JustJobs

• Major candidate and publisher experience update
  • Added separate candidate and publisher workspaces with clearer sidebar and account-menu navigation
  • Added onboarding for users who want to find jobs, post jobs, or do both
  • Added a "Start hiring" path for candidate accounts that later need publisher tools
• New candidate profiles, saved jobs, and application tracking
  • Added candidate profiles with headline, bio, skills, target roles, locations, work preferences, CV link, visibility, open-to-work status, and profile completeness
  • Added public talent profile URLs
  • Added saved jobs, saved searches, alert preferences, notification preferences, and application history
  • Added JustJobs-hosted applications with candidate notes, profile snapshots, CV links, screening answers, status tracking, and application detail pages
• New publisher hiring and applicant management tools
  • Added publisher dashboard with jobs, companies, applicants, shortlisted candidates, and hiring activity stats
  • Added applicants inbox with filters by job, status, CV availability, and public profile availability
  • Added applicant statuses: New, Reviewed, Shortlisted, Rejected, and Hired
  • Added screening questions and admin controls for available application modes
  • Improved publisher job listing cards, actions, application counts, and renewal details
• Improved expired job handling: expired listings now show as closed, stay readable by URL, and are removed from active search/listing results
• Fixed a bug where blog post titles were limited to 255 characters
• Dependencies updates, security improvements
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements
• Documentation-related improvements

Notes:

• Please re-create your theme via the admin panel

• Major admin panel overhaul
  • Better UI, UX, and overall design and functionality
  • Better logically structured menus and resources
  • Better structured forms and input fields, with better validation
  • Better search, filtering, and sorting features for resources
  • Added admin menu notification bubbles for all areas that might require admin attention
  • Unified login pages with the in-app one, for a more consistent experience
  • Re-implemented the dashboard and added new stats and graphs over the Payments & Subscriptions area
  • Made every admin resource translatable (except for settings)
  • Better, more granular admin-roles manager
  • New, missing features like:
    • Dark mode
    • Password fields with show/generate/copy password
    • User-selected per-page pagination settings
    • User-selected, optional table columns
    • Default (admin) settings are applied when creating new resources, where applicable
    • Better select/dropdown inputs, with a search feature
  • Settings rework
    • Moved each setting category to its own category, reducing clutter
    • Renamed, re-ordered settings for a more cohesive experience
    • Improved the form input types and fields validation
    • Improved the settings helper labels to be more informative
    • Auto-populating the available languages based on the setup languages
    • Auto-populating the region dropdown of service providers, where available
    • Turned all sensitive key fields within admin settings into revealable password type instead of clear-text
• Added Cloudflare's R2 storage driver support
• Added Selectize-based input for the country selector used in the checkout dialog
• Added primary-color derived text-select backgrounds
• Added "ID-verified users" scoped global announcements option + other banners improvements
• Added a new cookie consent library, fixing broken link issues, and the ability to mark custom JS code as tracking cookies
• Updated the inner Laravel framework to a newer version and other dependency updates
• Taxes module revamp; Improved tax-calculation flow
  • Frontend now fetches tax quotes from the backend instead of calculating them client-side
  • Improved and cleaned up tax calculation logic and validation
• Slight design improvements on the site sidebar
• Fixed an issue where blog posts weren't included in the sitemap
• Fixed an issue where the blog menu entry was missing from the sidebar on mobile devices
• Fixed a console error in the user settings area
• Fixed an issue where the font wasn't properly loaded, defaulting to the system font
• Documentation updates and other small bugfixes

Notes:

• PHP version has been bumped to 8.2

• Updated the inner Laravel framework version
• Reworked the PayPal implementation, removed the deprecated SDK in favor of a custom-written API wrapper
• Added Vertoel payment provider, available for one-time & recurring payments
• Added MercadoPago payment provider, available for one-time payments
• Added Razorpay payment provider, available for one-time payments
• Small update page improvements, to better know when you are already up to date
• Other small bugfixes and improvements, dependency updates
• Documentation updates

Notes:

• PHP version has been bumped to 8.2-8.4; make sure your server supports it

• Added ctrl+s saving function to the language selector
• Brought back the newsletter CSV export function
• Fixed an issue where rare admin-related interactions would end up in an infinite loop redirect in some edge cases
• Fixed the post-Laravel upgrade Slack notification issue
• Fixed an issue where rare admin-related interactions would end up in an infinite loop redirect in some edge cases
• Small UI&UX improvements over the installer & updater pages

• Added o1 and o1-mini AI models, though not yet available to all open-ai accounts
• Added webp image support for user & company avatars
• Fixed an issue related to captchas, which were not appearing in the register dialog box
• Fixed an admin panel issue, causing a bug with theme generation for the RTL version
• Fixed an issue where the admin AWS region wasn't used for pre-signed URLs.
• Fixed an issue when there were no available jobs and the "Disable featured categories on homepage" option was ON
• Fixed an issue where envs missing nd_pdo_mysql, a redirect loop would have been caused on the admin panel
• Improved backward compatibility when updating from older versions to the latest ones

• Added new Disable featured categories on homepage - can be used to have the homepage list all the latest jobs together
• Added phone number support to "Apply Now" links on the job page & job preview widgets
• Fixed an issue related to the site having a default RTL mode
• Fixed a small access issue related to semi-protected admin routes
• Completely re-worked the product documentation
  • New documentation template, better UI, and easier to follow
  • Documentation search feature
  • Improvements to old sections and additions of new sections
• Other small bugfixes

• Added multi-driver captcha provider solution (Now supporting ReCaptcha, HCaptcha, and Turnstile)
• Fixed an issue causing the sitemap to have incorrect URL values on certain envs
• Fixed the ctrl+s shortcut on Admin > Settings area, which wasn't triggering the submission anymore
• Fixed some issues where attachments uploaded via the ID-verify section weren't properly deleted on the user side
• Fixed some issues with the wasabi storage driver, which could happen on certain hosting environments
• Combined the Social login & Social media tabs under a single Social setting tab, under Admin > Settings
• Refactored the Admin > Settings JS code, fixing lag issues when clicking between settings sub-categories
• Other small fixes and improvements
• Documentation-related updates

• Fixed an issue related to stripe webhooks requests, happening on certain hosting environments

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• Fixed multiple design inconsistencies on the admin dashboard page
• Fixed the ordering of settings in Admin > Settings > Media section
• Fixed an issue where certain admin image assets would appear as broken in the settings module
• Fixed a bug where the navbar, footer, and global banners weren't blurred by the site-entry consent dialog
• Fixed an issue where jobs posted under the "Pay Later" feature would receive an error after creation
• Fixed a small UI issue where the "Job Skills" field wasn't displayed as required on the job creation page
• Disabled Add & Edit features in "Admin > Money > Invoices" as invoices are meant to be immutable

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• Added an announcement banner system with multiple features (Sticky, Global, Expiration, Size, and Dismissible options)
• Added a toggle for generating invoices and made admin fields optional in Admin > Settings > Payments > Invoices
• Added a warning on the admin dashboard page if PHP's pdo_mysql extension is not using the mandatory mysqlnd driver
• Fixed an issue on the search page where the listings' descriptions weren't being included in the term-based search
• Fixed an issue where jobs running on updated plans would show duplicates on the search page
• Fixed an issue where the password reset page wouldn't contain the proper window title
• Fixed a NowPayments bug where the payment would fail if non-Latin characters were used
• Fixed a NowPayments bug where the payment completion call could fail in rare environments
• Fixed an issue where the invoice page would get blurred if the site-entry consent dialog wasn't accepted
• Updated a couple of frontend libraries that had potential security risks
• Major internal underlying development lifecycle & release tools improvements
  • Increased code quality checks and the number of automated tests
  • Fixed all PHP & JS code inconsistencies and style issues, improving code readability and maintainability
  • Reduced bundle size—up to 15% smaller archive and extracted script size
• Removed all unused iOS PWA splash screens, alongside other unused media
• Documentation-related updates
• Other small fixes and improvements

• Added ability to automatically share newly posted and approved jobs onto Slack channels, for plans featuring Slack share
• Added option of changing OpenAI model to either GPT 3.5/4.0/4.0-o from admin panel
• Added an "Apply for the position" button at the bottom of the job description on the job listing page
• Added a company preview link over Admin > Companies table
• Fixed an issue where the language selector would show languages in the current locale instead of their original ones
• Fixed an issue related to the site title when a link is shared onto a social network
• Fixed a bug related to visiting the checkout page without having a package selected previously
• Fixed a missing redirect when accessing login/register pages while already being logged in
• Fixed an issue where the pay later button wouldn't display the login dialog when not being logged in
• Fixed an issue with the admin settings image field types display, causing 500 on the settings page on certain rare environments
• Homepage and listings improvements & tweaks, changed featured jobs highlighted color, and more
• Translation strings tweaks and improvements
• Database related optimizations
• Documentation-related updates
• Other small bugfixes, and improvements

• Added an integrated blog system, which can be used for additional content and SEO
• Fixed a Wasabi storage issue related to using different regions
• Fixed an issue related to deleting users from the admin panel when using local storage
• Fixed global issues with missing filtering fields in the admin panel
• Fixed schema org definitions for the job posting page
• Fixed a client-side issue related to the PWA app serviceworker.js file, throwing console errors
• Improved the Admin > Users > ID Checks table and fields
• Improved the Admin > Users > Reports table and fields
• Improved the Money > Transactions table and fields
• Other small fixes and improvements
• Documentation updates

• Added hyperlink field to Admin > Featured clients area and homepage section
• Added CTRL+S save event onto internal job edit/company create & edit forms
• Added support for non-Latin characters slugs for job & company titles
• Fixed a few pushrCDN storage driver-related leftover issues
• Fixed a bug when the update page wouldn't get the update button disabled if DB is up to date
• Fixed an admin panel issue issue when running on S3 storage + Presigned urls, breaking user save action
• Fixed translation support for job categories and type on the search page
• Fixed a bug related to the yearly offer label calculation
• Fixed an issue where the user's assets weren't properly deleted when removing a user from the admin panel
• Improved the displayed and editable fields of jobs in the admin panel, added job link action button
• Improved the Admin > Invoices area, added transaction ID to the table
• Improved the Admin > Public pages area, added a page link action button
• Improved the Admin > Plans area & Admin > Money > Subscriptions area
• Improved the Admin > Attachments area
• Performed an overall grammar and typos fixes overall default translation strings
• Multiple improvements over the installer module
• Multiple other small bug-fixes and UI improvements & tweaks

• Added option for setting absolute value taxes, alongside the existing percentage-based ones
• Added reCaptcha verification on the contact form, when enabled
• Fixed the Wasabi storage provider implementation
• Fixed a set of issues related to pushrCDN storage provider implementation
• Fixed an issue related to the themes server fallback download link
• Fixed a few localization issues when using the "Use browser locale if available" option
• Fixed the missing validation on the company email field during listing creation
• Improved the actual available language names when the intl PHP extension is available
• Fixed a bug where social login buttons wouldn't work on the profile page login dialog
• Fixed an issue where the reCaptcha field was not present on the register dialog box
• Removed the Admin > Colors > License field in favor of the regular license code one
• Multiple documentation-related improvements

• Added the rest of the company's listings on the job page, at the end of the page
• Fixed a UI bug when submitting a new listing under a free plan, labels indicating paid transactions were shown
• Fixed an issue related to form submissions on reverse proxy/load balancer based envs
• Fixed PWA's missing Splashscreens for iPhone 12/13/14/15
• Fixed an issue related to form submissions on reverse proxy/load balancer-based environments
• Updated the deprecated AI model used by suggestions
• Improved the SEO for the login-register pages
• Made the auth system redirect on the "My Jobs" page after logging in
• Multiple improvements over the admin-based create/edit user flows
• Multiple translation strings-related fixes and tweaks
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed a bug where the update button would be un-disabled even if the latest DB is present
• Fixed a bug related to social logins, where the buttons would be disabled
• Fixed some issues that were occurring during the installation of new instances, on certain envs
• Increased default compatibility during installation on shared hosting envs

• Initial release