It's done all on your site. When you install Zoints Local, additional userinfo tables are created in your database to hold the new data for the enhanced profiles. The network feature looks at these tables (not the default vBulletin user table) to see if the user exists...that is why some of your members may not be available. They must set up their profile first.

Again, all this is stored on your forum, your database.

The Zoints Local profile are absolutely on your site. If your site goes down, your profiles goes down. If you have a thing against quick comment boxes, your users will not be able to access them. There is a few interconnected items should a member choose to have an account at Zoints.com, but they are not forced to (and the one block that allows them to link their account can be disabled by you, only the branding and the Zoints navbar needs to remain as is.)

- Reid

The branding is not an issue. The "Interests" block links back to zoints. I wanted to just have them type their interests and be done with it but now I have to disable that so they are not leap frogged to another site when another user clicks on their interest. How do I just have a NON linked interest box?

Currently, as is, it is not possible with the current interests block. I really couldn't speak as to how you would accomplish it for just your forum, but I would imagine some database would need to be established that would house the interests. It would be possible, it's just not something available out of the box.

- Reid

I have figured out the "Save" option. I didn't see the "Go" button. Here is the new list of problems I have incured:

1) I do have a problem with saving my photo. I have increased the image file size in the admin section but it still will not allow me to upload an image that is well under the size requirement.

2) I also get "PM"s that do NOT show in the "PM" section of the navbar but when I load my Private Messages it is there. How do I get it to show in the navebar like regular pms do?

3) When I get new network requests from users and click on the link to add them the page loads and it says "No users awaiting approval." I talk to the the member and they send another request only for the same thing to happen. What do I do?

4) I disable the "Blog" and other features in the "Pages" portion of the admin but the "Blocks" still show on the Profile allowing the member to still use those features. How come the blocks don't disappear when I disable the feature via the "Pages" section?

5) How do I remove blocks not listed in the "Pages" section. I want to remove the "Chat" box so my sites members do not spend more time at their profile chatting rather than posting.

1.) Manually verify that the user directory (and all the folders under it) are properly chmodded to 777. Just because the user directory is chmodded, does not mean the individual users folders are too (I don't know why that happens, but for some it does). That's the most common cause of this issue.

2.) Do you have a customized navbar in anyway?

3.) This is a bug that a couple of forums seem to have, we've been working on fixing it. If you want, submit a ticket with us and we can work on this and any other problem in more detail.

4.) What "blocks"? If the page is disabled, they cannot access them, but if you are referring to blocks such as Recent Blog Entries, you need to disable them in addition to the pages. Both blocks and pages can be disabled. I can walk you though that if you would like.

5.) See above. In Zoints, click Settings, then click Zoints Admin Area. Click Pages and then for the page select Edit Block Layout and disable the blocks you do not wish members to have access to.

- Reid

Yes, I do have a custom navbar in responce to #2.

Also there is a navbar on the profile page that has the following links:
Profile | My Vehicle | Discussions | Network

How do I disable the discussions feature and remove the "Discussions" link?

I see you opened a ticket, so that would be best examined there (the navbar PM issue.)

As for the other, you need to diable the Discussions page. Go to your Zoints Local (/z/), click Settings, click Zoints Admin Area, click Pages and then select from the dropdown next to Discussions to make it Unavailable and click Go.

- Reid

that did the trick, thank you

No problemo, glad to be a help.

- Reid