GD + BuddyPress + Job Board

I am also using Events Manager and not the Events add on for GD for my events section of the site. That may change once I integrate GD into the site but currently I am using a standalone plugin.

I think it depends on what you want to do. My site is essentially an information source for progressive lawyers and the job board and community aspects as well as the blog are essential features of the site. The directory is important but not as important as the job board part so I am using a non-GD specific theme. Stiofan is apparently rewriting the CSS and certain other parts of the plugin so it will play better with well written themes so that is even more of a reason to stick to a non-GD theme if your site is going to be anything other than a directory.

Avada has all I need (and more!) and you can turn off what you don’t use so that is why I am going with that. Eventually I can see myself hiring a developer to better integrate the various functions of my site so that paying for a listing on the job board and directory are not handled separately but for now this will do.

WPJobBoard is a great plugin and the developer is very much like Stiofan and Paolo in that he is constantly updating and improving his product and is very responsive to the community so I highly recommend it. I have learned the hard way that going with freebie plugins leaves you vulnerable when the developer walks. As I am not a developer I prefer to pay for my code.

Personally I think it is sometimes better for developers to maintain a relatively narrow focus instead of trying to add everything and the kitchen sink. If they could integrate a job board with GD that would be cool but this project is dragging along enough as it is so I am using best of breed now so I can get things going.

And thanks!

So, we now have a fantastic BuddyPress integration and our horizons have expanded!

Is there a plan to make a job board add-on for GD or are we advised to use one of the following?

http://wordpress.org/plugins/job-board/
http://wp-jobmanager.com/
http://wpjobboard.net/
http://wpjobmanager.com/

Any thoughts? Any case studies?

Best regards,
Dylan Robertson

@justmark
Thank you very much for the heads up and quick response. Is there a plugin or resource you can point us towards?

I found these two which are compatible with BuddyPress:

This one looks great:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/jobs-and-experts/
You can see it in action here:
https://premium.wpmudev.org/wordpress-development/

This one is very well-known:
https://wpjobmanager.com/add-ons/
And, here is its BuddyPress compatibility add-on:
http://shop.opentuteplus.com/product/buddypress-job-manager/

Hi,

No, GD was overkill for the site. I used WPJobBoard with the very basic directory that goes with it.

I am using GD for another site that does not have a Job Board.