JobCareer Help Guide

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Chimp Studio team warmly welcome you as our valued client. While utilizing  JobCareer Theme. It is a complete Job Board WordPress theme that allows you to create a useful and easy to use job listings website . Using JobCareer theme, you can create a complete & fully Responsive job portal, career platform to run human resource management, recruitment or job posting website. JobCareer is not just a job board theme, it’s the best WordPress theme for anyone who wants a simple job script that makes money. Supporting items is not a requirement of the Envato Market places, but if you need support in any matter related to theme, Our help desk is always there.  

Need Help?

If you have any inquiry or question, We are here to help you. Chimpstudio support team respond to buyers’ questions and provide limited support through Chimp Support Portal. Our clients are our assets so we provide them top priority support to keep them satisfied. Although, support includes:

  • Responding to questions or problems regarding the item and its features
  • Fixing bugs and reported issues

Item support does not include:

  • Customization and installation services
  • Support for third party software and plug-ins
  • Hosting, server environment, or software
  • Help from authors of included third party assets

Read More about Envato Item Support policy here : Item Support Policy
Complete Jobcareer Knowledge base link : Job career Theme Knowledge Base
Video tutorials : Jobcareer Theme Online Video Tutorials
Explore more Faq's: Jobcareer Theme FAQ’s

Important Note : We usually respond to support ticket within 24 hours on weekdays, depending on the number of requests in queue. Support request sent during weekends/holidays will be processed on Monday/the next business day.

Requirements For JobCareer

To use JobCareer, First of all make sure you have following server configurations:

Server Requirements for JobCareer theme

  1. PHP Version 5.5 or higher
  2. SQL 5.6 and Recommended Version of Word Press on item detail page.

PHP.ini’s Post and memory configurations

  • upload_max_filesize = min 128M
  • memory_limit = min 256M
  • post_max_size = min 128M (For large data websites, post_max_size needs to be increased as per need.)
  • max_input_time above 300
  • max_input_vars above 5000
  • safe_mode=off
  • allow_url_fopen= on

No firewall or strict permissions/cache on server to avoid any kind of hindrance.

Note: It is a good practice to use good hosting service that ensure to offer latest technology trends and compatibility for your job portal as site performance can't be assured incase of shared hosting servers.

Installing WordPress

To install WordPress, follow instructions here. WordPress Installation Guide

Attention! WordPress installation is primarily your concern. If you encounter any problem on it, Visit www.wordpress.org & troubleshoot the issue.

Downloading JobCareer Theme

First, after purchasing JobCareer theme, please download the package from Theme Forest. All you need to do is to move your mouse over your login name in right top corner (of course after you`re logged in Themeforest) and then click Download. Here you will find all the items that you have purchased.
In the next step click the Download > Main File(s) button next to JobCareer theme and save package on your computer.
Please unpack (unzip) the whole package after downloading it from ThemeForest. In the package, You will find Documentation, license, zipped file with theme files and folder called JobCareer Theme.

Note: You can upload .zip files in this method of theme installation. No other format is accepted there, and, result will be error in installation.

Installing JobCareer Theme

Before you install Jobcareer theme, Make sure to have following server requirements to avoid any Server, white screen of death and 500 server related issues. Requirements to Install Job career Theme

Follow the steps below to install the theme via WordPress;

Step 1 – Navigate to Appearance / Themes.
Step 2 – Click Install Themes and hit the upload button.
Step 3 – Find the “Jobcareer-theme.zip” file on your computer and click “Install Now”
Step 4 – Once uploaded, activate the theme. Go to Appearance / Themes and activate it.
Step 5 – Then you will see a notification message to activate the recommended plugins. Follow the steps to install and activate each plugin.

Attention Note. You can upload .zip files in this method of theme installation. No other format is accepted there, and, result will be error in installation. More over you have to make your PHP.ini configurations as said in previous steps to successfully upload theme .zip file

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Installation Via FTP

Follow the steps below to install theme via FTP

Step 1 – Connect/Login to your hosting via FTP software (FileZilla, CuteFTP etc). Once you have downloaded and installed the program you’ll be able to launch the program and proceed with configuring the settings to allow your computer to communicate with your web host account.
Step 2 To configure FileZilla to connect to your website please select  “File” then“Site Manager”.
Step 3. A “Site Manager” window will show up.  Click on the “New Site” button and enter a name for the new connection settings. (You can name it  anything, but best to name with your domain name to keep it straight so that you know where it takes you to).
Step 4.   Now you need to fill in your FTP account information in the box on the right side of the screen.  Please enter “Host name” ( ftp address),  “Server Type” ( FTP),  “User Name and Password” ( your web host account password) which are all available from your webhost.

Step 5. Then click on “Connect” and cross your fingers that you have entered the correct information in the right boxes. If you  entered the information correctly it will connect with your server and populate the area on the right side of the program with folders that shows your website files on the server, ( the left side of the screen displays and gives you access to your local folders on your computer.
Step 6. One of the folders you see is your website main directory.  Typically if your webhost uses a cPanel server, your main root directory is called “public_html”.Your WordPress files should be in that file. The main WordPress files that a beginner needs to work with  is in a folder called “wp-content”. This is the file where you will find you “Plugins” folder as well as your “Themes” folders.
Step 7. To get new plugins or themes added to your WordPress Install through FTP, download zipped files of  plugins and or themes to your computer. When downloaded, extract them to a file on your computer. Drag the unzipped plugin or theme files, individually into either the plugin or the theme file as the case may be.
Step 8. Go to  the WordPress dashboard and go to “Appearance”, “Themes” and see that your new theme now shows up in the list of themes. The downloaded theme should be there. If not refresh, and it should appear ready to be activated. The same with Plugins. The downloaded Plugin should be in the list of “Plugins”and then you must activate it and configure each one as necessary.

Attention! If you face any problem in uploading purchased theme, just navigate FAQ's section to get appropriate solution if still problem persists open a ticket and Chimp Studio team is there to help at Chimp Support.

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Plugin Installation

With the activation of JobCareer Theme Help guide theme, you are prompted with admin notices that certain plugins are required for the theme. Following plugins are need to be activated for JobCareer theme to work properly.

  1. WP Job Hunt (Required)
  2. CS Framework (Required)
  3. Slider Revolution (Required)
  4. Contact From 7 (Optional) This theme have custom contact form. For extended contact forms, activate this plugin. 
  5. Envato WordPress Toolkit (Optional) view your ThemeForest purchases within the WordPress dashboard and quickly update your theme without losing any data & settings of theme.

You can activate these plugins by two methods;

1- Click the “Install Plugin” link which comes along with the admin notices to activate these plugins.

2- If you are prompted with any admin notices, you can activate these plugins by navigating to  Appearance > Install Plugins section. 

Note: Required plugins must be activated, otherwise theme will not function properly. However, optional plugins are your choice. Activate them only if they are required.

Import Demo data

Chimp Studio theme is flexible enough to make you love it from the first steps!

With our Enhanced and More advance “Import Demo Data” feature helps you install demo data and  you can setup this theme just like our demo. You may face several issues (i-e white screen of death, demo content failure, CS page Builder stuck and other failure issues) are all subjected to low PHP configuration limits. To resolve it contact your hosting provider and ask them to increase PHP configuration limits in php.ini file on your server. Requirements to Import Demo in Job career Theme

Knowledge Base Article : How to Import JobCareer Demos?

Note: Memory Unit must have to be "M" to get recognized by demo importer. !

To import demo, Please follow these steps:

Step 1- Login to your admin panel & navigate to Appearance, click it.
Step 2- Click on Import Demo Data,  you will see our demo page with serve requirements, make sure you satisfy them all and are ticketed green.
Step 3- Click Next Step you will be prompted to enter your purchase code, Enter your purchase code and our system will verify it with Envato, once verified you will see demo list for selection.
Note: you can get your purchase code from your ThemeForest dashboard under downloads.
Step 4- Select a demo from the list and click Next Step and our importer will show list of options to import you can select all or choose as per your need, once selected click
Next Step and our importer will star importing demo data

Note: It can take between 10 - 15  minutes, may be longer depending upon server resources and internet connectivity , to import demo data .
Note: Images from preview are not included in demo data. Dummy images will show instead of demo images BUT design element structure will remain as demo.

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Demo Images

We do not provide images with the package. All images have copyright © regulations which do not allow their reuse. Images that come with the theme are dummy images only.

Thumbnail Sizes

If you are migrating from another theme which uses the native featured images functionality of WordPress, please use the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to resize all the thumbnails. Click the link and download free Regenerate Thumbnails plugin  , read thoroughly all the steps it contains for any kind of assistance. The plugin documentation/help file contains all the information you need.

Run Demo Slider

Revolution Slider comes wrapped with JobCareer Theme for Free. It is a premium slider available as a WordPress plugin. It has gained huge popularity in the WordPress community due to its huge range of features and ease of use. Install Revolution slider from : Dashboard / Appearance / Install Plugins / Install Revolution slider (Activation is not required incase bundled with theme!)

You can easily import any desired demo slider from : Dashboard / Appearance / Import Demo data / Choose Desired demo / Validate Purchase code / Choose Revolution slider / Click Next to import successfully.

Child Theme Configuration

If you don’t want to modify the theme files every time you update the theme, you have to create the child theme to modify the php code for this. You can find the tutorial about how to create the child theme here at Child Theme Configuration Our theme wrap every function with if( !function_exists(‘some_function’) ) command, so if you want to use any function, just declare it in the function.php file of the child theme and it’ll overwrite the existing one.

How to Update Theme?

Keep your theme update to the latest version in order to get all features as per theme's live demo. To update your theme to latest version follow following simple steps:

  1. Maintain Complete backup of your site and database before theme update in order to avoid any potential data loss.
  2. Go to theme forest download dashboard, select "Download all Files", get
    the latest updated files.
  3. Deactivate the previous theme version from WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Themes > Deactivate Theme

  4. The best way is update theme using FTP.

    Step 1: Open your FTP client and Connect to your ftp host
    Step 2: Navigate to your site root folder names "Public_html" and then to wp-content / themes ( for uploading Jobcareer theme ) and to wp-content / plugins to upload wp-jobhunt & cs framework )
    Step 3: In left side navigate to latest theme package extract it and and look for folder name JobCareer and drag to wp-content/themes and to Install latest plugin navigate to following directory path JobCareer/backend/theme-components/
    and see following zip files:  wp-jobhunt.zip and cs-framework.zip folders
    Extract them and upload them one by one to wp-content/ plugins.

  5. Activate the theme and its all Done!

JobCareer features

User Roles

By default JobCareer theme comes up with three major user roles to setup your entire site that are:

  1. Candidates: (Users looking for job)
  2. Employers: (Company looking for employees)
  3. Admin: JobCareer site administrator)

Follow guidelines below how you can employ them on your site.

Candidates

Candidate is someone who has indicated an interest in a position ( job) at an organization.  JobCareer theme comes with the valuable feature for Candidates to search job that best suits their professional career.

More Knowledge base Help Articles : For Candidates

In JobCareer theme, Candidates can:

  • Sign Up/ Login as candidate  - Candidate will have to register and login JobCareer  site to search and apply for job. Visit sign up/login section to register and login to your site.
  • Create/ Manage Profile - Candidates can create personal profile and add details where they can show their particulars. Visit Create/ Manage Profile section to mange your personal profile.
  • My Resume - My Resume is an flexible feature designed for the candidates, where they can set out their education, professional experience, portfolio, skills, honors and Awards. It is your opportunity to represent you in a way that demonstrates that you are the best candidate for a job. See My Resume section manage your resume.
  • CV & Cover letter - Candidate can upload and maintain its cover letter for more job applications. Visit CV & Cover letter section to add cv and cover letter
  • Shortlisted Jobs - Candidate can check for jobs that he had shortlisted. See Shortlisted jobs section to view Shortlisted jobs

Sign Up/ Login as candidate

Candidate will sign up on the Job Career site by entering the information requested in sign up form. After Sign Up candidate will be able to Login on Job Career site.

  1. Enter Username
  2. Enter Your Email
  3. Select Specification
  4. Add Phone Number
  5. Configure Capctha

Click on Sign Up button to get registered on Job Career site. All Done!

*  Your password will be sent to you on the email provided while signup!

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Create/ Manage Profile

Your Personal profile defines about your business, products, services, and job opportunities. So it’s important for your company profile to be set up properly.

Figure out how you can set up your company profile to drive ambitious candidates to your profile.

  1. Add Personal Information (Name, Job Title, Minimum salary, Specialisms, description)
  2. Add Social Network Links (Facebook, twitter, Linked in, Google+)
  3. Enter Contact Information (Phone , Website, Location)
  4. Add Extra Information i-e Experience, Age, Current salary etc...

. 

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My Resume

My Resume is an flexible feature designed for the candidates, where they can set out their education, professional experience, portfolio, skills, honors and Awards. It is your opportunity to represent you in a way that demonstrates that you are the best candidate for a job.

  1. Add Education
  2. Add Experience
  3. Add Portfolio
  4. Add Skills
  5. Add Honors Awards

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Shortlisted Jobs

Here candidate can view his/her shortlisted jobs on dashboard.

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Applied Jobs

Here candidate will be able to view his/her applied jobs on dashboard.

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CV & Coverletter

Candidate can upload and maintain its cover letter for more job applications.

  1. Upload your cv 
  2. Add Cover letter for your profile

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Employers

An employer is an individual or employing unit (Company), which employs one or more individuals such as manufacturers, retailers, private business sectors etc. Employers offer Jobs to the individuals in exchange to the individual's skills and Qualification.  JobCareer Theme offer anonymous options for employers to recruit professionals for their businesses.

More Knowledge base Help Articles : For Employers

Employer Features

  • Register and login jobCareer as an Employer - Employer will have to Register and login on JobCareer site as an Employer to perform functionalities as privileged.
  • Manage Company Profile - Employer have to setup its complete company profile so that it can be searched by candidate to apply for job. See Manage Profile section to configure employee company profile
  • Post A New Job - JobCareer Theme comes with the marvelous feature where employers (recruiters) can add jobs in glimpse of steps. Visit Post a new Job section to post a new job
  • Buy Job And Cv Packages - Employer can buy packages for jobs while posting a new job and cv packages when admin restricts access to candidates profile. See Buy cv packages section to find out how employer can buy cv packages?
  • Shortlist Candidates - Candidates and cv will be shortlisted by employee. Visit shortlist candidate section to find out how employer can shortlist candidates?

Employer Account

Register/ Login

Employer will sign up on the Job Career site by entering the information requested in sign up form. After Sign Up employer will be able to Login on Job Career site.

  1. Enter Username
  2. Enter Your Email
  3. Enter Organisation's Name
  4. Select Specification
  5. Add Phone Number
  6. Configure Capctha

Click on Sign Up button to get registered on Job Career site. All Done!

*  Your password will be sent to you on the email provided while signup!

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Manage Company Profile

Your Company's profile defines about your business, products, services, and job opportunities. So it’s important for your company profile to be set up properly.

Figure out how you can set up your company profile to drive ambitious candidates to your profile.

  1. Add Company Information (Logo, Cover, Name, Specialisms etc.)
  2. Add Social Network Links (Facebook, twitter, Linked in, Google+)
  3. Enter Contact Information (Phone , Website, Location)
  4. Add Extra Information i-e Business type, Team size, Est. Since

 

. 

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Post a new Job

JobCareer Theme comes with the marvelous feature where employers (recruiters) can post jobs . Follow following steps to post a new job on JobCareer site: 

Step 1- Add Job Details

To post a new job create an employer account and fill all required fields and description. Follow steps to configure fields as:

  1. Enter Job Title, description, Email Address and Username
  2. Select Job Type (Freelance, Full time, internship, part time, temporary, volunteer)
  3. Select Specialism (Accountancy, Banking etc.)
  4. Select Offered Salary Range (Admin will setup salary range and employer can select as per his requirements.)
  5. Determine Career Level (Manager, Officer, Executive etc.)
  6. Select Experience, Gender, Industry, Qualification as per job specifications.
  7. Enter Location (Country, City, Complete Address) for job's location
  8. Find on Map (Latitude, Longitude) field will help you search location on Map 

Click Next Button to proceed to next step to post job.

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Step 2 – Select Packages & Payments

  1. Select Job Package i-e Basic, Standard, Gold etc. to initiate payment procedure to post your job.
    Here, all job packages will be listed and employer can buy a package from here to post a job and from that specific purchased packages number of allowed job posting will be consumed.
  2. Make this Job Featured: Select the option if you want your job to appear featured on your site. (It depends on featured settings configured by admin to show featured jobs)
  3. Choose Payment gateway as you desire, By default theme have (Paypal, Bank Transfer, Authorize.net and Skrill)  

Select the package and payment gateway, than it will direct you to the payment page  according to the payment gateway selected. 

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Step 3 – Confirmation

After successful payment to the subscribed package for job it will redirect to confirmation page. 

On Confirmation page all payment information regarding subscribed package will be shown.

  1. Total charges = Package Price (+ Featured price (if selected)
  2. Grand Total = Total Charges + VAT

Notification "Created Successfully" will appear after job has been successfully posted on your site. All Done!

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Buy CV Packages

Employer will have to buy CV Packages if admin didn't allow employers to view Candidate's (Profile, Cover and CV's) for free. So, Admin will define specific packages for employers to access candidates profile.

  1. Employer can buy package according to his requirement by navigating CV packages page, Click on Buy Now  button to pay for the selected cv package.
  2. It will direct you the Payments option in dashboard where you can select payment gateway as you desire to pay for cv package.

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Shortlist Candidates

  1. To shortlist candidate employer will visit Candidates listing and click Shortlist Button to get them shortlisted.
  2. After Shortlisting Employer can access candidate's (Cover letter, Download cv, Linked in profile, Send message and can view profile)

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Admin (JobCareer administrator)

Admin will be responsible for all back end setup and functionalities in the JobCareer theme.

More Knowledge base Help Articles : For Admin

JobCareer Theme settings helps admin to setup settings for employers, candidate , packages, payments,  and features on etc your site. To do settings follow following path:

- Navigate to admin panel and click on Dashboard > Jobs > Settings
Click the button “Save all settings”. That's it. All done!

General Options

 General Options contains numerous settings that are necessary to run and setup most important configurations to run jobcareer Theme. 

User Settings

- User Login Dashboard: Switch it On if you want enable user dashboard  from frontend
- Employer Registration: switch it ON to let employer's to sign up.
- Password Field:Switch ON/OFF the password filed in registration form.
- Menu Location: Show login section in menu.
- Employer Dashboard > Select Employer Account page
- Candidate Dashboard > Select Candidate Dashboard page

Demo Login Users

- Select Demo Login Users

Jobs Settings

- Without Login/Registration Apply
- Free Jobs Posting
- Without Login Apply Method
- Job Detail Style

Email Logs

- Email Logs :switch ON the option if you want to keep record of sent emails.

Default css elements

- Default css for common elements. H1,H2,P tags etc.

Default Sidebar

- Turn OFF if you want to disable widgets.

Custom Css

- Custom css to extend styling!

Terms and Conditions For Registration (GDPR Law Implementation)

- Candidate Terms and Conditions Page : Assign any page you need to add for Candidate terms and conditions

-Employer Terms and Conditions Page : Assign any page you need to add for Employer terms and condition

-Privacy Policy : Assign any page for Privacy policy link in Registration popup and Register element.

-Cookie Policy : Assign any page for Cookie Policy link in notice on frontend.

Default Location

Here you can setup your current location:

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Default locations.
- Google Maps (Show/hide) - Disable the button if you need to hide Google Maps from user profiles and post job form
-  Upload Cluster Icon
-  Upload Map Marker Icon
-  Set Zoom Level
-  Change Map Cluster Color
-  Map Auto Zoom
-  Map Lock
-  Enter Country
-  Enter City
-  Enter Complete Address

Click 'Search this location' button to add location to your site.!

Skill set

 Candidate skill set is a feature that help admin to setup profile completion criteria for candidate to apply a job.

To set the Candidate skill set percentage navigate:
Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Candidate Skill Set > Add Individual Percentage for each candidate option.

-  Set User General information percentage 
-  Set Social Network information percentage 
-  Set Contact Information percentage 
-  Set Resume percentage 
-  Set CV & Cover Letter percentage 
-  Set Custom Fields  percentage 

Set the option as you wish and All done!

Make sure skill set percentage value should not exceed than 100.!

 

Others

Setup options for front end access:
just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Other.

Candidates

- Candidates Profile (Switch it On to show Candidates profile on front end). (Trun off this option to allow employers to see profile of candidate without payment. If it will be ON, the candidate's profile will not be accessible publicly, Employer will have to purchase a package to access the profile of job candidates.)
-Apply Packages (Switch on/off for Apply Job Package in Candidate.). Apply Packages feature that will help site owners to charge candidates to apply jobs. 
- Awards (Switch it On to show awards on front end)
- Portfolio (Switch it On to show portfolio on front end)
- Skills (Switch it On to show skills on front end)
- Education (Switch it On to show education on front end)
- Experience (Switch it On to show experience on front end)

Submissions

- Search Result Page > Select view for search result page
- Terms and Conditions > Select page for terms and Conditions
- Job Publish/Pending On/Off > Turn this switcher OFF to allow direct publishing of submitted jobs by employers without review / moderation. If this switch is ON, jobs will be published after admin review / moderation.
- Candidate Publish/Pending On/Off > Turn this switcher OFF to allow direct publishing of registered candidate without review / moderation. If this switch is ON, candidate will be published after admin review / moderation.
- Employer Publish/Pending On/Off > Turn this switcher OFF to allow direct publishing of registered employers without review / moderation. If this switch is ON, employers will be published after admin review / moderation.
--Allow in search & listing ON/OFF > Turn this switcher OFF to hide allow in search & listing field in user profile and signup forms.
- VAT On/Off
- Value Added Tax in %
- Select Currency
- Enter Currency Sign
- Safety Text On/Off - Click button Add Safety Text to add text

Payments Confirmation Page

- Enter Title
- Enter Content

Gateways

VAT On/Off

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Gateways.

This switch will control VAT calculation and its payment along with package price. If this switch will be ON, user must have to pay VAT percentage separately. Turn OFF the switch to exclude VAT from payment.

Value Added Tax in %

Here you can add VAT percentage according to your country laws & regulations.

Woocommerce Payment Gateways

Turn this ON if you want to use Woocommerce payment gateways instead of built in.

Select Currency

Select your country from the drop down list.

Currency Sign

Add your currency sign according to your currency. It will be printed on both frontend and backend.

Currency Position

You may set the currency position as per your desire.

Gateways Settings

- Paypal Settings
- Authorize.net Settings
- Bank Transfer Settings
- Skrill-Money Booker Settings

Packages

Here you can add packages pf Job credits, cv search , apply job packages and featured jobs. 

To add packages.just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings >Packages

Job Credit

Add job credits packages for jobs here:

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >credits packages

CV Search

Add cv packages for your jobs here:

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >c.v search

Featured Jobs

Add featured packages of your choice.

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >Featured jobs

Apply job packages

Add apply job packages of your choice.

just navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >Apply job package.

Custom Fields

JobCareer theme offers special custom fields with default features of jobs that user can get benefit from them. 

Navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >custom fields.

Jobs Custom Fields

Add custom fields you want for your jobs

Navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >custom fields > job custom fields

Candidates Custom Fields

Add custom fields for candidates.

Navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >custom fields>> Candidate custom fields

Recruiters Custom Fields

Add custom fields for recruiters (Employers)

Navigate to Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Packages >custom fields> Recruiters custom fields

API Settings

Create Facebook and google app,after this add API key on below given path.
Dashboard > Appearance > CS theme option > API setting -> Add valid API detail  -> save setting.

Note: To show social logins on front end, Enable Membership option from:
Dashboard > Settings > General > Membership -> Check anyone can register

Configure API settings here:

- Twitter
- Facebook
- Linked-in
- Google+
- Captcha

Search Options

- Location Search > Use it enable and disable location filters from frontend at Jobs, candidates and employers search element
- Google Auto complete > Auto completion of typed location by user
- Enable Geo Location > To help find jobs in your area
- Enable Radius > Help to filter jobs through radius
- Radius Inputs > Add min and max radius to the input fields
- Default Radius > Set default radius for search 
- Radius Measurement > Set radius measurement in units
- Search By Location

 

Social icon

Social Media On/Off Switcher. 
Use it as per your requirement.

SOCIAL SHARING
Facebook
Twitter
Google Plus
Pinterest
Tumblr
Dribbble
Instagram
StumbleUpon
youtube
share more

SMTP settings

SMTP settings

This new feature lets you configure your SMTP settings so that you could enjoy more reliable delivery of your emails without any loss during time of mass sending of emails.
Just navigate the following path to activate this option:

Dashboard > Settings > General Options > SMTP Settings

  • Send e-mail via GMail: Enable the option if you want to send email via Gmail
  • Use SMTP Authentication?
    Turn it on If you want to use SMTP Authentication.., If checked, you must provide the SMTP username and password below
  • Enter SMTP Host Name
  • Enter SMTP Port
  • Choose Secure connection prefix
  • Use SMTPAuth: Enable the option if you want to enable SMTP auth.
  • Enter SMTP username
  • Enter SMTP Password
  • Add Wordwrap length
  • Enable debugging
  • Add Sender e-mail
  • Add Sender Name

Application deadline

Application deadline.

Just navigate the following path :
Dashboard > Jobs > settings >Application deadline

1.Disable Expired Jobs

2.Sort by Application Deadline

Disable Expired Jobs:   Manage expired jobs option here. If this switch is set ON, expired jobs will not be display on jobs listing pages. If it will be OFF, expired jobs will display on jobs listing pages.

Sort by Application Deadline:  Manage sort by application deadline date option here

Apply with facebook

Apply With Facebook

The new exciting Add-On by JobCareer theme is now presented to you. This awesome feature allow to you apply to a job using Facebook.

You just need to navigate to the following path to activate the apply with Facebook Add-On 

Dashboard > Jobs > settings >Apply with facebook.

If this switch is set ON User can apply using Facebook. If it will be OFF, User will not be able to apply using Facebook.

Export / Import

- To Import your settings, import the file
- Export If you want to make changes in your site or want to preserve your current settings, - Export them code by saving this code with you.
- Users Import / Export

Adding Job types

JobCareer theme let you add different job types very easily.  

Just navigate the following path to add new job type:
Dashboard > Jobs > Job types > Add New job type

Add the job types that you want to add on your site & Save. All Done!

 

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Specialisms

Specialisms are Major Job categories and can be displayed on frontend using CS: Specialisms page builder element and shortcode. To add Specialisms, Just navigate the following path: Dashboard > Jobs > Specialisms 
Add the Specialisms that you want to add on your site & Save. All  Done!

Help Article :  How to Translate Specialisms string to some other via Loco Translate plugin ?

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Locations

Another stunning feature of JobCareer theme is location based search setting. With feature, users can search the jobs based on geo location. Extended search & search results attributes can be set for this location based search option. It is very simple to set search options;
Click on Dashboard  > Jobs > Locations 

Free Job Submission

Free Job Submission is a new flexible feature for JobCareer Site users that wish to post their jobs free of cost with out using payment package.

To enable the option navigate:

Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Jobs Settings > Free Jobs Posting > Enable the Switch to post freely. All Done!

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Candidate Skill Set

Candidate Skill set percentage is another feature offered by JobCareer Theme is that admin can setup complete skill set for candidate to apply a job.

To set the Candidate skill set percentage navigate:
Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > General Options > Candidate Skill Set > Add Individual Percentage for each candidate option.

After that You can set Candidate Skills Percentage for it:  If that candidate Percentage skill will be less than this percentage candidate will not allow to Apply any job. Set the option as you wish and All done!

 

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Woocommerce payment Gateways

ChimpStudio provide super flexible compatibility  for Woo commerce payment gateways.

To enable the woocommerce payment gateway options instead of theme default integrated payment gateways in theme i-e Authorize.net, PayPal, Skrill and Bank transfer from:

Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Gateways > Woocommerce Payment Gateways (Enable the Switch to use it)

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Note: You can use any extension of woo commerce default gateways to buy Job & Cv packages.

With woo commerce default payment gateways, you pay amount for each transaction of job & CV package. When you link these payment gateways to your job site, people enter the credit card information on your site, but the information is never saved on your site but rather instantly passed to the payment gateway for further processing.

 

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SMTP settings

This new feature lets you configure your SMTP settings so that you could enjoy more reliable delivery of your emails without any loss during time of mass sending of emails.
Just navigate the following path to activate this option:

Dashboard > Settings > General Options > SMTP Settings

  • Send e-mail via GMail: Enable the option if you want to send email via Gmail
  • Enter SMTP Host
  • Enter SMTP Port
  • Choose Secure connection prefix
  • Use SMTPAuth: Enable the option if you want to enable SMTP auth.
  • Enter SMTP username
  • Enter SMTP Password
  • Add Wordwrap length
  • Enable debugging
  • Add Sender e-mail
  • Add Sender Name

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JobCareer Addons

Job Alerts/ Save Search

The new exciting Add-On by JobCareer theme is now presented to you. This awesome feature notifies you about newly available jobs and lets you select the jobs rightly matched with your interests and skills. Follow following steps to setup job alerts on your job portal and enjoy being Alert!

Job Alert Frequency Settings

To setup Job Alerts, first of all set your desired frequency for alerts/notifications. You can set frequency from:

Dashboard > Jobs > settings > Job Alerts > Here you can set Alert frequency as Monthly, fortnightly, Weekly , Daily and Never. Choose the suitable for your job portal site.There are some frequencies of job alert which are given below:

Annually:
In this frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to annually. If this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency annually, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to annually.

Biannually:
In this frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to Biannually.  If this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency Biannually, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to Biannually.

Monthly:
In this frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to monthly, if this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency monthly, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to monthly.

Fortnightly:
In fortnightly frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to fortnightly, if this switch is on you don’t allow to user to set alert frequency fortnightly, if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to fortnightly.

Weekly:
In weekly frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to weekly, if this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency weekly, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to weekly.

Daily:
Again in daily frequency, you allow user to set alert frequency to daily, if this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency daily, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to daily.

Never:
And in this, you allow user to set alert frequency never, if this switch is on, you don’t allow user to set alert frequency to never, and if it will be off you have allowed user to set alerts frequency to never.

How to Save Search?

This stunning and flexible feature notifies you about newly available jobs and lets you select the jobs rightly matched with your interests and skills based on your searches. Follow procedure that will help you save your searches.

  1. First of all filter your desired job using Advanced Job search filter.
  2. Click "Email me job like these" button to open job Alerts box.
  3. Enter Job Alert Name
  4. Enter Email address
  5. Now, Click "Submit button" to set Alerts on your job portal. All done!

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Job Emails / Templates

Here comes the new Add-On of one of our popular themes of WordPress by ChimpStudio. This feature let you send emails regarding the job notifications and details with different email formats and templates as you can wish for your job site. 

To Setup Email Templates navigate :
Dashboard > Jobs > Job Emails > Add New
You can edit the email as you like by using many of the given options.
2 templates are also given for your email pattern.

First of all you need to select the type of Email template. After that You can use different variables to create your own Email Template: 

Common Variables for email templates:

  • site name: [JOB_SITE_NAME]
  • admin email: [JOB_ADMIN_EMAIL]
  • username: [JOB_USER_NAME]
  • site url: [JOB_SITE_URL]
  • job title: [JOB_TITLE]
  • password: [JOB_USER_PASSWORD]
  • JOB_ALERT_TITLE
  • JOB_ALERT_JOBS_LIST

Note: Number of variables depend upon Add-Ons installed on your site. !

Email Template Settings

To configure emails, you need to make following settings in sidebar:

  • Enable/Disable Email Notification:
  • Select Email Type

Click Update Button and All Done!

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Job Application deadline

Application Deadline Add-On In Job Career Theme, applications should be submitted on specific date before the deadline of application. Application deadline have two feature’s which are:

Disable Expired job:

If this switch is set on, expired jobs will not be displayed on job listing page.If it will be off, expired jobs will display on job listing page.

Sort by application deadline:

If this switch is on application closing date will be display in sort by dropdown on job listing pages, if it will be off application closing date option will not be display in sort by dropdown on job listing pages.

To setup Application deadline navigate:
Dashboard > Jobs > Settings > Application Deadline.

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Import Indeed Jobs

This new exciting JobCareer Add-On is the feature you need to work more swiftly which helps you to get information about your posted jobs on one of the biggest job portals "Indeed".

Just navigate through the following path to utilize this feature:
Dashboard > Jobs > Import Indeed Jobs

You need to enter the publisher number obtained from the Indeed website and fill out the required fields according to your requirements.

Then, click the “Import Indeed Jobs” button and you are all set to import details from Indeed website. All Done!

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Blogs

Adding New Blog Post

Adding New Blog Post

All above options can be availed while adding a New Blog. Follow the following procedure to add new Blog;
Step 1- Navigate to your theme back end or Admin Panel and go to Post Option on the left hand side & click it.
Step 2- Click on Add New post, an area will open on right side of Add new Post. It is where you can Add title, description and achieve all other customized featured listed above in Blog page section.
Step 3- Make settings of your choice, Publish the page and your blog has been added on your site!!

Not only you can add new Blog as and when you require on your site but also can make following customization in blog options in JobCareer theme;

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General Settings

  1. Social Sharing ON/OFF
  2. Tags ON/OFF switcher
  3. Post Next Previous Option ON/OFF
  4. Choose Sidebar Section 

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Sub-Header Options

  1. Choose Sub-Header of your choice for the blog
  2. Turn Image On/Off for the blog
  3. Set Background of your choice for the blog.
  4. Set parallax BG Image ON/Off

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SEO Options

Apart from the other settings, the stunning feature of SEO settings has been offered by Chimp Studio theme. When you add a blog, you can make following settings for SEO;

  1. Put SEO title for Blog.
  2. Set SEO description that suits your blog.
  3. Set keywords to rank your blog as high as you can.

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Post Settings

  1. Select post detail view
  2. Set Thumbnail view for post.
  3. Set inside post thumbnail view as per your choice.

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Blog Post Format

You can make the blog post front end view as per your desire. You can achieve this by following steps mentioned below;

Step-1 Navigate to admin side of the theme and click on Posts -> Add new post. Add the title & post content.
Step-2 You can achieve following settings for post format;
General Setting
Sub header options
SEO Options
Post settings

Functionality & options of above 4 sections have been described in “Add New Blog” section of the documentation.

Adding New Blog Page

Adding a blog page is almost alike as creating a new page. The difference is just to use a blog element from page builder. To add a blog page, please follow steps given below;

Step-1  Navigate to admin side of the theme and click on pages from left side of your admin.
Step-2 Click on Add new page or Edit any existing page. Give page title and enter description for it.
Step 3- Go to lower section of the page and find "Add Page section". Click on it and then click on the "Add Element" a pop up window will open.
Step 4- Select a Blog Element from here & then click on edit tab.
Step 5- As soon as click on it, A pop up window will open which is "Edit Blog Options"
Step 6-  Set the option according to your requirement. Click on "Save" button. Publish or update the page & all done!
You can add more functionality via bottom section from General Setting, Sub Header & SEO Option buttons. Functionalities of these buttons have been described in "Add New Blog" section of the documentation.

General Settings

  1. Choose Sidebar Section 
  2. Select Right Sidebar as you need 

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Sub-Header Options

  1. Choose Sub-Header of your choice
  2. Turn Image On/Off
  3. Set Background of your choice 
  4. Set parallax BG Image ON/Off

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SEO Options

Apart from the other settings, the stunning feature of SEO settings has been offered by Chimp Studio theme. When you add a page, you can make following settings for SEO;

  1. Put SEO title for page.
  2. Set SEO description that suits your page.
  3. Set keywords to rank your page as high as you can.

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Coming Soon

Another New stunning features offered by JobCareer theme is "Maintenance Mode " for each particular page.

  1. Coming Soon page - Switch it on if you want to put your page on maintenance mode
  2. Add Upcoming page content

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Using Page Builder on Page

Follow the following steps to use page builder on page;

Step-1 Navigate admin side of theme and click on pages. Click on Add New Page or edit any existing page. Give page title and enter description for it.
Step 2- Go to lower section of the page and find Add Page Section. Click on it and then click on the Add Element button. As soon as you click on it, a popup window will open.
Step 3- Select an Element of your choice. After that click on edit icon (a wrench type icon). As soon as you click on it, a popup window will open again. Here you need to selectcategory of your element according to your needs. After that click on the save button & publish the page, that’s it. Your element is well added with help of page builder.

Using short code on Blog page

Follow the following steps to use short code on the page;

Step 1- Click (hover) on the Pages from admin panel. Now find the option of add new page or edit any existing page.
Step 2- Give page title, and there is a button of CS: Insert Short code. It is just under the page tittle, click on it. As soon as you click on it, a popup window will open.
Step 3- Select the element for which you want to use short code. For example if you want to use short coed for colomn, click it from the pop up window.
Step 4- As soon as you click on it, (say coloumn short code) a popup will open again, select the fields as per your requirement to customize it.
Step 5- Click on the button Insert, your short code will be added to description field. Click on the publish button, that’s it. Your element is well added to the page with help of short code.

Blog Other Views

To set front end view for your blog post as per your desire, just follow simple and easy steps mentioned below;
Step-1  Navigate to admin side of the theme and click on pages from left side of your admin.
Step-2 Click on Add new page or Edit any existing page. Give page title and enter description for it.
Step 3- Go to lower section of the page and find “Add Page section“. Click on it and then click on the “Add Element” a pop up window will open.
Step 4- Select a Blog Element from here & then click on edit tab.
Step 5- As soon as click on it, a pop up window will open which is “Edit Blog Options”
Step 6-  Select the Blog design view from the drop sown as per your requirement. Click on “Save” button. Publish or update the page & all done!

Header Settings

Header

JobCareer theme requires that you upload your logo as an image file. The logo can be any size and can fill up the full content area. You can upload your custom logo in .png .jpg .gif formats only.

You can set Logo Height/Width.
Set Logo margins from top/bottom/right/left as per your choice.

Above settings are important & must be made accordingly, otherwise it will not display correctly.
You can achieve this by following path;
Step 1- Navigate Dashboard > Appearance
Step 2-  Click on CS Theme Options and move to General Settings. Find the option of Header. It is where you can set Logo and make changes described above.

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Header Elements

Header elements implement in the website header section, you can make changes in it by following path;

Step-1 Navigate to admin side of your website.
Step-2 Click on Appearance and then Click CS Theme Options from Appearance.
Step-3 Click on  General from CS Theme Options.
Step-4 Click on Header.

Here, you can make the following changes for the header element.

  1. Sticky Header On/Off
  2. Set Sticky header logo. Upload Image
  3. Search View > Set header search view

Nav sidebar

-  Sidebar Icon
- Sidebar Position
- Select Sidebar

Header Top Strip

Here, you can make the following changes for the header top strip

- Enable the switch ON to show Top Strip on frontend
- Infobox 1 (<i class="icon-phone8"></i>Call us 0800 555 5678)
Infobox 2 (<i class="icon-envelope4"></i><a href="#">info@websitename.co.uk</a>)
- Add News Ticker
- Social Icon

Menu Settings

Menus Options

Creating Menu

WordPress gives you option to create a custom menu very easily. Menu usually serves as a navigation menu for your site. The built-in WordPress Menu feature allows you to create your own custom menus in place of your theme's default menus. To create a menu, follow the steps given below;

Step 1- Navigate to theme admin panel and go to Appearance.
Step 2- As soon as you click the Appearance button, few option will open under it. Now find the option of Menu there.  
Step 3- Click on Menu and it will take you to a new page. Click on create Menu. Give title/name in the input field there & hit the save button. All done & Menu has been created!

Note: Here you have created the Menu. You can add Menu options by reading the topic "Adding Items to Menu" in documentation. It is just below this line. 

Adding Items to Menu

Once the Menu is created, it is important to add menu options/items in it. You can add any page, category or custom link in it. You can add items in menu by following method;

Step 1- Open the theme admin panel and go to Appearance. As you click (or hover) the Appearance, a list of option will open.
Step 2- Now click on Menu, it will open a page for you. Find the the option of Edit Menu. (Mostly the page that opens is already Edit Menu Page. You do not need to find it)
Step 3- On Edit Menu section, find the "Select a menu to edit" and click it. A drop down will open, it will show you all menus that you have added already. Select a menu to edit OR for which you want add option.
Step 4- Select the items from the available option (category, pages, custom links, etc)and click on Add to menu. Hit the save Menu button & your Menu has been customized to your choice!

JobCareer Menu Settings

This guide to the Menu setting covers the basic tasks a user may carry out when using the built-in menu editor of Jobcareer theme.

If you have imported dummy data, You can set location of Menu through this way;
Step 1- Navigate to theme admin panel and click Appearance. Few options will open under it. Now find the option of Menu there.
Step 2- Select a menu from the drop down. Save the Menu.
Step 3- After that click on the "Manage Locations". Click on the drop down select "Main Menu" or as you want. Now click on the button "Save Changes". All done!     

Note: If you did not imported dummy data, follow the method given under title “Menu Creation” to create Menu.

JobCareer Menu Styling

Following customizations are offered by JobCareer Theme by Chimp Studio;

  • Change background Color of the header
  • Set Navigation Background Color
  • Change Menu Link color
  • Set Menu Active Link color
  • Set Menu Active Background color
  • Change Submenu Background
  • Change Submenu Link Color
  • Set Submenu Hover Link Color

To achieve all these settings, Follow the steps given below and made menu to be colorful:

Step 1- Click(hover) on the Appearance from admin panel. Now find the "CS Theme Options", Click on it.
Step 2- Click on "Colors" tab, few options will open under it. Click on "HEADER" option, It will navigate to "HEADER COLORS"
Step 3- Set the colors of menu as per your requirement. Save Settings & All Done

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JobCareer Mega Menu

Jobcareer Theme have a built-in mega menu that can be enabled in the main menu. It can have 1-4 columns, be full width. Please see below for information to how to set this up. 

Step 1- Navigate to theme admin panel and go to Appearance.
Step 2- As you click the Appearance button, few option will open under it.  Find the option of "Menus" there.
Step 3- Select the Menu where you want to create a mega menu & select a page or add there a custom page as per you requirement. Click on the button "Save changes", All done!

Following customization in Menu can be made;

  1. Set the Title Attribute
  2. Active Mega Menu from the ON/OFF button
  3. Show/Hide the the text from the button
  4. Disable links

SiderBars

Creating Sidebar

Creating Sidebar

Chimp Studio theme allows you to easily create and apply to a page or post. It’s a great way to customize each page with a unique sidebar. Please see the details given below to understand how you create a sidebar.

Step 1 – Navigate to Appearance > CS Theme Options > Sidebars > Create New button, give it a name and save it. You can add as many sidebars as you need.
Note: You can delete existing sidebars from the same section.
Step 2 – Once you are done, you need to add Widgets to the sidebar you just created.
Step 3 – Navigate to Appearance > Widgets and find your sidebar on the right side
Step 4 – On the left hand side you will see all the widgets you can use, simply drag and drop the widget you want into your sidebar on the right hand side.
Step 5 – Make sure you click Save to save the widgets added to your sidebar.

In short, you can add widget via following path;
Navigate to Admin side -> Widget -> Select a widget -> Drop this widget in your newly created custom side bar.

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Sidebar for Post/Pages

All created sidebar can be assigned to any page that accepts sidebars, or for any post. Chimp Studio theme,Hotel, also offers dual sidebars so you can assign a sidebar on either left or the right which ever suit your content. Please find the information given below on how to assign sidebars to pages and posts.

Step 1 – Edit or create a new Page or Post in your WordPress Admin Panel.
Step 2 – Now Add/Edit the page/post where you want to use custom side bar.
Step 3 – Click on General Settings in the bottom of the page.
(Here you can select layout type for your sidebar too, from Right/Left or Full width)
Step 4 – Select your custom created Sidebar from the drop down.
Step 5 – When finished, publish the page or post to save the settings.

Sidebar Position

Note – Chimp Studio theme offers a sidebar position option for Sidebar, this can be chosen globally in theme options or individually per page or post. The page option overrides the theme option. However, the theme option will control the page option as long as the page option is set to “Default”. Default setting means it is pulling from theme options.

Sidebar for Sections

Chimp Studio themes are full of all kind of freedom to set your site as per your desires. You can adjust look & feel the way you like. Not only you can add sidebar a full page but also you can set sidebar for a particular section of the page. For example; if you want to use sidebar for a single element like slider, Accordion, Call to Action etc. you can do it very easily. Follow the instructions given below to achieve this functionality.

Step 1- Go to the Admin Side of the theme and Click on Edit page option. You can edit any existing page, or you can create a new page and click on its edit section in the lower section of the page.
Step 2- Click on Add Page Sections from the lower section of the page. It will add a section on the page.
Step 3- Click on the  icon which is at opposite to "Add Element" heading. Set layout of your choice for the sidebar from here.
Step 4- As soon as you select layout (Right/Left), you will see option below to select sidebar of your choice. Select the sidebar & publish the page. Your selected sidebar will appear on the selected section.

Note: if you select full width option from layout, sidebar selection option will not work. It will only work on Right or Left layout.

Adding Widgets in Sidebar

Chimp Studio includes several custom widgets. All widgets are found in the Widgets section of the WordPress admin. Widgets can be added to any sidebar. Widgets can even be added on sidebar by Dragging & dropping them on the sidebar and then selecting the sidebar for the pages or Posts. There are various fields and settings to choose for each individual widget; all are self-explanatory. You can put as many widgets as you want inside of a sidebar. Please read the method given below for information on how to add widgets in sidebar.

Step 1 – Navigate to Admin side > Appearance > Widgets.
Here, on the left hand side, you will find full list of all widgets that you can use in sidebars. The right hand side shows all the different sections you can add widgets to. You will find sidebars on right side too.
Step 2 – Simply drag and drop the widget you want into the widget section you want on the right hand side.
Step 3 – When finished, make sure to click Save in the widget editing box to save the widgets recently added to your sidebar.

Default Pages sidebar

Unlike custom pages which you create yourself, there are certain pages which are theme default pages. These pages are loaded as soon as you install the theme. Sidebar settings for these pages is little different from all those pages which you create by yourself. These pages are as follows;

  1. Category
  2. Archive
  3. Monthly Archives
  4. Search
  5. Tags
  6. Author Archives

To set sidebars for these pages, follow the following procedure;

Step 1- Navigate to Appearance in admin panel and go to CS Theme Option.
Step 2- Go to Sidebar area and navigate to the bottom of the page where you see Default Page layout option.
Step 3- Select layout type (Right/left) from here. If you select Full width layout, no sidebar selection option will be available
Step 4- Select sidebar from the drop down, Publish the page, your selected sidebar will show on all default page

Sliders

Creating Slider & Slides

CHIMP STUDIO THEME COMES WITH THE MOST POPULAR REVOLUTION SLIDER CREATED BY THEMEPUNCH. THIS SLIDER IS A BEAUTIFULLY ANIMATED SLIDER THAT IS 100% RESPONSIVE AND HAS SOME AMAZING OPTIONS. THIS SPACE IS LIMITED TO DESCRIBE EVERY ASPECT AND FUNCTION OF IT, BUT WE HAVE OUTLINED HOW TO SET UP A SLIDER AND HOW TO ADD SLIDES TO IT. IF YOU DOWNLOAD OUR MAIN FILES FROM THEMEFOREST, YOU WILL GET THE REVOLUTION SLIDER IN IT. HOWEVER, YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN SLIDER FROM REVOLUTION SLIDER CONTROL PANEL GIVEN IN THE THEME BACK END. TO CREATE A NEW REVOLUTION SLIDER, FOLLOW THE STEPS MENTIONED BELOW;

TO CREATE A NEW REVOLUTION SLIDER, FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW.

Step 1 – Click on the Revolution Slider sidebar item in your admin section, then click the Create New Slider button.
Step 2 – Insert a slider name and alias. The alias text will generate a short code that can be used in the editing field of pages or posts.
Note: Short code generated in step 2 can be used on any page/post. Where ever you will paste this code, slider will show up there.
Step 3 –Then select the Source Type. If you choose Posts or Specific Posts, please refer to the Revolution Slider Docs for information on how to set that up.
Step 4 – Then select the Slider Layout type, each type will have its own settings. You can choose from Fixed/Custom/Full screen/Auto Responsive.
Step 5 – You can force Full width slider from the here. Click ON if you want to force Full width.
Step 6 – Once you are done, click Create Slider and your new slider will be made.

Note: After creating the slider, if you want to delete the slider, Edit Settings, Preview its Settings or Close it, all Buttons are there next to Save Settings Button.

Sub-Header Slider

Step 1- Navigate to Appearance and go to the CS Theme Options > General settings area and Click on SUB HEADER Button. A page will open on the right side.
Step 2- Choose sub-header from Default option. As you will click the Default, drop down will appear, you can select any Sub Header of your choice from here.
Step 3- There are some other settings option for sub header which are self-explanatory. You can use those settings for sub header further customization. Save Settings & All Done!
Further, following customization are possible in this area;

  1. Set Page Title as per your choice
  2. Align content text
  3. Turn Page title ON/OFF
  4. Set Title Heading Style
  5. Turn Breadcrumb ON/OFF
  6. Set Background color & image of your choice
  7. Set text color of your choice
  8. Border Color
  9. Set Parallax ON/OFF
    (These options can only be selected if the Revolution slider is already installed on your site)

Using Revolution Slider

Chimp Studio theme provides the option to use the slider anywhere you like. You can use the slider on any post or page. For example, if you want to use the created slider on home page, follow the following path.

Step 1- Once the sliders are created, navigate to page that you have set as Home Page.
Step 2- Edit the page (which is set as Home Page) & > Navigate to the CS Page Options when is just under the CS page Builder Options.
Step 3- Go to SUB-HEADER settings on the left side. As you will click the “Choose Sub-Header” button, a drop down will appear.
Step 4- Select the option of Revolution Slider from the drop down. Choose any slider (from those you created in revolution slider) from the drop down and update the page.

This option can only be selected if the Revolution slider is already installed on your site.

Footer Settings

Footer Options

Step-1 Navigate to theme admin panel and click on the Appearance > CS Theme Options > General. Here you can make following settings;

-Select Footer
-Footer section
-Footer widgets ON/OFF
-Social Icons
-Footer Menu
-Footer Logo Link
-Back to top
-Footer logo
-Copyright text
-Footer widgets

Step-2 Make settings as per your choice, “Save all settings”. That's it. All done!

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Color Settings

Color Settings

Colors for a website design are almost as important as the overall design itself. Color affects our feeling, perceptions, and interactions. You can use colors to make a user feel welcomed, comfortable, relaxed, and secure. With Chimp Studio Hotels Theme, you can set color for your whole site even for the footer section. Here you can change colors for following sections;
-Footer Background Color
-Title Color
-Footer Text Color
-Footer Link Color
-Copyright Text
-Copyright background Color

You need to follow the following path to achieve this:

Step-1 Navigate to theme admin panel and click on the Appearance, option will open under it. Find CS Theme options from there.
Step-2 Click on CS theme options & it will take you to a new page “GLOBAL”.
Step-3 On this page there is option of “COLOR” Click on it, Drop down will show up.
Step-4 Click on “General color” Here You can set the theme skin color, Body background color & Body text color as per your requirement. Click the button “Save all settings”. That's it. All done!

Adding Footer Widgets

You can add footer widgets in footer area, Please follow the steps given below:

Step-1 Navigate to theme admin panel and go to Appearance and go to widgets.
Step-3 Click on widgets and it will take you to a New Page widgets.
Step-4 Just drag & drop the widgets into the footer widget.
Step-5 Give information in the input field (which are self explanatory) of the widget, after that hit the save button.
Step-6 All done! “Footer Widgets” has been created

Typography/Fonts

To Set Default Typography and Text Fonts  , Follow Theme Steps

Step-1 Go To Appearance >> CS OPTIONS PANEL >> Typography/Fonts
 Step-2 Click on “FONT FAMILY”, new window of font family will open .
Step-3  Set the content for body text, Content attribute, Main Menu, Heading Font, & Widgets
Font as per your requirement, Click the button “Save all settings” All done!

 

Theme Options

API Settings

API settings are mandatory to be configured to run social logins, Google Maps, Autocomplete and recaptcha.

See detailed articles to create and setup API keys here :  Jobcareer Theme API Settings

Import/Export

Theme Options Backup

Chimp Studio Introduce the stunning feature of  import & export of your theme settings & widget settings It  will just possible with a single click. Follow the given path.

Dashboard -> Appearance-> CS theme options-> Import/Export tab 

Here you can generate your a backup of your current theme settings. As soon you click on "generate"backup button. backup file will generate with current date & time. As soon you will click you will get other option for your created backup file. for example Download your created file, Restore it, Delete it, & restore it. At the same time you can create other backup of your other theme settings. Create backup files much you required.

Widgets Backup

To generate backup of your widget those you have in your site for permanent you just follow the same steps as you followed for theme settings  backup. Please follow the path

Dashboard -> Appearance-> CS theme options-> Import/Export tab 

You can Restore it, Delete it, & restore it. At the same time you can create other backup of your widgets settings. The impressive feature is you can also see there current widgets settings there before make backup of them.

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Theme Translations

WordPress Translation

JobCareer theme is translation ready theme. The process of translating the theme is a user responsibility. Following instructions are given as guidance and assistance;

Step- 1 Try installing the 'Loco Translate' plugin. (Can be found in 'Plugin > Add New' section)
Step-2 Select our THEME or PLUGIN you want to translate to add new language
Step-3 Select the language of your WordPress installation from : Dashboard / Settings / Select Language

More Knowledge base help articles: Localization / Theme Translation

Using WPML

WPML is a The highly recommended plugin to manage multi-lingual sites. It stands for The WordPress Multilingual plugin. WPML makes it easy to build multilingual sites and run them.
It’s powerful enough for corporate sites, yet simple for blogs. JobCareer Theme is fully compatible with this plugin. If you want to buy it for your site or you've already purchased WPML and have any questions or issues, please check the links below;

1- To Buy WPML Plugin Click Here
2- To Get help for WPML Plugin use Click Here

FAQ’s

General

What should I do if I face any issue regarding JobCareer theme?

The greatest approach to ask your questions is to send via support forum. We have dedicated support department to help you with your issues that might arise concerning Autocare theme. Please consider following suggestions if you face any issue regarding Autocare theme.

  1. Your site has no server issue regarding your hosting service.
  2. You have tested by deactivating third party plugins that might not be the reason of conflict.
  3. Make sure you have latest version of Theme and (recommended plugins) in order to avoid any compatibility issue.
  4. You have sufficient backup of your site and database with you.
  5. Make sure you have gone through theme’s documentation thoroughly. You can find theme’s documentation with in theme’s folder that you had downloaded from theme forest.

If still any issue persists you are welcome on Chimp studio support where you will get best possible solutions for your queries.

Facing php error while Uploading theme via ftp?

You may face this issue because of your ftp configurations, which had minified code. Please make sure the following before you upload your theme via FTP.

Settings for FileZilla FTP client

  1. Click Edit >> Setting
  2. In settings pop up. Look for Transfers >> File types >> Auto will be selected.
  3. Change it to Binary

After this settings upload your theme it will work for you.

Why I am facing error: The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet. while uploading theme?

To avoid style sheet missing error, Upload only the theme files instead of the whole files that you downloaded from theme forest. First extract the downloaded package, locate theme zip file in it after extraction and upload that file. It will work fine for you.

How to tackle White screen of death (WSOD) on theme activation?

If you see WSOD, on theme activation, following could be the possibilities:

  1. Your php version is below 5.3 or earlier,
  2. There can be some error while uploading theme via ftp.
  3. Any third party plugin may causing compatibility issues.
  4. Memory Exhaustion
  5. Mistaken changes in functions.php

Solutions:

  1. Upgrade your php version above 5.4
  2. Your ftp configurations could might be the reason to fix it, see FileZilla FTP client settings.
  3. If you are unable to access your dashboard, log in to your website via FTP. Locate the folder wp-content/plugins and rename the Plugin folder plugins_old. This will deactivate all of your Plugins.
  4. Increase your PHP memory limit by modifying the wp-config.php file. Simply add the following line:
    define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
  5. Revert to the original functions.php file to resolve.

What to do when I get this notice while trying to upload the theme: “Are you sure you want to do this? Please try again” ?

This notice means that uploaded theme zip file is larger than max upload file size allowed in configuration of your server. It is advised to either increase that limit or upload the theme via ftp later activate from WordPress dashboard. See requirements here : http://chimpgroup.com/wp-demo/documentation/documentation/jobcareer-docs/#article-3018

Why I am not able to create another ticket?

By default system will allow you to create one ticket against single purchase code. You can place your queries in the same ticket.

What to do to make my site multilingual?

Use WPML plugin to make your site multilingual, Moreover see the documentation to understand how this work: https://wpml.org/documentation/

How do I solve Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at….) : warning problem??

Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at….) It is usually because there are spaces, new lines, or other stuff before an opening tag, typically in that specific php file. This could be true about some other file too, so please check the error message, as it will list the specific file name where the error happened. Remove spacing’s or replacing the faulty file with one from your most recent backup will surely fix your issue. < ?php tag or after a closing ?>

Can you recommend me Third party plugin for my needs?

Third party plugin can’t be recommended as official compatibility assurance is not provided with the theme so advised to use only recommended plugins along with the theme. What is

Child theme and how can I create it?

A child theme is how WordPress help you add code or customization to a “parent” theme without truly modifying parent theme. We suggest everyone use a child theme when setting up their site to avoid any potential loss while theme version update. Please follow the link given below, in this way you can create child theme & modify it as per your requirement. https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

My site links are broken after moving WordPress site to another directory?

In order to move your WordPress site from one directory to another you must need to follow migration standards to work properly as while migrating permalinks and site link changes as a result you may face issues. Follow link to migrate to another directory.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress Why my contact form is not sending email?

  1. Make sure you have added valid email address in contact form Element.
  2. Check by deactivating third party plugins that might conflict with theme.
  3. If still issue persists ask your hosting provider to enable wp_mail() function for your site to fix your issue.

Where I can add custom css on my site?

There are several ways to add custom css to your site:

  1. Add custom css in Dashboard /Appearance / CS Theme Options / General / Custom Code
  2. Add custom css in style.css Create a child theme
  3. Create a child theme

Demo Data Import

I activated my new theme and it doesn’t look like the demo. What’s up with this??

There are typically a couple of things you’ll need to do to get your theme setup and running like you see in the demo.

  1. Setup demo content
  2. Get theme options setup
  3. Setup your Homepage

Read More knowledge base articles to setup here : Installation & Upgrades

Why my demo data doesn’t look identical as per live demo of JobCareer theme?

To have demo data as per live demo of JobCareer theme, Please check server Requirement here : Requirements to Import demo data

Homepage Doesn’t Look Like The Demo?

To setup homepage for your site: Dashboard / Pages / Add New page/ Home Than go to Dashboard / Settings / Reading settings > Front page displays / Select your homepage and save.

Why Images not imported with demo data ?

In order to install demo data with complete Media as well Follow below steps: Requirements to Import demo data
– Login to cpanel / Public html / wp-content / Uploads (Here permissions should be 755 for all folders and files) than it import fine.

Updates

How do I update theme without losing customizations?

Please go to theme forest download dashboard, select “Download all Files”, get the latest updated files.

You can either upload the jobcareer.zip from your downloads on Theme Forest after purchase or upload the unzipped theme files to your WordPress Themes folder over FTP.

Configure following FileZilla FTP client settings before uploading theme via ftp in order to avoid code minimization (WSOD) while theme upload.

  1. Click Edit >> Setting
  2. In settings pop up. Look for Transfers >> File types >> Auto will be selected.
  3. Change it to Binary

Note: Make sure you have maintained sufficient backup of your site and database with you before theme’s update.

How Do I Update Included recommended Plugins?

Theme includes several great plugins which greatly enrich the functionality of the theme. While these plugins could be placed inside the theme it’s much better to keep them as separate plugins. However, this means that plugins will have to be updated separately from the theme update.
Note: Always check Change Log while theme update, don’t forget to update plugins as well. If any!

I’ve Updated My Theme And All My Changes Are Gone?

The most likely cause is that you made manual changes to your template files such as the style.css file (usually). Then when you updated everything got overwritten with the default theme code. To avoid it follow suggestions.

  1. Maintain backup of your customization so you can be able to add and replace after update.
  2. Creating a child theme is perhaps the best technique of customizing your theme and will provide the greatest flexibility and even allow you to edit template files (besides just style.css), remove or add new scripts as well as add custom functions.
  3. Preserve Changelog – Whether you are editing the template files manually (best no to) or using a child theme, creating a changelog is a good way for you to keep track of all the twists you’ve made to the theme.

How to locate My Current Theme Version?

It’s very important to keep your theme up to date for bug and security fixes and to receive new features. Always check the changelog to see if latest version of the theme available for purchase/download.
To find out what your current version is you can do so in your WordPress dashboard under Appearance > Themes.

Optimizations

How can I improve my site performance? My website is too slow. Any suggestions?

  1. Reduce the size of images. You may use this platform : https://tinypng.com/
  2. Use WordPress cache plugin i-e WP super cache.
  3. Choose best hosting service for your website. (Performance can’t be assured incase of shared hosting server.)
  4. Remove Unused Plugins
  5. All configurations must be done in php.ini file but not through user.ini file that will over ride it locally.

Other

Custom Post Type 404 Error: Not found, not able to access detail pages?

You may experience problems with 404 errors for custom post types while viewing detail pages. To resolve try the following steps:

  1. Ensure that none of your Custom Post Types and single pages have the same name. If they do, rename the single page, including updating the slug as well.
  2. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, navigate to Settings > Permalinks. Select the default permalinks. Save. Then reselect your preferred permalinks. This will flush the rewrite rules and will fix your problem.

How to fix image upload issue, Media gallery images appears to be broken?

Issue is most commonly initiated by wrong file permissions. Your uploads directory should have correct file permissions otherwise WordPress will not be able to store your files in it or sometimes may not even display files from the upload directory. To set correct file permissions for your uploads directory, you would need a FTP client, like Filezilla. To resolve follow steps:

  1. Connect to your website using the FTP client and then go to /wp-content/ directory. There you will see /uploads/ folder.
  2. Right click on the uploads directory and select file permissions.
  3. Set file permissions for uploads directory itself and all the sub directories inside it to 755.
  4. Restart Filezilla will apply file permissions to the directories.