I am 98% sure that is possible.

No, they don't.

Yes. All messaging uses the vBulletin PM system. While it does not presently display last logged, that can definitely be done. There is already a block that shows posts per day, number of posts, and other information that was in the default profile.

what about that?

Demo Information

Forum: http://zointsdemo.com/vbulletin/
Admin Panel: http://zointsdemo.com/vbulletin/z/zadmin.php
Login info: admin/admin

You can also create your own account and play with the profile system :)

To see how well people are starting to integrate vbulletin and profiles, see here:

Forum: http://www.writersbeat.com
Profile: http://www.writersbeat.com/z/DFischer/

what is social actions?

Looks great, I can't make the switch though as I can't afford to lose all the extra plugins I have installed on my current profile - I'm just not capable of 'converting' them to blocks. Real shame though, looks good. Also a shame that it doesn't allow for use of the vB buddy system - as I have other modifcations which do and maintaining two lists would be a pain. Also am I right in thinking the profiles can be installed for domain.com/username - without the /z/? Or is that not allowed?

I am a little confused. I am one of the 300 forums on zoints. I don't really understand if there are any benefits to going local. Is the future going towards localizing?

The main benefit is that you get to run all of the feature on your own site and add to it as you see fit. Basically some of the fears of passing people to another site go away with the benefit of more features and functions now and in the future.

I'm sure there's more reasons that I'm unaware of but if you're pleased with the current system, the functions and the way it works that might be a good option too.

Did you add it via the "Simple HTML block" area or did you upload it?

Yes, it has its own blog system :) A demo is linked in the first post and FAQ. Let me know if you have any other questions.

1. No, that doesn't matter. If you would have done it the other way around, it would have mattered though.

2. We provide an area in the zadmin panel you can spcify header information. Example of one implementation:

Forum: www.writersbeat.com
Profiles: http://www.writersbeat.com/z/DFischer/

Good to hear. If we can provide block standardization, that would be awesome for the community at large! :cool:

A social action is a simple way to send a message to someone. With a single click, you can message them with a poke, kiss, hug, etc.

1. Which other plugins?

2. What exactly does the vb buddy system do? I'm not familiar with it :(

3. Correct. Do to the interconnective nature of the system, there needs to be a small degree of standarization to avoid confusion for people traveling from site to site.

Well looks great, im not sure if I like it overriding the normal vB profile though.

I couldn't find where to configure. Does that mean configuring my personal Zoints space etc?

Edit: One of the things I didn't like is that I have alot of custom profile fields that weren't carried over to Zoints.

I hate to butt in...

2 - Nothing! Well, actually it does a bit. When a buddy is online, they are shown with a + in front of their name. It's more of a centralized location to view all of your buddies and PM them. Generally, it is put to far better use by a few plugins here. I'm sure you guys could come up with a way to synchronize them though if it becomes a popular request.

Thanks for the reply!

Here is my next issue. I already have one of my forums set up on zoints. I am attempting to do the "local" install for another one of my sites but I am getting this message during the install when I attempt to register:


If I own more than one forum, can I only register one?

Any chance we'll be able to add a footer in the future (so we can use a table or other semi-confined layout)?

The next product will allow mods/admin to access the default profile since there are some administrative features there. As for the other features, put a block request in at http://dev.zoints.com :)

When you import the vBulletin product in the vbulletin admincp, there will be settings in vbulletin options > Zoints Profile Options

Just to let you guys know, I just talked to an engineer and we're now in the process of writing a block that will automatically pull all custom profile fields :)

At present, we only support one forum per account (sorry, this is on our list of things to change). To register another one, simply logout at Zoints then go to http://zoints.com/forum.z

That will be in the next feature build. :)

Maybe this has been asked before but what is the 1% that goes on at zoints for the local version? If zoints.com is down how will that affect my members?

With all the constant changes in Vb code and hacks being supported and then not being supported I am EXTREMELY leery about installing a hack that not only relies on another site (Psionic Vision's vS-Hide Hack Resurrection rings a bell) but that would end up being such a big chunk of my site if I choose to go this route.

Just looking for some reassurances I guess. i see alot of detail about the nice features but not alot on the finer details.

Hello

Sir path write D:\Domains\herseyim.info\wwwroot\forum\upload
But next click Blank Page. No install
Please help...

If Zoints goes down, then global search will not work. As long as your members check the "search this community only" box when searching, then there will be no problem at all. And of course if they click a link to go to Zoints.com they'll get the message stating we're down.

Understandably. That's what is nice about this product. It is separate enough from vb's code where we can update for changes within minutes. And Zoints Inc. is a well funded corporation and this is one of our main products. We're not going anywhere :)

I'm more than happy to answer any additional questions you have.

Greetings,

Can you please submit a support ticket to http://zoints.com/support.z and:

1. Link to this post
2. Provide a temp admin and temp ftp account.

We'll then take a look for you. If you know how to turn on error reporting, that would be great too (please do that first).

As requested, a block that pulls all your custom profile fields is now available. Take a look. :cool:

This system is capable of doing pretty much whatever you want.

Ok I am submit this information you sport forum.
Thank you...

1.0 RC2 has been released. We're hopeful that the next release will be 1.0 Gold :)

Upgrade Instructions

1. Download the new zip file and overwrite the existing files

2. After uploading the new files, access /z/install/manager.php in your browser

3. Click "Upgrade Zoints" and then click on "1.0 RC2"

That's it! :)


Changelog

2006/11/07: 1.0 RC 2
* ImageMagick settings pulled from forums
* Fixed bug with cURL redundancy not returning proper data
* Fixed bug in CFPLS handler
* Can now properly add custom blocks for other tabs
* Search age bug
* Quick Comments block fix
* Media block fix
* Misc additional bugs

2.0.7 of the vBulletin product has also been uploaded. This version allows forum owners to specify if they want their mods/supermods/admin to be able to access the default vBulletin profiles for the administrative tools there. See the bottom feature in the screenshot:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2006/11/5.png

To upgrade, download and unzip then upload the .xml file via the vBulletin admincp product manager. Please select "yes" to overwrite.

The rewrite function isn't working for me. My local zoints is sitting at the redirect forums.sportbikesite.com/z/
(which is really sportbikesite.com/forums2/z/)

When I turn rewrite off, it works just fine. I am not savvy enough to fix this on my own; can you provide assistance, Sir? :)

Doesn't work. Please replace all <? with <?php

/M

Did you upload the .htaccess file in the rewrite folder to /z/ ?

Hi, this looks great:)
Could you just tell me how easy it is to update though? I want to get it installed on my forum, but my developer will need to do it as I don't really know how to do all that technical stuff. I'm ok, I've installed a bb code and stuff before:D So I'm just wondering is updating much easier than the initial install and is it just a case of uploading something without having to change templates or anything complicated?

If you could describe the update process please so I know whether or not I should wait or if I can install now and be able to update myself as I please. There seems to be a lot of updates coming out so I'll probably need to do it a few times?

Hopefully vBlogetin will be integrated with this soon:) 2 great tools which are literally just out, patience is a must;)

Yes, it is uploaded. As best as I can tell, here is the problem:

It works on one of my sites, because the forum and zoints is set up like this:

ordinarypeople.tv/forums/z/

But, my other site is set up in a subdirectory. While it actually sits in
sportbikesite.com/forums2/z/

users access it by going to
forums.sportbikesite.com/z/

Again, it works, when rewrite is turned off. For instance, I am at:
forums.sportbikesite.com/z/index.php?z-profile=Adrian&tab=1

but if I try to set rewrite to "on", it can't find
/z/adrian

so I think that my ".forums." subdirectory might be causing confusion during the rewrite, although I really haven't a clue what I am talking about... :cross-eyed:

Please helpp sir

Updating is extremely easy. The steps are:

1. Upload the new files.
2. Browse to /z/install/manager.php
3. Click a button

:)

It sounds like you have some super funky redirects going on there. If it was a proper forums.domain.com/z/ it would be fine as we have a few forums doing that.

Can you please submit a support ticket to http://zoints.com/support.z with:

1. A link to this post
2. A temp admin account
3. A temp ftp account
4. Please be sure to make the temp admin an admin on /z/ by searching for the username in zadmin.php and making them an admin there.

No promises, but hopefully we can get a custom rewrite working for you.

I think I figured it out. In the website url block (in admin settings) I took out forums.sportbikesite.com/z/ and put in sportbikesite.com/forums2/z/ and it now works. Of course, the rewrites show up as:
sportbikesite.com/forums2/z/adrian
as opposed to:
forums.sportbikesite.com/z/adrian
but at least it cleaned it up!

Thank you for your help, btw. Once y'all are less busy I might put in a ticket anyway.. :)

Ouch!

I just tried to network with one of my fellow users, and after I filled in the message block and clicked "add member" I got a 500 error:

Sorry to keep you so busy...

I think the submission is going through though, because when I try to submit again I get a red box that says: