[Zoints]

Originally Posted by GrendelKhan{TSU

hmm.... a lot to consider.... to be honest, I real WANT to be able to justify zoints again. The PR value and extra features are great. but right now, I'm still trying to weigh the sacrifices as is (like tags, as of yet--non existent custom blocks) .

I'm keeping a very close wathc on this...

is there a way or recommend somehow to test this without full conversion?
thank you for the reply....

The Zoints Tags plugin does have an autotagging feature for thread tags - just a thought there as far as mitigation of sacrifice. Not a perfect solution, by any means, but definitely an improvement over nothing.

As far as Custom Blocks go, one thing to remember is that if everyone just waits for someone else to design them, and nobody wants to dig in and work on the blocks that they want for their site, the collection of blocks won't grow very fast at all. So, if you're interested in specific blocks, I'd encourage you to give it a shot and get your hands dirty

You can install the Zoints Local plugin files and not import the vBulletin product. That will put the profile system in place, but not do the vB integration, so you can browse directly to yoursite.com/forum/z/, but none of the links will be in place for your users to click.