Alcantara-Designs Job Engine (ADJE)

Introduction

ADJE (Alcantara-Designs Job Engine) is a FREE job board software made using ASP.Net, DevExpress controls, and MySQL database server. It is highly customizable via CSS, HTML, control themes, and templates. Some features include: Resume upload, Medium trust hosting ready, Cufon Fonts, Templates, PayPal and DalPay Payment integration, Facebook share/recommend built-in, Google Analytics integration, and a lot more.

This software was initially intended to be used internally for our own purposes, but I decided to share it with everybody who might want to put up their own job board website.

All information here is subject to change without notice. There is no warranty provided with this FREE software. You may not redistribute the software without my consent. You are however free to link back to this page. I have set up a support forum for questions/suggestions/bug reports. You can also purchase support if you need my full assistance (with installation, troubleshooting, etc.)

Full List of Features

Technical

Job Seeker Features

Recruiter Features

Site Mode

• Promotion Mode – This mode displays the promo.html file on the main page. The Promo.html file is stored in the current template folder (as defined in the web.config “sitemodel” entry).
  
  

  Promo section

  When the number of job posts in your database is below Search job min count the Header Search Group and the Menu Bar Quick Search will both be hidden.
  

  Header Search Group

  

  Quick Search

• Live Mode – This mode hides the Promo section, which means that the main page is filled up by Job Post listing (and any side-bar content that you define). The Header Search Group and the Menu Bar Quick Search will always be displayed in this mode.
• Semi-Live – This mode displays the Promo section, the Header Search Group, and the Menu Bar Quick Search all together on the main page. It’s basically a “Live with Promo section” flavor of your current template.

Search job min count

Applies when in Promotion Mode only. Hides The search bar until the minimum number of job posts are met. Set to ’0′ to disable (i.e. search will be enabled only when the site goes ‘Live’).
Default value: 100

Auto Live

Applies when in Promotion Mode only. Automatically sets ‘Live’ mode upon reaching this number of job posts. Set to ’0′ to disable (i.e. You must manually set the website to ‘Live’).
Default value: 1000

Rows to display

As job posts get added to the database, they will get displayed under the Promotion Section on the main page. This dictates the number of job posts to display while in Promotion Mode.
Default value: 5

Captcha

Number of failed login attempts before displaying captcha.
Default value: 3

Upload extensions

List of file extensions allowed to for resume upload.
Default value:
.txt, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf

Upload MIME types

Associated Mime types in the same order as the list of extensions.
Default value:
text/plain, application/msword, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, text/richtext, application/pdf

Maximum resume count

Maximum number of resume records allowed.
Default value: 5

Job post expiration

Number of months before job posting expires. Note that everytime the user edits the job post it’s status is set to ‘for review’ and once approved the expiration date is reset.
Default value: 2

Job post auto-publish

New or edited job posts are normaly set to ‘For Review’ upon saving. Only ‘Published’ posts appear on the job list. Setting this to “True” will set job posts to ‘Published’ status upon save by the user.
Default value: False

Show logo on job listing

Show/hide (recruiter) company logo on the main screen job listing.
Default value: False

Rows to display

Number of job posts to display in ‘Live’ mode.
Default value: 10

Terms and Conditions

Terms and conditions for the use of your website. All occurences of shortcode ‘[website]‘ (without quotes) will be replaced with your websites name (as taken from web.config). Credit-card processors and retailers like PayPal and DalPay may have specific requirements for what you need to place in your terms of service.
Default value: none

No-reply email

Will be used for sending out registration emails.
Default value: noreply@[yoursitename]

Public email

Will be used for sending out general information emails to registered users.
Default value: info@[yoursitename]

Admin email

Will be used for sending out administrative emails.
Default value: admin@[yoursitename]

SMTP server

Out going SMTP email server.
Default value: relay-hosting.secureserver.net

Send using

Choose which mail object ADJE needs to use in sending email. This value will depend on your server and so you should choose whichever works best with your hosting service. You can test the email settings before saving.

• System.Web.Mail (older)
• System.Net.Mail (newer)

Default value: System.Web.Mail (older)

Test email settings

Test your email settings by entering an email address and click on the Send Test button.

Featured sidebar title

Title to place above the sidebar content area.
Default value: Featured

Featured area width

Space allocated on the right side of the Job List for additional content. Set to ’0′ to hide the space.
Default value: 0 pixels

Featured HTML

HTML Code for the featured area. Place AdSense codes, or your own formatted layout. Use shortcode ‘[model_curr]‘ (without quotes) to designate the current model folder (e.g. ‘[model_curr]/images/ad/myimage.jpg’)
Default value: none

Analytics tracking code

Javascript tracking code that will be placed on each page to enable tracking of your website performance in Google Analytics. Replace ‘youraccount#’ with your analytics code, or cut and paste the entire analytics script altogether. If you do not intend to use Google Analytics then clear out this entry to avoid ADJE loading unnecessary JS code.
Default value: see below

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 <script type="text/javascript">
 
  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'youraccount#']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
 
  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();
 </script>

App ID

Your website’s unique Facebook app ID for FB Like/Recommend. If you don’t have an AppID yet, then visit the Facebook Setup Page and request for it.
Default value: none

Display Image

File name of default image to be displayed when users ‘share’ or ‘like’ your site pages. The file must reside in the current template folder under ‘/images/facebook’. The image and should not be larger than 200 x 200 pixels.
Default value: logo_200x200.png

Description Meta Tag

Default Facebook description for your site. Limit to 150 characters or less.
Default value: logo_200x200.png

The payment buttons can be customized by replacing the payment button images in your current template.

About Payment Gateways

There are probably hundreds of Payment/Creditcard processors/gateways (and they sometimes prefer to be called ‘retailers’ of your services/products). For purposes of simplicity I will just refer to them collectively as Payment Gateway(s). Some of the more popular payment gateways are: PayPal, Google Checkout, 2Checkout, DalPay, etc. and the list is very long indeed. Each company provides a set of very specific instructions on how to use their “payment system”, and it is impossible to implement them all in one go. I have initially chosen a two I am familiar with (as a starting point) and integrated them into ADJE. More options will be added as time permits.

Payment Link Format

The format for the payment link is:
payment.aspx?code=item001&desc=advertising&amt=50

After payment has been completed some Payment Gateways can be automatically redirected back to a thank you page called ThankYou.aspx. Other Payment Gateways need to be specifically told to redirect back to ThankYou.aspx by setting configuration options from the Payment Gateway Website using your account with them (i.e. you need to do that yourself by logging into your account with them).

Payment Gateways Supported

DalPay

PayPal

Payment Message (HTML)

Large font text (in HTML) to be displayed on the ADJE payment screen. Can be a thank you or additional info message.
Default value: none

Payment Thank You Message (HTML)

Large font text (in HTML) to be displayed as thank you message (shown here).
Default value: none

After a new employer completes the information on the form, an email will be sent out to the users registered email address. He/She would then have to click a link to verify the email address. If a user is unable to pass the verification procedure, the user account will remain in an “unverified” status. Unverified users will not be able to use ADJE features that are reserved for registered users (e.g. job posting, etc).

Administrators can override the status of users in the User Administration form.

After a new job seeker completes the information on the form, an email will be sent out to the users registered email address. He/She would then have to click a link to verify the email address. If a user is unable to pass the verification procedure, the user account will remain in an “unverified” status.  Unverified users will not be able to use ADJE features that are reserved for registered users (e.g. resume creation, job application, etc).

Administrators can override the status of users in the User Administration form.

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• Contact Information
• Address

Employer/Recruiter User Profile

In addition to the above basic information panes, the employer/recruiter profile page will have these additional panes:

Company Information

My Job Postings

Job Seeker User Profile

In addition to the above basic information panes, the job seeker profile page will have these additional panes:

My Resume

My Applications

• Number of views – Shows the number of page views the job post gets.
• Number of applicants – Shows the number of applicants for the job post as determined by the number of applicants who clicked on the Apply Now button on the View Job Post page.

  Some employers/recruiters will place email addresses or url’s on their job posts. It is not possible for ADJE to count the applicants that directly contact the employer (instead of clicking the Apply Now button.

New Job Post

When a new job post is created the Address and Industry fields will be filled with default values taken from the users profile.

The initial state of new job posts will be ‘incomplete’. After the user clicks on the Save button, validations will be performed and the job post record will be updated in the database. The status of the job post can either be:

• Pending Review – An admin will have to manually set the job post to Published by editing the job post and setting the status to Published. Only published job posts will appear on the main job list page. This ensures that each job post is up to the standards that is required. For those that do not want this much hands on administration, Admins can set ADJE to Auto Publish in the General Settings Pane
• Published – When ADJE is set to Auto Publish any saved job post will be immediately visible on the main job list page.
• Incomplete – When the user creates a job post without saving it, the job post will have a status of Incomplete. This type of job post is not published on the main page, plus, the user will not be allowed to create a new job post until he/she has successfully updated (and saves) the (incomplete) job post record.

The status of job posts (including expiration) is visible in the users User Profile on the My Job Posting grids Status column.

The Preview button will show users exactly how the job post will appear for ADJE site visitors.

My Job Applicants

View Applicants (My Job Posting Pane)

Columns can be sorted by clicking on the grid header column title.

Preview (Applicant) Profile

When an applicant submits an application, the applicant also selects from one (of possibly several) resumes that he/she has on record in the ADJE resume database. That online resume is made available to the employer when the employer clicks on the Preview Profile button. The report generated is based on the users profile on ADJE, which will include other information that the user entered in our database (e.g. work experience/employment history, and educational background).

NOTE: The online resume can be printed or exported to PDF.

Also, it is not uncommon for applicants to also have a PDF/DOC/TXT File of their resume associated with their online resume on ADJE. If available, employers may download that resume file by clicking on the Download Resume button. A download link will be provided, but in most cases the browser will automatically download the file.

Download Link Security
The download link will only work when the employer/recruiter is signed-in to his/her account. ADJE checks to ensure that job seeker resume files are always kept confidential and secure, and can only be accessed by employers/recruiters that they applied to.

Each job seeker can add a limited number of online resumes based on the Maximum Resume Count setting. Clicking New will bring up the My Resume page where the user can fill up all details pertaining to a particular resume.

The Duplicate link allows users to quickly duplicate resume records.

Clicking on the Desired Title link will bring up the Preview Resume Profile page. This page shows the user what the resume

NOTE: The online resume can be printed or exported to PDF.

My Applications

This pane shows a job seeker all of the job posts that he/she has applied to. This grid will also show when the employer/recruiter has viewed the job seekers application in ADJE.