It is our sincere pleasure. I can't thank those of you who are providing constructive criticism enough. The improvements to Zoints Local wouldn't be possible without you :)

That's fair enough. Perhaps you could start a thread in the paid modifications forum here for those who want the paid version? I'm not too sure how the paid forum is governed here but just an idea:)

Thanks again for the quick response and perhaps we'll be installing this on our forum some day!


Have you seen any examples of zoints integrated into a forum that doesn't stretch across the whole screen with the header and footer integration too? If you click "forum" in my sig, you'll see the kind of forum layout I'm asking about.

The next version of Zoints Local will allow for fixed table widths. It'll be as easy as changing that default "100%" setting in the vbulletin admincp :)

I'm very excited about the next release... any extimated date? :o

That's actually simple if you're running apache. mod_rewrite the /z to /

Cool, but is that against policy or anything DChapman?

We hope to get it to our QA team (and anyone else who wants to do a little testing) later tonight and release it to everyone tomorrow.
Yes.

Sounds great.... thanks!

If you want to QA 1.0 Gold, please PM me on http://network.zoints.com (same username).

2006/11/21: 1.0
* Version Tracking - Keep up with what the latest version is
* Global searches (through zoints.com) now display members of searcher's own community first
* Ability to lock certain pages, so they show up on every profile, with the same content everywhere
* Ability to include the forum header and footer dynamically
* Ability to restrict image filesizes and space available per user
* Zoints Local now uses forum's avatar
* Users have the option of PM or Email notification for everything
* Users are taken to their own profile upon login from login page
* Removed ability to upload BMPs
* Usernames are now reflected in Zoints Local when that user uses Zoints Local again
* New tab: Old forum profile
* Various bugfixes

Excellent... is there a live site where I can view it? (zonitsdemo.com perhaps is running this version?)


Edit: just re-checked.... the new version is running at zonitsdemo.com now... looks great :)

Yes, I just uploaded it to ZointsDemo and turned the dynamic header and footer on.

http://www.zointsdemo.com/vbulletin/z/DChapman/

is there anyway to turn off the "communities" link and have the search only do local? simply awesome hack, and i really wish i could use it.

The "Autonomous License" ($120.00 one time fee plus $20.00 per year thereafter.)... search the thread for more info... or PM DChapman.

Will this feature make it to the 1.0 Gold?

You can do all of that with the Autonomous License. Please take enquiries regarding that to http://network.zoints.com as this thread is for the free version of this modification.

With that said, 1.0 Gold:

1. Always displays the results from your forum first if your members use the global search.

It'll say, "Members of [your] forum:" and display the results.

Then "Members of other forums:" after.

While we understand a few people dislike the idea of global search, it works in all directions. Communities are starting to see more and more traffic come their way thanks to it. The idea is to interconnect communities in a mutually beneficial manner. However, as we realize not everyone wants to operate in that manner, we do have the Autonomous License.


2. We were hoping to release this in 1.0 but couldn't quite make it happen. In release 1.1, the communities link at the top will no longer lead direct to Zoints. Instead, it will be a dropdown of other forums you have networked with. That way you can network with other forums and form "subnetworks" of communities that operate in synergy.

Unfortunately not. :( We wanted to get 1.0 Gold out before the holiday (Thanksgiving here in the USA) and just couldn't make it happen if we worked to include that. It will be in 1.1 however.

ok... Happy Thanksgiving by the way... I left you a message at your Zoints profile ;)

Is there a way that the "communities" link opens in a new window? This way the user doesn't leave my site completely when clicking on it?

Same to you :)

And yes, we could help you with that (opening in a new window). It would take about 30 seconds to remedy.

Good!


btw.... check your comments on your profile at ZointsDemo... some notes on things I'd found that could be fixed. ;)

I thought it was a one time fee of $120 or $20 per month? I didn't know it was $20 per year after paying the $120 too?:confused:

for what your getting $20 a year isn't that bad for an isolated version of zoints , if you hav 20 members your only asking for $1 a piece a year which isn't all that bad. You could even make that using a fixed banner advert in a 12 month period.

After all its a damn good hack and theres already a lot of active support for it. consider this, the only thing close to a hack like this was a tie in of over 6+ hacks that got close to this. Sure a lot of people release hacks for free even extremely complex ones but if you request that they change it to suit yourself I'm sure they'd ask for a charge.

$120 out the gate and then $20 a year after that aint all that bad. Photopost gallery is just as expensive if not more and provides much much less.

Anyway thats my two penneth on the subject from my point this isn't all that bad and the costs can be recouped.

I agree with everything you said buddy:) Just $120 once off + $20 per year is different to what was originally said of $120 once off or $20 per month;)

well I can't testify to that as I've missed whats been said previously and going back in threads is an alien thing for me ;) :p. I don't know what they have planned but their maybe a way to work up other payment solutions in the future?! After all from what I have seen this whole thing only really came up recently so you'll have to accept there might be some communication issues with defining the costings and working out whats best for all involved. After all they are offering us a solution to a requirement isolated board operators need, could have just been a plain no and left us all scuppered :).

Seriously though (and this is for everyone) $120 up front and $20 a year for the support / updates and actual interactions with the developers we are getting is great. Sure theres a few things that need sorting out but from what I can see they are well on the way to being rectified so it bodes the question what do they have planned next for it. After all this pricing is only for the likes of myself for everyone its free! <---- <--- <--- <--- free I tell you muhahahahaarrr..

I operate a private board so I need this myself as I don't want my members personal information being distributed around a community other than itself. I can't easily make a system so feature rich as this without either a serious investment of my own time or reverting to some cobbled together version of hacks which is missing a lot of what I really need.

Help me fully understand please, everything I have seen/read tells me that if I run Zoints, all the features etc. run off of the Zoints site which each member of my forum will have a profile they can set up there. I get linked back as them being part of my forum under "my communities".

It seems to have cool features etc. but the part I am having trouble understanding (from a business stand point) is why I would want to send my users to another site for some added features and a chance someone else will click the link to hop back to my forum. It just seems that I am funneling users away and losing out on any ad revenue I would gain by keeping them on my own site.

I understand it is a trade off (added experience to the user vs. standard profile) but am I wrong about anything above? I recently installed Photopost Pro, and am installing Classifieds and have the links directory started as added features. I'm looking to add more of course, and I was real excitred when I thought Zoints could be installed on my own server and have upgrades to introduce new features etc. Is there any chance that that will be a possibility one day?

Please don't take this as an attack on your product, it seems really cool and could benefot a lot of people. Please correct anything I may have misunderstood from above.

MetalAges,
Zoints Local runs in your server. Your user don't need to leave your site to have the added features. They run locally in your server. See the working demo at www.zointsdemo.com

Ahhhh, gotcha. I thought I read it that way, then I convinced myself otherwise because of seeing the Zoints links on other sites (user profiles) to the Zoints site.

WELL then....must check into this! :)

simply amazing! installing as we speak :)

Again, I entirely agree:) I've said numerous times it's a great hack and we should all be grateful. I just thought that it was $120 once off or $20 per month.

There may have been just a mix up somewhere and it's not actually $120 once off and $20 per year thereafter?

If we could clear that up it would be great anyway;)

For what I read is just like vB license method. You buy the license for $120. Then after the fisrt year, if you want download the updates and stuff, you renew your license. If not, you can continue using the software without updates.

Ah that's cool:) Just wait to hear from DChapman to confirm anyway:)

For those of you with a left or right column, the 1.0 release we're testing is displaying those quite nicely: example.

While we're very pleased with the stability of Zoints Local 1.0's Gold release, due to the Thanksgiving holiday here in the USA, we have decided to delay its release until Monday. This will:

1. Allow for further testing to ensure maximum stability
2. Allow our engineers to enjoy the holiday

If you're dying for the current Gold release, simply PM me on network.zoints.com (same username) and i'll give you access to it.

Thanks for understanding :)

I uploaded all the UPLOAD files to the right directories , even the htaccess file .... AND the product .... everything right ... i used FlashFXP

and it just goes to a 404 NOT FOUND page ... dangit :hurt:

Go to yourdomain.com/z/install/manager.php and uncheck the mod_rewrite option. See if that helps.

I had read earlier last week (and I can't remmeber where now) but what do we need to do to get user uploaded pictures (and use avatars) to work properly? I've CHMOD'd things as instructed but files aren't showing up (and the software is not pulling the users avatar automatically). There are a few pieces of software that put pictures local (as opposed to in the database, which is preferable to most people I think. my database is a pain as it is to backup without pictures).

What needs to be done?

Hi,

I've installed this software, but when I click on the my profile option in the zoints dropdown, it brings up a 404 not found error... the url is
http://www.landofthepinkbunnies.co.uk/z/Mr-C/

and the zoints is installed in the /z/ folder.

HELP!!!

read DChapman reply...

Is the .htaccess file in the /z/ folder? If so, please do what Pulsorock quoted above as that means mod_rewrite is not enabled on your server. If not, upload it from the rewrite folder to /z/

i have folowing problem:

when i'm logged in in the forum everything is ok

when i go on zoint then my girlfriend is logged in
but just there!
in the forum i'm logged in

She is logged in on the Zoints profiles on your forum? Or are you talking about zoints.com? You don't have to be logged in at Zoints.com, it is a separate site and system.