Introduction
Theme Installation
After Installing a fresh wordpress go to Appearence > Themes and then click on Add New. Now click on Upload Theme. Now theme zip file (jobbox.zip) can be uploaded here.
After successfully installing theme Jobbox theme will display in Appearence > Themes. Now click on Activate. Theme is activated successfully.
Theme installation screenshots are given below.
Plugin setup
After activation Jobbox theme you can see plugin installation message in your admin dashboard. You need to install and active all theme required plugins to achieve better experience of the them.
Install and activate all plugins
Demo Import
After activation Jobbox theme and successfully activating all theme required plugins the system is ready to import demo data. To import demo data One Click Demo Import plugin must be activated. One Click Demo Import plugin is given as theme required plugin here. To import demo data go to Appearence > Import Demo Data and click on Import Demo Data as marked in the screenshot below.
Page settings
Page settings modifications can be made from page metabox settings. Page settings are :
- Banner display settings
- Banner cstom title settings
- Banner custom subtitle settings
- Banner background image setup
- Banner styles
- Display breadcrumb settings
Customizer settings
Theme template modifications can be made customizer settings. Settings can be accessed quickly by clicking on the pencil icon marked red in screenshot below. Customizer settings are :
- Posts settings
- Footer settings
- Login page settings
- Design options
Header settings
Go to : Appearence > Theme options > Customize > Header settings
Enable/Disable login and register links for non logged in user.
Choose My Account/Job Dashboard button in nav button for logged in user.
Add custom nav buttons
Posts settings
Go to : Appearence > Theme options > Customize > Post
Posts archive and single template settings can be changed from here.
Footer settings
Go to : Appearence > Theme options > Customize > Footer > Copyright bar
Footer copyright text can be changed from here.
Job Settings
Go to : Appearence > Customize > Theme options > Job settings
Job archive page banner title and subtitle can be changed from here.
Control archive page layout view
Recruiter Settings
Go to : Appearence > Customize > Theme options > Recruiter settings
Recruiter archive page banner title and subtitle can be changed from here.
Control archive page layout view
Candidate Settings
Go to : Appearence > Customize > Theme options > Candidate settings
Candidate archive page banner title and subtitle can be changed from here.
Control archive page layout view
Login page settings
Go to : Appearence > Theme options > Customize > Login page
Login page images can be changed from here.
Design options
Go to : Appearence > Customize > Design options
Theme typography, colors, background colores, border and shadow settings can be changed from here.
Control Job Manager Settings
Recruiter and Candidate settings can be set using Control Job Manager plugin. Control Job Manager plugin is given as theme required plugin. This plugin helps to add :
General Settings
Recruiter Settings
Candidate Settings
Candidate Rating : Candidate rating can be added from edit candidate page.
Job application form settings
Job Listings
User can create, edit Jobs, Resume and Company Profile from Job Listings on user profile. To proceed here please go to My Account > Job dashboard
Jobs
Resume
Company Profile
Job Bookmarks
To get the job bookmark feature control-job-manager plugin must be activated and enable bookmark job must be checked. All steps are described below.
Turn on bookmark setting
Go to : Jobs Manager from admin dashboard and hit on general tab
Check enable bookmark job
Add to bookmark
Go to : Single job page that you want to bookmark.
Click on Save job button and add some notes. Finally click on Add Bookmark button.
View all saved jobs
Go to : My Account > Job dashboard and hit on Saved Jobs tab.
All your saved jobs with corresponding notes are displayed in a table
Job Tags
To get the job tags feature control-job-manager plugin must be activated and enable job tags must be checked. To display job tags as tag cloud use [job_tag_cloud] shortcode where to display job tags.
Tags will only be linked if the ‘Enable Tag Archives’ option is enabled in the settings.
Example: Show 10 tags ordered by count:
[job_tag_cloud orderby="count" number="10"]
Turn on Job tags setting
Go to : Jobs Manager from admin dashboard and hit on general tab
Check enable job tags
Add job tags
Go to : Job edit page and add some tags
Update job to save changes
Enable tag archive
Go to : Listings > Settings > Job Listing
Check Tag Archives to enable job tags archive page.
Application Deadline
To get the Application Deadline feature control-job-manager plugin must be activated and enable application deadline must be checked. Closing dates will be displayed along with the meta on single job listing pages. Jobs are checked for expiry daily at midnight using WordPress cron. When using the [jobs] shortcode, to have the jobs sorted by deadline/closing date, use the following:
[jobs orderby="deadline"]
Turn on Application Deadline setting
Go to : Jobs Manager from admin dashboard and hit on general tab
Check enable application deadline
Enable Automatic deadline expiry
Go to : Listings > Settings > Job Listing and check Automatic deadline expiry
Set application closing date
Go to : Job edit page and set application closing date and update to save changes.
Create Additional Fields
Creating additional fields is an admin panel setting. This setting is supported for Job listing, Recruiter, Candidate and Application post types. To create additional field, please go to your admin dashboard and then Jobs Manager > Settings. Dive into specific post type tab to create additional field.
Created additional fields will be added to post types meta box. Fields will be visible when posts to add or edit.
To get display additional field's value, corresponding templates need to be overridden.
Usage :
$value = ctrljm_meta('your_field_name');
Or,
$value = do_shortcode('[control-job-manager-meta field="your field name"]');
Value can be wrapped with html tag using both of these process. For Example :
Usage :
$value = ctrljm_meta('your_field_name', '<h5>', '</h5>');
Or,
$value = do_shortcode('[control-job-manager-meta field="your field name" before="<h5>" after="</h5>"]');
Newsletter settings
To setup Newsletter form go to Settings > Email Subscription. Newsletter settings are :
- Email subscription form url
- Email field placeholder
- Submit button title
Changelog
1.0.6 - 18th December, 2022
Changelog:
1. Added Job grid template supported with image
2. Added setting to upload job grid image
3. Updated WooCommerce backdated templates
4. Updated theme required plugin
5. Updated demo content
6. Updated CSS files
1.0.5 - 15th December, 2022
Changelog:
1. Fixed child theme customizer issue
2. Improved mobile header
3. Added settings to add custom nav buttons
4. Added Job Tags addon
5. Added Application deadline addon
6. Added settings to change Job archive page layout view
7. Added settings to change Recruiter archive page layout view
8. Added settings to change Candidate archive page layout view
9. Improved layout switcher feature
10. Updated theme required plugin
11. Updated CSS files
12. Updated demo content
13. Updated widget demo content
1.0.4 - 9th December, 2022
Changelog:
1. Added settings to disable longin and register links
2. Added settings to add job dashboard link in nav buttons
3. Added candidate video upload feature
4. Added job bookmark feature
5. Added job share to social platform feature
6. Improved job apply link settings
7. Added WP Job Manager Resume options
8. Added WP Job Manager Application options
9. Updated theme required plugin
10. Updated demo content
11. Updated CSS files
1.0.3 - 5th December, 2022
Changelog:
1. Added latest posts title settings
2. Added featured jobs title settings
3. Added similar jobs title settings
4. Added bookmark job feature
5. Added view saved jobs from frontend
6. Fixed google map issue
7. Improved static text issue
8. Added modal popup login and registration from
9. Updated CSS files
1.0.2 - 24th November, 2022
Changelog:
1. Added Home 5
2. Added Home 6
3. Added additional field setting
4. Added template control settings
5. Added no jobs text setting
6. Added backup and restore setting for job manager
7. Updated login page
8. Updated register page
9. Updated lost password page
10. Added copyright text setting
11. Fixed dynamic style issues
12. Added partial for customizer
13. Updated demo content
14. Updated one click demo import page
15. Updated theme required plugins
16. Updated CSS files
17. Updated JS files
1.0.1 - 21st November, 2022
Changelog:
1. Added Home 2
2. Added Home 3
3. Added Home 4
4. Fixed job company name field required issue
5. Fixed featured job icon issue
6. Updated demo content
7. Updated CSS files
1.0.0 - 15th November, 2022
Initial released