Turn WordPress Into Your Own Job Board
James Gill / May 12, 2008
Gary Jones from BlueFur contacted me today about a new project they’re working on call BlueFur Jobs.
The aim is simple- to turn WordPress into an easy to manage job board that anyone can host. It’s not quite ready, but you can try it out here. The best thing about it is when it is 100% ready for prime time they’re going to release the code for free so we can all enjoy the benefits of their blood, sweat and cheers.
I wrote about the project over at GoSquared Discuss earlier today, but I thought I would promote it to liquidicity so everyone can see what a great piece of work this is.
I tested it out briefly and first impressions are great:
The Great Stuff
* Posting of new jobs is really simple
* Useful RSS Feeds for each job category
* Instant preview of job post
* Clear division of job categories at both top and bottom of page
* “next” and “previous” job categories at bottom of page
* No sign-in necessary
* Overall really simple to use
Improvements That Could be Made
* First and foremost – a search function would make it much easier to find jobs. Especially if the number of jobs reaches into the hundreds.
* People may not be over keen on their email address being posted out in the open. Perhaps hiding this with a coded image or a hashed code would be better.
* Greater focus on “job description” to ensure enough detail on what the job is about is given. Perhaps allow basic html formatting (bold, italics, bullets etc.)
* On posting a new job, clicking “preview” would ideally scroll the page up to where the preview text shows.
* Indication of new jobs to returning visitors with an icon or formatting.
To Make it Kick-ass
* Link “location” field to a mapping site like Google Maps.
* Allow people to sign in to post jobs without having to fill everything in again.
* Ability to share a job with friends by email.
All in all, BlueFur Jobs looks to be an awesome job board, and we are really looking forward to seeing it develop.
Drop a comment to help them out – they are looking for as much help as possible while they develop it.
AD said,
May 15, 2008 at 10:06 ()
Thanks a lot. I've also often wondered whether Wordpress could be used as a job posting board, and I'm really impressed with the website you provided as I'm sure it can help me with my idea.
Thanks!
G said,
May 17, 2008 at 16:06 ()
Yeah, we are very interested in the job board idea. We have looked into this space recently and have quite a few ideas.
If you are working on anything along these lines we would love to hear about it!
Thanks.
Stass said,
May 22, 2008 at 13:25 ()
I really enjoy reading your posts. But why do I have to print 6 pages for a small post likt thisone ??!
I would really like a print stylesheet so all these trees won't be cut for nothing (five allmost empty pages with sidebar content is a waste).
G said,
May 23, 2008 at 16:12 ()
Hi Stass,
We're glad you like our content, and thanks for bringing this up.
People printing posts off? We're flattered!
To be honest, we never designed liquidicity for printing - 90% of our visitors won't print anything off ever, so we assumed it wouldn't be too much of an issue.
However, seeing as we now know that some of our visitors actually print our content out, and that they do it on a regular basis, we're going to make life a little easier for you.
We're going to work on a style sheet specifically designed for printing, and we'll probably hide all of the sidebar stuff, and all of the other unnecessary elements that are simply not needed on a piece of paper.
Many thanks for drawing our attention to this - we love trees too!
Jimmy
GoSquared
Marcel Lennartz said,
July 11, 2008 at 19:38 ()
Yes, the script of the BlueFur WordPress Job Board is really great. Initially I had some problems setting it up as the links directed to the wrong site but with a bit of tweaking it all went well.
The only thing that annoys me and which I don't seem to be able to fix is that the original job board misses a closes somewhere in the code with the result that the page isn't horizontal straight. I notice that the sample page located on http://jobs.bluefur.com/ has the same problem. If you look at the second RSS fee on the page from the top, it is located on the rigth which is incorrect. Than each category indents a little more whereas is should be vertical aligned.
If this small bug could be fixed I would be a very happy bunny because this is a script I've been looking for quite some time.
Cheers, marcel
Geoff W said,
July 11, 2008 at 20:40 ()
marcel,
To fix that error you'll probably have to put
echo '</div>';somewhere at the bottom section of the loop that iterates through the various categories. Just a suggestion- I havn't seen the code myself.Geoff
GoSquared
Marcel Lennartz said,
July 12, 2008 at 05:34 ()
Hi Geoff,
Thanks for the feedback. I will see if I can find the error. If I find the error I will post here how it was fixed so that other readers of this blog can use it as well.
Thanks, Marcel
Marcel Lennartz said,
July 14, 2008 at 19:13 ()
Hi Geoff,
We got the template error outlined above fixed. Please see http://www.csharpjobs.net/recruit/ for the updated result.
For those who are interested, you can download the corrected template from my server using the following link:
http://www.csharpjobs.net/jobscorrection/index.zip
Several items were missing in the original template whch have now been added/corrected.
Marcel
Lensoft International
Geoff W said,
July 14, 2008 at 21:13 ()
Good work Marcel, and thanks for posting back - the board looks great now. By the way I noticed in my original reply the code suggestion I typed did not come out properly due to the formatting on the blog system - I've now corrected this, not that it's needed now anyway ;)
Geoff
GoSquared
jeeremie said,
September 2, 2008 at 18:16 ()
Nice job!
Just wondering, can users upload a CV when applying?
Martin said,
September 29, 2008 at 07:17 ()
This seems to be a very good idea, building a job board using wordpress is what i am looking for, ready to help you out.
Jordan said,
August 13, 2009 at 12:10 ()
Hey I have some problem setting it up can you please help. Any link I access it gives a error.
wilbue said,
September 23, 2009 at 22:48 ()
my download has loads of files missing post a job etc where can i get the full download?
Alex said,
October 28, 2010 at 05:14 ()
Recently, Dailywp release the JobPress Pro, I saw it have many features, it also have the resume bank that the job seeker can create his resume, check it out: http://www.dailywp.com/jobpress-proffesional/