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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition)

You're reading from   WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints (Second Edition) Create a variety of exciting sites for e-commerce, networking, video streaming, and more, using WordPress

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784397968
Length 324 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Migrating a Static Site to WordPress FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a Social Media Site 3. Creating a Network of Sites 4. Creating an E-commerce Site 5. Creating a Video Streaming Site 6. Creating a Review Site 7. Creating a Jobs Board 8. Creating a Team Communications Site 9. Creating a Gallery Site 10. Creating a Membership Site Index

Planning your jobs board


If you're going to create a jobs board site, you need to put some thought into how it will work, what its target audience will be, and what they'll be able to get from it.

Here are some questions you might ask yourself:

  • Is the jobs board the sole purpose of the site or is it part of a blog or other kind of site?

  • What is the audience for the jobs board? Consider employers and applicants too.

  • How will you advertise your jobs board and encourage employers to post jobs on it?

  • Do you intend to make money from your jobs board? If so, will this be via advertising or by charging employers for posting jobs?

  • Will people apply for jobs on your site or on the employers' sites?

In this chapter, we're going to build a standalone jobs board that doesn't include application forms; applicants will click a link to go to the employer's site or e-mail a CV to them.

I'm going to populate my jobs board with some dummy jobs in web design and content creation, but your jobs could be anything you...

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