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[adrianharvey Friend adrianharveyJoin date: February 2007Posts: 11Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#149777

Hi,

I have an extensive list of existing users with Joomla accounts aready (60,000 odd) some of these will want to register themselves as employers or jobseekers with the jobboard functionality we are adding to the site.

However, as far as I can tell it seems as though they can only add an employers/jobseeker profile during initial registration. Am I missing something obvious?

Many thanks.
Adrian

[adrianharvey Friend adrianharveyJoin date: February 2007Posts: 11Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#338191

For others reading this thread – answer is that this is not possible at the moment.

I’ll post my workaround when I find one..

[gavinallday Friend gavinalldayJoin date: October 2006Posts: 26Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 4]

#338253

Hi Adrian,

Not sure how much help this will be….

You could try adding a link to the standard users menu to allow them to upgrade their profile.

Assuming your setup is the same as mine, for the JobBoard User menu, add a new menu item, and select JA Jobboard / User Group / Default Layout.

Give the new item a title, alias etc. The link will be something like index.php?option=com_jajobboard&view=jausergroup.

When a user clikcs this new link, they are presented with the old registration form that allows them to select which type of account they want, Employer or JobSeeker.

I think this is being deprecated in the newest versions, but I actually think this is useful and should be developed. The site I am working on needs three profile types, Employer, Job Seeker and a standard user. The standard user could be suppliers etc who want to advertise on the site, but later decide to be employers, for example.

Hopefully, Hung and his team might provide some guidance as to whether we should use this, or how it will be developed in future.

Hope this helps,
Gavin.

[Anonymous Moderator JA DeveloperJoin date: September 2014Posts: 9914Downloads:207Uploads:152 Thanks: 1789 Thanked: 2008 times in 1700 posts]

#338393

Hi guy,

The standard user could be suppliers etc who want to advertise on the site, but later decide to be employers, for example.
=> Currently, we still support this. That means a standard user can login normally, after login, there will be a link ‘Update my account’. On this page, user can decide to update his/her account as an employer or a job seeker.

[Hieu Nguyen Admin Hieu NguyenJoin date: November 2005Posts: 678Downloads:36Uploads:0 Thanks: 69 Thanked: 61 times in 1 posts]

#340566

I think – or I hope that I can do this automatically with sql in my database. So that my 10k users get a flag in a db table so they’re all job seekers. right?

[Anonymous Moderator JA DeveloperJoin date: September 2014Posts: 9914Downloads:207Uploads:152 Thanks: 1789 Thanked: 2008 times in 1700 posts]

#340768

Hi Sotte,

In fact, you can verify for all Joomla users to become Job site”s job seekers via the following MySQL command:

“UPDATE users SET params = CONCAT(params, ‘nusertype=Job Seeker User’) WHERE ”
Eg: “UPDATE jos_users SET params = CONCAT(params, ‘nusertype=Job Seeker User’) WHERE username <> admin”

[Hieu Nguyen Admin Hieu NguyenJoin date: November 2005Posts: 678Downloads:36Uploads:0 Thanks: 69 Thanked: 61 times in 1 posts]

#340773

Thanx for your Feedback.
You’re really using the jos_users table for the assignment? I am a little bit surprised. Why not an own assignment table?

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