| 21 February 2010
Posted in New Releases

We are proud to announce that Jobs! 1.2 is published for licensed users.

This version is focused on new features and 2 medium level security issue.

A medium level security issue is discovered in Jobs! yesterday. This is why we are publishing the Jobs! 1.2 before than the planned date (1th week of April).

The Changes

1. Categories are using checkboxes instead of selectlist on home page and advanced job search page.

2. Google Checkout as the 3th payment method: Google Checkout is added to as the 3th payment method to the Jobs! core. Do not forget to check the new parameters in 'Credit System' tab

3. Education Levels Strings: Pervious versions of Jobs! was pulling the 'Education Levels' from the language file. They are moved to a database table. You can add/edit/delete the education levels from Jobs! Admin Panel.

4. Job Types: Like 'Education Levels', The pervious versions of Jobs! was pulling the job types from the language file but We have moved them to a database table. You can add/edit/delete them from Jobs! Admin Panel
5. Charging Job Seekers: This feature is one of the most asked one in pre-sale questions. Jobs! 1.2 is able to charge the Job Seekers based on pay per resume and pay per application.

6. Employers is able to delete their own jobs: We have added a new button to employers job listing page to delete their own jobs.

New Confiuration Parameters

1. Jobs! Settings>General Settings>Date Format parameter is changed from text box to select list

2. Jobs! Settings>General Settings>Profile Creation Method: The most complicated issue that Jobs! deals was profile creation. Jobs! takes the advance with this parameter. There is 2 options that you can select for this parameter. 

* On First Visit: Jobs! will force your users to create their employer or job seeker profile on first visit to Jobs! . The idea behind this parameter is a) User Registers with any user user component for Joomla! b) If the user did not create the job seeker or employer profile, Jobs! forces the user to select one the options. See this screenshot to have better idea. WE SUGEGST YOU TO SELECT THIS OPTION FOR THIS PARAMETER

* With Plugins: You need to install the seperate registration related plugins which are provided with Jobs! package

3. Jobs! Settings>Job Posting>Redirect to payment page?: This parameter will be active , if the credit system is active. You can select 'YES' or 'NO' for this parameter. * Yes: If your employers visits the "Job Posting" page without having enough credits to post job, They will be redirected to the credit buying page with a message like ""You must have X credit(s) to post a job on our web site but you have Y credits". You can change the message from your language file .

* No: The redirect mentioned above will not be done but if they have not enough credits to post job, (If they have no enough credit to post job) Their job will be saved as draft like before

4. Jobs! Settings>Job Apply Page>Create New Resume On Job Apply Page?: This is a new tab for Jobs!. If you select 'YES' for this parameter, Job Seeker will be able to create a new resume on job applying page



5. Jobs! Settings>Credit System>Google Checkout Related Parameters: As Mentioned above, Google Checkout is added as the 3th payment method. 5 parameters is added to 'Credit System' tab related to this issue

6. Jobs! Settings>Credit System>Job Seeker Charging Related Parameters: Jobs! 1.2 is able to charge job seekers . 3 new parameter is added related job seeker charging

Removed Configuration Parameters

Jobs! Configuration>Employer Panel>Force Employers? and Jobs! Configuration>Employer Panel>Message parameters are removed. Jobs! Settings>General Settings>Profile Creation Method is doing a better job than these 2 parameters.

Some Notes

1. Higly suggested to update: As I told above. This version is published because of a security issue. We highly suggest you to update this version
2. New Language Strings: New language strings are added for new features. If you are using a non-english version of Jobs! , Do not forget to update translate the new strings
3. Jobs! 1.2.1 will be published on 1th week of April: We are currently working on Jobs! 1.2.1 version to complete the other mentioned features on our support forum.

A Special Thanks

We would like to say 'Thank You' to the developer of Seyret . He has supported us while we were working on this version.

Related Documents

* Jobs! Installation
* Jobs! Support Forum