Official WPJobBoard Blog

Finally (about a month late) i managed to release WPJobBoard 3.0 it’s still a beta version so i decided it will be best to leave WPJobBoard 2.3.2 in sale for now, although i encourage you get WPJB 3.0, the price is the same but amount of features and software flexibility is incomparable.

That reminds me that i have to create a new manual, for the new software to document all the features. However at least for now you can use WPJobBoard manual for troubleshooting, theme modifications and option descriptions, i will try to get live new manual as soon as possible.

If you want to see WPJobBoard 3.0 in action then you can go to demo page i uploaded there latest WPJB along with latest version of WordPress.

I did not create a list of people who wanted me to email them once i release WPJB 3.0, the list got quite long so i am not sure if i notified everyone. If you were on the list and i did not let you know please take my apologize.

Today i made some changes to the website, now in download section it is possible to select which version you want to download. Currently there are three: 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 3.0.0. Most of the job boards are running now 2.3.1, i recommend you to upgrade to 2.3.2, there were just 3 small bug fixes. When you do that it’s extremely important that you do not overwrite your settings in /wp-content/jobs/config directory.

Like i wrote it’s possible to download version 3.0.0, but it’s not yet possible to buy it, i am still testing the package and when i will be confident that it’s okay, i will release it, probably as a beta version. I will try to do that on Monday.

I used to update you on development status with my old Twitter account (http://twitter.com/wpjobboard), currenlty if you access this URL, you will see some random jobs posted, that’s a WPJobBoard 3.0 at work or more accurately automatic job import, url shortening and job tweeting at work.

I no longer use that account aside of testing WPJobBoard functionality. If you would like to follow me on Twitter use my new account http://twitter.com/GregWiniarski

It’s mainly for personal stuff and communication but there WPJobBoard updates will be probably posted there as well.

Work on WPJobBoard 3.0 goes faster then i expect and it should be ready even this month, although there is still debugging and beta testing to be done so i estimate that, WPJobBoard will be in sale from 15 February. Ofcourse, like with any kind of software you can expect it rather later then earlier.

I also need to prepeare system for existing customers so they will be able to buy WPJobBoard 3.0 on discounted price, WPJobBoard 2.3 will be supported for another another year or so, but that’s a story for another post.

Ok, what you can expect from WPJobBoard 3.0:

1. Additional Fields – from the admin panel you will be able to add new fields (input, select, textarea) to the job board, at the same time i removed “Salary”, “Experience” and “How to apply” since you can now add them if you want to
2. Apply button – visitors will be able to apply instantly for a job after clicking “Apply” button
3. Automatically post jobs to Twitter on job approval
4. Distribute jobs to job aggregation sites, including: SimplyHired, Indeed, Juju
5. Bulk job import from CareerJet to kick start your job board
6. Updated theme for even easier integration with any WordPress theme including some premium ones
7. Advanced search functionality
8. Powerful router – ability to modify links structure to almost any page on the job board
9. Fixed a lot of small problems that i could not fix with the WPJobBoard 2.3 codebase

This are just features from the top of my head, i have them more but a lot of features where moved to 3.1 or 3.2 so i can release WPJobBoard 3.0 earlier.

Hi, Greg here. Owner and creator of WPJobBoard plugin.

I decided to create this blog because i wanted to keep you updated on what’s going on with WPJobBoard development, sure there is already Twitter account, but 140 characters is simply not enough. More over i believe that blog provides better way of communication with users, i found out that for some reason users are more eager to post a comment then send an email.

I am not sure why is this since i read and answer each email … try me ;>

Either way here is what i am planning to do in following months (in no particular order of importance).

1. Release WPJobBoard 3.0 – this something i am really focusing on and hope to get beta out somewhere in February, WPJobBoard code was not flexible enough to implement new cool features that (some of) you wanted
2. Redesign wpjobboard.net – i already made some changes: redesigned purchase page for better usability, changed demo page so you there are now few links to sites using WPJobBoard and obviously i added this blog
3. New functionality on wpjobboard.net – if you will want to make some cash selling WPJobBoard then you will get a chance to do it since there will be Affiliate Program
4. Like i promised on the Twitter, there will be new licensing model
5. I am going to develop WPJobBoard add on – it’s codename for now is WPJobBoardResumes, basically it will allow users to submit their CV’s to database and employers will be able to browse them.
6. Once WPJobBoard is ready i am planning to release completely new product.

Ok, that’s it for now – i hope to hear from you in the comments!