Jobs Section of Website

[techwiz]

I need to create (unless a simple template exists) a section of a
website that will allow the HR people to post, edit and delete jobs,
and for the viewers to reply via email. Nothing fancy.

All I want is essentially what you see here on usenet - you see a
subject line of all the topics, and then you can open the topic and
read the text in your browser. The browser will automatically insert
the email hyperlink, just like it does on usenet. The only built in
parameters might be for message length and margins, I don't want it to
do anything else. Type face should be a default, and it should have a
grey background.

Any clues? Or if I've missed something please advise. Thanks!

 

[Toby Inkster]

Any clues?

You will want a server-side scripting language. With access to one and
knowledge of it, such a task is not difficult.

 

[techwiz]

I have neither. I asked for a clue so I did get that - Sir, could you
be more specific?

Or anyone?

 

[Mark Parnell]

I have neither. I asked for a clue so I did get that - Sir, could you
be more specific?

How can we be more specific? What server-side languages do you have
available to you? If none, it really can't be done. Or you need to get
yourself a decent host.

 

[Victoria Clare]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in 4ax.com:

I have neither. I asked for a clue so I did get that - Sir, could you
be more specific?

It's not an uncommon task, and there are plenty of freeware and shareware
solutions about - of varying quality of course.

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Classified_Ads/Employmen
t/index.html

may give you a start.

I'd recommend that as this is your first encounter with scripting, you go
with php rather than the various other options - there's a wider choice of
hosting and more online help than anything else you might use.

If your current hosting already supports any of the options, it's most
likely to have php.

What you want is actually simple enough that you could learn to do it
yourself quite quickly, but I find it's easiest to learn by fiddling with
what other people have done first, and it may give you some ideas too.

Victoria

 

[Karl Groves]

I have neither. I asked for a clue so I did get that - Sir, could you
be more specific?

Or anyone?

If you don't have a server with something like PHP, ASP, JSP, Perl, etc.
then get one
If you don't have the knowledge of how to implement your desired feature
with one of the above server-side scripting languages, then hire someone who
does.

-Karl

 

[Andreas Rueckert]

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:02:53 -0500,

I have neither. I asked for a clue so I did get that - Sir, could you
be more specific?

You'll need something like PHP or Perl support on your server. Most likely
with MySQL support, so you can store the jobs in the database.

I guess, there are job script available on site like hotscripts.com ,
or so, but I'm not sure, since I wrote my own script when I needed one.

Ciao,
Andreas

 

[techwiz]

Thanks so much for your input.

I must be really out of touch.

Doesn't anyone us just plain, old HTML anymore?

 

[Toby Inkster]

Doesn't anyone us just plain, old HTML anymore?

Yes, but that would be totally useless for what you want.

 

[Default User]

Thanks so much for your input.

I must be really out of touch.

Doesn't anyone us just plain, old HTML anymore?

Please don't top-post.

When (and pray tell how) was HTML ever suitable for the things you want
to do?




Brian Rodenborn

 

[Karl Groves]

Thanks so much for your input.

I must be really out of touch.

Doesn't anyone us just plain, old HTML anymore?

First, stop top posting

Second, if you're a masochist, then by all means code all of your listings
with HTML.

-Karl

 

[Webcastmaker]

When (and pray tell how) was HTML ever suitable for the things you want
to do?

How would he know? That's basically the question he was asking

 

[techwiz]

Before all these new tools existed, when the Internet was new, all
there was - was HTML.

It wasn't that long ago..

I should have paid more attention back then - there were jobs sections
of companies back then, so blissfully simple. Somehow they worked.

Does anyone here remember that old technology?

 

[Mark Parnell]

I should have paid more attention back then - there were jobs sections
of companies back then, so blissfully simple. Somehow they worked.

Yes, they were updated by the developer. Anyone who wanted to post a job
gave it to the web developer, who added it to the page manually. Feel
free to do it that way if you want.

BTW: Please don't post upside-down.
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

 

[Jeff Thies]

Before all these new tools existed, when the Internet was new, all
there was - was HTML.

Perl's been around a long time. Still works fine too.

Tasks like this have usually been done server side, and that goes way
back into the '90's. The widespread use of databases on the net some 5
years ago has just made this easier.

Jeff

 

[Toby Inkster]

Before all these new tools existed, when the Internet was new, all
there was - was HTML.

When the Internet was new, there was no HTML.
Birth of Internet - circa 1969.
Birth of HTML - circa 1990.

I should have paid more attention back then - there were jobs sections
of companies back then, so blissfully simple. Somehow they worked.
Does anyone here remember that old technology?

Manually -- copy and paste.

 

[Victoria Clare]

(e-mail address removed) wrote in 4ax.com:

Doesn't anyone us just plain, old HTML anymore?

Well, yes, but HTML is just a markup system - it can't actually do anything
- it just says 'this is a heading' 'this is a para' within a preexisting
document. To create or delete documents on the fly, you need something
else.

If your HR department is going to edit a plain-html website, they will need
a basic understanding of HTML coding and FTP. I used to believe that this
was within most people's capabilities, but the evidence has forced me to
change my mind!

If you think you saw a similar system long ago that didn't use php or asp,
I would wager a reasonably large sum that the thing doing the work of
adding pages as required was either:

a) a perl script

or

b) a human being.

Perl scripts are widely available if you want to use them - most people
find php easier to get started with though, which is why I suggested it.

Your HR department should be able to source a human being themselves.
However, I think you'll find that technology has rather high ongoing costs
in comparison with a simple php solution, or even a Perl script!

Victoria

 

[Andy Dingley]

I need to create (unless a simple template exists) a section of a
website that will allow the HR people to post, edit and delete jobs,
and for the viewers to reply via email. Nothing fancy.

Fancy is good, if it's cheaper than home-cooked plain. _Download_
(don't write) something like phpBB (a full-featured chat board) and
turn off all the features that don't look like a noticeboard. It's
easier and (more importantly) less buggy than trying to write your own
from scratch.

 

[techwiz]

Back in 96 I put a web site together in about an hour using word and
netscape that received all kinds of compliments from people that did
web sites for a living.. I guess that isn't done anymore.

 

[techwiz]

I downloaded it. Interesting program, thanks for the tip!

I'd love to see some examples.