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Originally Posted by Shanj

I would love to use zoints to provide a high quality profile service for a particular site I run using VB - so my members can see each others' interests, pictures etc. But this particular site I need all services to be private, so the members do not have access to other zoints users/ nor vice versa, should external zoints users have access to them.

I have another site where the full zoints service would be great but not for the members only site.

I have set up a test account on zoints to see what it's like.
Please can you tell me if I can set certain privacy options from admin level -
OR
I can put comment code around bits of code to hide/disable certain functions if I'm told where to look or it's findable in page templates.

1. Set any join/ register options to hidden (my members are created by me ONLY on our VB forums)
2. Set all zoints pages on my site only viewable by my members.
My members are not searchable by other zoints users on other communities.
3. Profile page: Under My Network, Find Friends only searches my memberlist
4. Profile page: Under My Network, My Communities is disabled (hidden)
5. On the toolbar Search only searches my memberlist
6. On the toolbar Communities is hidden.
7. On the toolbar People displays only my members and I can disable all the most popular/ most viewed/ highest rated tabs.
8. In Settings - Notifications only trigger by my members.
9. In Settings - My Referrals is disabled/ hidden
10. In Settings - Home Community is set to mine and cannot be changed.
11. Community Filter is disabled/ hidden
12. Blocked Members is disabled/ hidden.

1. Join/Register features are done through vBulletin, so if your setup is currently enabled as you mentioned, it will remain like that and Zoints will not affect how prospective members can or can't sign up.
2. You can elect not to join the Zoints Community Directory, meaning no Zoints member will find your site through us. As for pages, those are not viewable if the profile is clicked from vB, however, if a person knew the URL to directly go to a profile, that will circumvent that functionality. BUT, users can define their privacy settings to not allow guests to view, which will counteract that.
3. By default, there will be a checkmark to make it so that users will only search your forum, although that checkmark can be unselected by which members would search Zoints as a whole.
4. The My Communities block can be turned off.
5. Same answer as #3.
6. Communities cannot be hidden as that is a violation of use of Zoints Local.
7. The People page is not included with Zoints Local, that is a feature of our social network.
8. The notifications are only triggered by actions on your site, nothing to do with Zoints.com or the profiles there. Notifications will result in PM's on your site (or emails).
9. Referrals are just a feature of Zoints.com, not Zoints Local.
10. Another feature of just Zoints.com. On the Zoints navigation bar however, the button "Forum" will of course link to your site.
11. Community Filter is a feature relevant to Zoints.com only, thus it's not included with Zoints Local.
12. Blocked Members is a feature that comes with Zoints Local and cannot be turned off to my knowledge, but I don't believe we would have any problem with that being disabled should you know how to. Users in effect can block as it is if they made their profile only accessible via friends list.

Sorry for the blunt nature of the responses, I just answer long question lists like that naturally I suppose. Also, I was planning to answer your original question, but you happened to have asked it as I was working on the other responses (just so you don't think I was ignoring it.) Hopefully this helps you understand a bit better.

- Reid