| 03 April 2010
Posted in New Releases

We are proud to announce that Jobs! 1.3 Beta 2 is published for TESTING after 1 week later from Jobs! Beta 1

Changes For Beta 1

* Plugin System is finished: If any bug is discovered, Jobs! 1.3 stable version will have this plugin .There is a Jobs! Plugins folder in the package root. It contains 7 Jobs! Plugins

• 3 payment plugins
• 1 System plugin (lknDebug: it's a plugin which shows the sql queries used by Jobs!)
• 2 employer plugins (1 example plugin and lknHideResumeFields plugin (This plugin is used to hide the resume fields from employers))
• 1 worker plugin (example plugin)
  

* Job Alerts : This feature is also done but the performance needs some works. You will be able to send Daily or Weekly e-mails in html or plain text modes. Jobs! will make a search for you and send them to your job seekers.


* New Configuration parameters are added.


Plugin System
Plugin System is a new idea for Jobs!. You may ask what  a plugin can do for me to yourself.

Jobs! 1.3 will have 4 types of plugins

1. Payment Plugins: These plugins will be the payment gateway integrations for Jobs! . You will be able to write your own payment gateways for your Jobs!
2. System Plugins: These plugins will allow you to execute Jobs! wide actions.-
3. Worker Plugins: Worker plugins will allow you to effect the resume creation results
4. Employer Plugins: Employer Plugins will allow you to execute codes for employer related task.

Lets look at a case study

An Example Plugin (Hide Job Seeker Contact Details From The Employers)
Hiding the contact details of job seekers from employers is one of the pre-sale questions that we have been asked. Some users does not want employers to see the contact details of job seekers.

This can be done with an Employer Plugin. This is one of the existing Jobs! plugins. The plugin details (how to use or configure) is in this Jobs! Documention

Job Alerts
Job Alerts feature is done too but the performance needs more work. I've added a screenshot of the job alert adding page. Job Seekers will be able to add their job alerts from that page. You can have an idea how it looks from that screenshot (You will see some sql queries)

When is the stable version coming?
The stable version of Jobs! 1.3 is planned on 12th April. We just need to improve the performance Job Alert feature .

When we have improved the performance, We can declare Jobs! 1.3 stable version

How to Download Jobs! 1.3 Beta 2

Download a new copy with your Download ID . You will see a 'Jobs! 1.3' folder in package root