
<tr><td class="vbmenu_option">
<a href="$vboptions[zointsprofile_zurl]search.php">$vbphrase[search]</a>
</td></tr>

If you're still having trouble or need something else in regards to this, don't hesitate to ask.

- Reid

Sh*t why all these dont work. apparently im doing somthing wrong i think. How can i let you guys do it ?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi again Silence88,

Open a support ticket at network.zoints.com with details included of a temporary admin account on your vBulletin with style permissions and I'll see what I can do. If you want to mention in the ticket that you would like my help, that would help keep the other staff from getting on it if you don't want to have to explain what you want again.

Oh and make sure you have the original saved back in and not the modified version that doesn't work.

Thanks.

[taumau]

i try to instal but:

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1054/bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbiw8.png

can anyone help me plz

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Taumau,

Please PM me with your forum's url and your registered name at Zoints.com (the one that got the token and key) so I can find your info and send back to you to see if that corrects it.

Thanks.

[Keyser S?ze]

i was using this and it works great, but i moved to a new server and see the thing points to "home3/..." but now my forum dir is home/......

how do i change it so it works again, i am afraid to just install over it as i dont want to loose any data

[SuthernKumfort]

i was using this and it works great, but i moved to a new server and see the thing points to "home3/..." but now my forum dir is home/......

how do i change it so it works again, i am afraid to just install over it as i dont want to loose any data

Try posting this question over at www.network.zoints.com They are very helpful there and should be able to answer your question!

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hey Keyser,

Was this solved? A problem exactly like that was solved today by Danny (the user posted it as Captain Jack), so I am assuming that it was corrected. If not, let me know.

- Reid

[Defkalion]

This is a great add-on fellows, but it seems to produce a serious problem when users do not have usernames in other languages than english. The exact message Zoints produces when you try to visit a user's profile when he uses diferrent characters than english is;

As xxxxxxxx user has special characters in their username, they must first access their profile and update their name before you will be able to view it, where xxx is the username of this user.

Can there be any fix for this? It's too bad if it can't be used except english forums only :(

Defkalion.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi Defkalion,

It can be used with non-english forums, but the problem lies with the different characters sets forcing users too change the name to something allowable. I did a bit of searching and this problem has came up in the past, to no solution. I know the engineers would like to make this more accessible in other languages so I am going to be notifying them of this problem to add to the list of things to correct or possibly find a hotfix for.

- Reid

[Defkalion]

Thanks Reid, I appreciate your help.

[ericho]

I just wanted to say how delighted I am with Zoints as a company and as a product.

Their customer service is the best I have ever experienced, professional, quick and efficient. They solve problems with perseverance, determination and friendliness.

Their editor is really easy to use and the interface is appealing and adaptable.

My site is almost ready to be launched and I feel confident our members will be thoroughly delighted by being able to build their own mini-websites that are easily configured to suit their own desires....I Highly RECOMMEND Zoints and continue to be amazed that we can get this amazing mod FREE!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Richardson

[DoB Rhapsody]

Well, I'm loving this mod. I'm almost ready to release it on my board but I see one tiny problem. There is no clear or obvious way to easily go back and edit your "forum profile options". The only way i've seen is to click "edit avatar" in settings. Am I missing something? If not can you explain to me how to add another link in settings which users can click to view the old profile and update as they like.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Thanks Reid, I appreciate your help.
No problem at all Defkalion.

I just wanted to say how delighted I am with Zoints as a company and as a product.

Their customer service is the best I have ever experienced, professional, quick and efficient. They solve problems with perseverance, determination and friendliness.

Their editor is really easy to use and the interface is appealing and adaptable.

My site is almost ready to be launched and I feel confident our members will be thoroughly delighted by being able to build their own mini-websites that are easily configured to suit their own desires....I Highly RECOMMEND Zoints and continue to be amazed that we can get this amazing mod FREE!

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Richardson
We really appreciate it that you notice Elizabeth as we do try our best. I am missionhockey21 from the support side, the guy poking around to fix the style for Zoints Local, and it was a pleasure to help your community get up and going.

Well, I'm loving this mod. I'm almost ready to release it on my board but I see one tiny problem. There is no clear or obvious way to easily go back and edit your "forum profile options". The only way i've seen is to click "edit avatar" in settings. Am I missing something? If not can you explain to me how to add another link in settings which users can click to view the old profile and update as they like.
Hi DoB Rhapsody,

I would suggest starting a thread at network.zoints.com as I would probably not be the best person to help you do this properly. The engineers have a much better understanding of how to implement something like that (or at least better than I do) and hopefully they can quickly help you.

- Reid

[slinky]

Strike3 - your work here is definitely nice to see. Unfortunately every since David was bought out, Zoints became the graveyard most of us anticipated. The Autonomous licenses I bought sit on the side with the same bugs they always had and I haven't seen an update come out in a long, long time. I'm hesitant to install because I'd rather have a running forum than one that functions only some of the time. Has anyone been using it consistently for vb 3.6.x and 3.6.8? I need to add in extra functionality shortly and this is one of those decisions. Thanks.

[ianwilcox]

For some reason i get this in the top right hand corner: 

Anyone know what it could be ?

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Strike3 - your work here is definitely nice to see. Unfortunately every since David was bought out, Zoints became the graveyard most of us anticipated. The Autonomous licenses I bought sit on the side with the same bugs they always had and I haven't seen an update come out in a long, long time. I'm hesitant to install because I'd rather have a running forum than one that functions only some of the time. Has anyone been using it consistently for vb 3.6.x and 3.6.8? I need to add in extra functionality shortly and this is one of those decisions. Thanks.
Hi slinky,

Well first off, I appreciate that quite a bit. As for your concerns, I do remember seeing your name in connection to the autonomous version having some bugs. As you and others deserve to know, I have been talking about Zoints releasing a new version for awhile now and working with a lot more of the marketing issues and idea creation for future releases, that has been true, recently however our engineers have determined a set group of features to add on to a new version as well as a thread documenting all known bugs. I really can't speak to a time line or divulge the information to it as I can't guarantee it as I don't want to put the engineers on the spot, but we're closer than ever. I know the development has been frustrating but we're hoping that will change. I can't remember if it was you or someone else but it seemed like someone mentioned there was problems specific to the autonomous versions (whether it was true or not, I don't remember), but if you can please make a topic in the feedback forum at the support side detailing any bugs you have (again), it would help to hopefully ensure those will get corrected. Like I said, I am pretty familiar with your name so you might of already done this so if so, just humor me as I will then link the engineers to that topic.

http://network.zoints.com/forumdisplay.php?f=41

I apologize for the frustrations you've had and hopefully we can work towards relieving them.

For some reason i get this in the top right hand corner: 

Anyone know what it could be ?
Hi ianwilcox,

If could be due to code in your style. Go to your Zoints installation, click Zoints Admin Area, at the Header and Footer setting click Other and from there click None to both of the choices that show up (this will show the default Zoints style without influence from your forum's) and tell me if the problem still persists, if it doesn't, it's something to do with your style.

- Reid

[slinky]

Thanks for your comments strike3. Unfortunately I'm at the point where I can't even install the zoints version that is up there right now. I've got the dreaded administrative necessity error right after step 1 of the install and see no .php file created in my include folder. Tried everything and it seems I'm far from the only person with this problem, which has been lingering for months. I've posted comments in the forums and a help ticket but haven't yet received a reply. I'm getting the general feeling that vbulletin owners are as excited about the future of zoints are are Kansas City Royals fans, by way of analogy...

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Hi again slinky,

I don't know if you missed it but I responded to your ticket about 6-6.5 hours ago and then one of our engineers, Danny, responded to it about ten minutes after I did as he is taking it on. He responded back that there were troubles logging in with the information you provided and is awaiting your response.

:)

- Reid

[slinky]

Thanks Reid - oddly enough it all worked for me so somehow what works for you works for you guys and vice versa, lol. Note that there are then "mistakes" in the installation instructions of your primary Zoints Local page at http://network.zoints.com/showthread.php?t=2179

Step 2 – Upload the /z/ folder to:

yourdomain.com/z/ or
subdomain.yourdomain.com/z/ or
yourdomain.com/forumdirectory/z/

It's been there for a very long time... Thanks again.

[Strike3ForumsMH]

Yeah, it perhaps isn't very crystal clear as the important detail is that the /z/ folder is installed to the forum's root directory. Thanks for pointing that out.

- Reid