| 21 August 2010
Posted in New Releases

We are proud to announce that Jobs ! 1.4 Stable is published for the licensed users.

As you can remember, We have published BETA 1 and BETA 2 . This is the stable version of Jobs! 1.4 series and It contains new features and configuration parameters.

Changes & New Features

Credit System is re-worked

Jobs! Credit System is re-worked (in fact, A new point of view) . Jobs! is system support credit packs like

10 Job Postings for 30 days is 100$
20 Job Postings for 30 days is 180$
10 days resume database access is 20$
20 days resume database access is 35$
etc

You will be able to define this credit packages from your admin panel . See the screenshots to have an idea about new point of view

Editor Requiments is removed

Jobs! was having a nasty feature. It was using the default WYSIWYG editor TinyMCE. It was not working with the other WYSIWYG like JCE . This nasty criteria is removed. Jobs! 1.4 versions will support all WYSIWYG editors (or No Editor option)

Job Templates

If you are posting too many jobs in a limited time with similar text (Similar Job Title, Description, Locations etc). That means you are making copy-paste for creating the same job. Job Templates can help you. Create a job template . Jobs! will allow you to fill the job posting form while you are posting job.

When you activate it from your configuration, It will work as a

See the screenshot

Custom Field Manager becomes more powerful

As you know, Jobs! has its own 'Custom Field Manager'. We have added 2 new parameters & 1 New Field Type to our 'Custom Field manager'

Initial Value Assignment (or Pre-filled Value): You will be able define pre-filled value for all fields

Field Search Group: This is the parameter which makes us fear. Because, If you have configurated this parameter , It will make your Jobs! very powerful but if you configure this wrong, It will take down field search (It will bring you unrelated results)


I'm going to exlain this parameter with an example . Every resume has a classic fields like
* Language 1 that job seeker can talk
* Language 2 that job seeker can talk
* Language 3 that job seeker can talk
* Language 4 that job seeker can talk
etc

The question is that what happens when you make 'Language 1' searchable from the custom field manager. A classic custom field manager will only search 'Language 1'. It will not search the other language fields (Language 2,Language 3,Language 4) but the correct action must be searching all language fields

That's what 'Field Search Group' parameter does. It will expect you to group the fields while you are creating or editing.


String Field Type : This field type adds messages to your forms. It's not an exact field. Nobody can enter value to this field. It can be used display messages inside your forms. You can think this field type as  tooltips but your users does not need to play with the mouse to see this message

Localication Issues

Jobs! was having some un-translated parts like admin panel toolbar buttons and images title and alt tags (like <img src="/path/to/files" alt="THIS STRING WAS ENGLISH" />). Locations issues are fixed. A new language file is added to the 'languages' like YOUR_LANGUAGE_tool.php . This will control the admin toolbar strings

Job Forms are being controlled by the Custom Field Manager

This is the biggest change of this version. Job Forms will be controlled by the custom field manager. You will be able to add/edit/delete/make searchable the job fields with using the custom field manager

Job Search Form is more capable than before

We suggest you to see the screenshot to understand what we mean. (Do not be afraid. Screenshot shows a part of new job search form. You will be able to add more fields or remove the existing search fields)

An Inroduce to Zip Radius Search

Jobs! 1.4 will be able to do very very basic zip radius search.

When you have installed the Jobs! 1.4, You will notice that City and State fields are replaced with location fields on home page search form and category pages search forms.

Jobs! will expect you to write the zip codes of the locations while you are creating the locations. When somebody writes zip code , Jobs! will match jobs for this zip codes

City and State Fields are merged in Locations field

Jobs! 1.3.x series were using City & State text fields to deal with the locations. Honestly, It was not a good way to do. Jobs! 1.4.x series will allow you to have locations in drop down list (See Jobs! Configuration>List Locations part from the admin panel) . You will need to create locations before you use it

New Buttons in Jobs! Admin Panel

Jobs! 1.4.x+ series will have some new button in admin panel . See the screenshot

Salary Field is changed to a drop down form element

Jobs! 1.3.x series was using a text field for dealing with the salary in job forms. It's changed to a drop down list.

Experience Field is changed to a drop down form element

Jobs! 1.3.x series was using a text field for dealing with the experience. It's changed to a drop down list.

Payment Details are being showed in better presentation than before

As you know, Jobs! has e-commerce features and it's keeping purchase history and spending history.

Admin Panel can list the expired jobs

It was missing feature. Jobs! is currently able to list your expired jobs in admin panel

Jobs by the locations and Jobs by the countries

If you have activated from component configuration, Jobs! can show 'Jobs By The Locations' (Like Jobs! By Istanbul or Jobs! By Berlin) on front side without using the job search page

Installer is re-worked (for Joomla! 1.5)

If you are using Joomla! 1.5 , You do not need to uninstall the component to upgrade the new version. No more uninstall and re-install. Just install it. Jobs! will replace the changed files for you

New Configuration Parameters

1. Jobs! Configuration>General Settings Tab>Who can create profile on front side: If you select 'On First Visit' for "Jobs! Configuration>General Settings Tab>Profile Creation Method" , This parameter can be used. You can allow 'Employer' or 'Job Seeker' or 'Both User Type' to create profile on front side.

2. Jobs! Configuration>General Settings Tab>Resume Type On Profile Creation: If you select 'On First Visit' for "Jobs! Configuration>General Settings Tab>Profile Creation Method" , This parameter can be used. You can choose the resume form type (Quick Resume Builder or Advanced Resume Builder)

3. Jobs! Configuration>General Settings Tab>Location Field with multiple selection: As mentioned above, Jobs! 1.4 is using Locations in drop down list. It's drop down list with MULTIPLE SELECTION . If you want to use SINGLE SELECTION instead of MULTIPLE SELECTION . Select 'No' for this parameter

4. Jobs! Configuration>Image Tab>Company Logo Thumbs Width and Height: (If you have activated from configuration) Jobs! can show the 'Now Hiring' section on its home page. These parameters controls the thumb width and height. It's 135x60 by the default

5. Jobs! Configuration>Employer Panel Tab>Locations are in links?: If you select 'YES', Jobs! will show the 'Locations' and 'Country' in links so 'Jobs By The Location' and 'Jobs'

5. Jobs! Configuration>Employer Panel Tab>Job Templates: As mentioned above, Jobs! has a new 'Employer Tool'. If you select 'YES', Jobs! will show the 'Job Templates' as a new 'Employer Tool'.

DO NOT FORGET TO CHECK

1. New language strings are added to the language file. If you are using non-english Jobs! versionthat, Do not forget  to check the new language strings
2. New Configuration parameters are added . Do not forget to check them
3. If you are using a colour scheme which is different from the default one, You must re-install the colour scheme
4. You must re-new your payment plugins from the new package. THIS IS IMPORTANT

Existing Users

Click this link to see the changed files . As mentioned above , 4 fields of job form is changed, It's a good idea you migrate 4 fields data (City & State -> Location Field , Salary Field (Text Field) -> Salary (Drop Down) , Experience Field (Text Field) - >Experience Field (Drop Down)). Migration tool is explained in the mentioned link

Special Thanks

We appreciate the help of medi , Matt and Sandrine . They have helped us with testing the beta versions

You have Questions

We will be waiting for your questions on our support forum

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