When you visit other profiles you can press "Network with <Username>" and select a group (Family, Friends, Colleagues and Add Group).

Maybe it goes against the purpose, but was wondering if it was possible to remove the "add group" option and only make it possible for the admin(s) to add additional groups.

Other than that, keep up the excellent work!

Ah, I see what you're saying.

Yeah, we need all kinds of options like that so forum owners can easily contour minor aspects of the system. Things like that will be coming :)

i have so many questions, let me just get started with:

i registered on zoints using the forum owner link. where do i get the token / authentication key from?

do my members have to register on zoints to be able to have profiles like these? or how does it work.

when people click on the user names on my forum, will they still see the usual vbulletin profiles or will they see a zoint like profile once i'm completely finished.

Thanks a lot for this wonderful mod! It's so awesome!

I'm kind of a newbie at this .htaccess file change but i'm getting there. I've managed to fix other areas but i'm having trouble uploading a new block.
It gives me the 406 Not Acceptable error message. I've already added the .htaccess file into the z folder and to add to that I just added rewrite folder into the z folder but that wouldn't help either.

"Not Acceptable
An appropriate representation of the requested resource /forum/z/zadmin.php could not be found on this server."

That's the error message I receive. Do I need to add something to the existing .htaccess file that is not mentioned anywhere?

Feedback: You may want to give out more pointers on how to use .htaccess as that will allow users who don't know how to use the whole thing to be able to use this without having to ask for help :p lol.

Overall i'm very pleased with this mod! So awesome! If I could just get the ability to upload new blocks without that error message getting on my way then that would be wonderful!

Thanks :D

did you ever get a resolution for that?

what an awesome easy mod!!!!!!!!!

easy? i must just be one of the many unlucky ones that can't even get through the installation process.

and on the forums over there is no help for this problem i am having neither. just other's having the same problem and hardly any getting it fixed with the apparent fix for it. i'm about to go crazy over here.

^^ Sorry to hear about that, I know how it feels to have barriers in the way of a wonderful mod!

This 404 error is driving me nutz! This htaccess all in all should die lol I hate it. If only CHModding to 777 would solve all problems lol.

If you registered at http://zoints.com/forum.z then they should have been provided during the process. During the install, clicking on the token and auth key links will take you to zoints.com where they are shown to you.

No they don't. The profiles are on your forum.

That's up to you. There are options for both.

IF you turn the mod_rewrite option on then the only thing you do with .htaccess is upload the .htaccess file in the rewrite folder to /z/. You do NOT do anything else, you do not upload the entire rewrite folder, all you do is upload the .htaccess to /z/ and nothing else.

You're the first to ever report:

so I am a little confused there.

Can you fix the .htaccess file and then (if the problem still persists) walk me through exactly what is happening? Thanks.

Not yet, sorry.

Is that the issue you speak of above? Or are you experiencing something else?

well thanks for answering all my questions, that all just made this hack even more desirable for me, too bad there is absolutely no way of getting it to work on my server, as it seems.

but how come you guys deleted my ticket over at the zoints support site? right after i asked a new question?

is there no other way if installing it?

The ticket got deleted? We don't actually delete tickets, so I'm not sure what happened.

Please PM me here or over on http://network.zoints.com (same username) with your username (on Zoints so I can look for the ticket) and the exact issue you are having and I'll personally look into it.

Obviously we want this system to work for as many people as possible. There is a massive amount of code and we're quite pleased that is works on the vast majority of forums with no problems at all. We just have a few setups (ISAPI, strange mod_security settings, and safemode) that are causing us headaches right now.

Hi thanks for the reply.

Yes I have now removed the rewrite folder and the .htaccess is still in the z directory. mod_rewrite option is turned on. I still get the same error message.

What I do is go to my profile > settings > Zoints Admin Area > Pages > Upload New Block > browse for the block and select it then click Upload.

When I click upload then instead of going any further and SUCCESSFULLY uploading it, it gives me that sad 404 error message.

My .htaccess file as I've uploaded it contains:

I notice a "tour" there and I have no clue what that is about, for some reason mine doesn't have that. Could that be the cause of the problem? I mean me not having something relating to Pages section in the .htaccess file?
I haven't editted the .htaccess file even one bit, I just uploaded it as it came so I dunno why I don't have a "tours" section. Anyhow i'm not so worried about tours section as long as Zoints is able to function properly without it lol :D but if this Pages section could be resolved then that would be so wonderful.

Hey again DChapman, just wondering do you have a link where I can see the autonomous in action (preferably without having to create a new account or anything)

Any news on teaming up with vBlogetin?

thanks for the offer, i just wrote you that pm.

I don't think the issue you are experiencing is related to .htaccess, but let's try a few things. First of all, which new block are you trying to upload?

1. Go to /z/zadmin/php > change install settings and remove mod_rewrite. Then try to upload the new block and see if it works.

If no...

2. Upload all of your files again so we can make sure none didn't happen to get missed.

If still no...

3. If you would like to submit a support ticket to http://zoints.com/support.z with the following, we'll look into the issue for you:

1. A temp admin account
2. A temp FTP account
3. A link to this thread

Please be sure to give the temp admin account admin status on Zoints by going to /z/zadmin.php, searching for the user, and setting the permissions as admin.

Thank you.

http://forums.travel.com/z/Rik-Brown/

They could of course rename /z/ if they want, change the header however they want, etc etc etc.

Hi, thanks for the reply DChapman, unfortunately none of the suggestions worked so I've had to submit a support ticket.

The sad part is that I got the same error message upon trying to give an admin account admin rights with Zoints. As soon as I clicked on the admin's username it gave me that error. I'm starting to get really annoyed by this error message lol.

I hope the problem could be fixed :)

It turned out this was being caused by mod_security. If anyone else gets the same or a like error message, please add the following to your /z/ .htaccess file:

Yeheyyyyyy it works!!!!! Wooooooohooooooooo!!!

Thank You!!!! :D :D :D :D

SChweeeeeeeeettttt!!!! I knew it was the damned htaccess file. Curses on this htaccess system! CHModding and all other easier alternatives are way better!

Ok putting the excitement aside your responses were very fast and you have been a very big help! Thanks once again and I shall now start to configure this mod to the max.

Not making any guarantee's but the block building process looks rather cool so if there's anything not produced yet then I would like to give it a try and if I do i'll be sure to share it, after testing it of course.

This mod is no doubt got some wonderful potential! It says mod of the month at the top, well no doubt!! :D

Heheh, in the end, the culprit was mod_security. .htaccess actually let us work around the issue.

In case you haven't seen, the block development is going on at http://dev.zoints.com (and some pretty cool blocks have been made so far).

Yeah i'm tuned into that site and the moment I get free time i'll try to see if I can come up with something interesting as well :p I got an idea so far but i'll keep that in mind :D and if I can't output the idea into a block then i'll just put it through as a suggestion, at least that counts as a contribution, doesn't it? :p hehe.

Anyways keep up the awesome work, I have my doubts on any person being unhappy with the way you're handling responses. Awesome work! :D

If I may, I'd like to post a bit of a testimonial here regarding this mod:

Not only is this a very versatile, customizable, and feature-rich modification for vBulletin, but the developer support is incredible. I had a few small snags following the installation, and they were addressed and fixed rapidly - on a weekend. I never expected this level of support.

Highly recommended!

Yes have to agree a flawless install , really professional looking and awesome support

Installed it here www.acegames.us and my forum members absolutely love it

How about a block which has last XX Profile Visitors name and avatar in it..
Also maybe total profile hits stats in another box.

I still haven't bought this yet because I just wrecked my car and all my money going towards that problem now but hopefully DC and his staff can implement that block or someone else by the time I have enough money to buy the other version.

Please DC, add that block. I would pay extra just for that block.

Is there a german Version right now out? :)

I'm currently working on it.
All files are hard coded, no phrase support until version 1.1.0 - so please be patient :)

Okey.. im waiting :)

Nice job

I keep getting this

when trying to install, but my forum isnt installed in a forum directory, its installed on the domain.

Hello,

Just installed Zoints. the problem that i can't click on
action , style settings bottoms .. recieved java script avoid(o)

can any one help .?

thanx alot

Alzaabi

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What browser are you using? I think I've noticed this with IE 6.0. Firefox works. I've pointed out this issue, but I guess the solution is still in the works.

Oh man, that sucks, are you ok? One of our employees was in a serious accident a couple of weeks ago, so I feel your pain. I hope everything works out ok for you!

Anyway, a profile hits block would be super easy to make for any forum owner. Just cut and paste any code from a stat site into a custom block (or request it at http://dev.zoints.com)

As for the other block, that does indeed sound pretty cool :)

Step 1. Double check that all files are uploaded.

Step 2. Please go to /z/includes/localsettings.php and check what your $config['forum path'] is set to.

Step 3. If those two options don't resolve the problem, if you would like to submit a support ticket to http://zoints.com/support.z with the following, we'll look into the issue for you:

1. A temp admin account
2. A temp FTP account
3. A link to your issue in this thread.

Thank you.

That usually happens as a result of javascript conflict from a custom header. To check and see if that is the issue, please go to /z/zadmin.php and turn off the forum header/footer option then try again.

ya I am OK. Thank god I am alive and no one else was hurt. came from a party around 6AM and i think I was so tired that i fell asleep while driving and my car went through a pole, then a tree and finally a damn fence stopped it and the airbag woke me up. Amazing


anyway DC, someone already requested that feature on your dev board and that thread been up for about a week now and no one attended to it so do you mind doing it for me? Please I beg of you to do that block. I know I am not the only one who want something like that .


Thanks

hello,

thanx Dchapman u were right that was the problem .. any thing can resolve this other than turning off the header and footer ?

+ i started to get (invalid usage) msg when i try to click of the profile section ?

thanx alot for ur help

ALzaabi

The beta of that block is out. It's got a few minor bugs by the looks of it, but it'll get there.

The two options would be:

1. Troubleshoot what the javascript error is.

2. Try adding the header and footer via manual code input. A guide for that can be found here.

There isnt a localsettings.php file in the zip at all