New project - is WebLoginPE the right stuff?

Hi there,

I wanna do a site similar to http://jobs.freelanceswitch.com (the job listing and user subscription part only - not blog, podcast etc.)

So I want to make a site that has two user groups.. The companies (A) and the workers (B)..

A will need to create a free account - and when they have they should be able to create a request (C) which then will be listed in a proper premade category. (Ditto i guess? ...and what.. eForm2DB?)

B will need to create an account too - but they will also need to pay for it (through PayPal) - when they do, they will be able to fill out a form, replying to C which then is mailed to A.

Some counter will show how many B’s have replied to a C.

The ads should be visible without B having logged in.. and when they do login a form should appear underneath the ad as mentioned above.

When A has found the right B for the C, A should be able to remove the C from the site (or at least make it inactive/unpublish it)

So again.. very much like the site I’m referring to..

I have been working with modx for more than 6 months now but I don’t know PHP.. What I do know to some extend is how I work with snippets and templates within snippets..

In regards of the payment.. I’m guessing it’s not possible to automate this process, so I’m thinking that when a user register and verify by e-mail and pay via paypal.. As soon as I register the payment I will manually move the user to another usergroup which will give them the needed preferences.. that way they will have entered all the needed information.

Any kind of help is very much appreciated!

Thank you..

P.S. I’ve been looking into JobberBase as I’m pretty sure that is what the site I’m referring to has altered, but the project is still very new and there is only one developer on it and very little support. And to begin with there is no easy way to implement user registration so it will be too much for me to figure out without any PHP knowledge..

Actually the site you mention is using wordpress. Take a look at this, it may be just what you need.

Hmm.. the problem is that with that solution, A is the one paying and not B?

I think I will need to look more into WordPress..

Found this: http://www.voiceoftech.com/swhitley/index.php/?page_id=129

@Jachobsen: I have the exact same requirements for the exact same type of site. I’ve begun building it in MODx, but I’m at a point where I’m getting into the payment processing and such. I did notice FoxyCart for MODx which would allow for user subscriptions, but there’s still a lot I need to build out on the MODx site. I’m pretty far into it, but what you found with that JobPress site looks incredible (I wish I found it 2 months ago)... so much so I’m contemplating converting my project over to WordPress.

Have you found any other flaws with using this setup you discovered?

This is really giving me a headache..

First I was looking into doing it for modx... then I was presented with JobberBase but it seemed to miss too much functionality.

Then I was presented with JobPress which seemed somewhat closer to what I wanted - only problems being that companies do not need to sign up and the payment is required from the companies and not the users.

I wrote the guys behind the job board I’m trying to duplicate and they said it was made from scratch developed a Ruby on Rails platform..

I was actually thinking of going back to modx and give it a shot but the whole PayPal integration is already giving me a headache..

Another thing is... I know most of my way around modx... I’m all new to WordPress and it would probable take me just as long trying to find my way around WordPress..

That said... I’m waiting for the guys behind JobPress to respond.... I know it is possible to let the companies post jobs for free through the current JobPress setup.. I guess I could live without the actual registration as long as I can remove any improper job posts..
I then thought it might be possible to install the EasyPayPal plugin for wordpress and when a user registers, he only gets access to hidden information about the company (adress, e-mail, phone etc.) but will not be able to fill out a form or something like that.. I don’t know yet..

@ER: Would you please PM me? I would like to know how far you are in the process!

In the meantime I will try to post the discovery of EasyPayPal..... there has to be someone in this forum that can take that information and turn it into a modx plugin!

I like the modx api and would try to use it if this was my job. It’s a big job but doable. It seems these are your requirements:

Registration (Web User Groups)
- Workers (paid membership)
- Companies

How to do it.
1. Setup registration form for Companies (using WebLoginPE or ppp)
2. Setup Paypal IPN
- When payment is made, the user is created in ’Workers’ group
3. Use FDM to allow ’Companies’ to create new documents (for their job needs)
or make ’Companies’ a Manager Group with only access to their ’folder/container’ in the tree (extremely limited manager access)
4. Use Ditto to show the pages (with categories, etc.)
5. Use Jot comments or eForm so ’Workers’ can contact ’Companies’

That’s how I would do it to get started. Manager Groups would be easiest from the start for ’Companies’ so you wouldn’t have to learn FDM.

Thanks Chuck..

Now I have something to go by.. at least to begin with

If it turns out I can’t use modx, I will still have learned even more about it.. so I can live with wasting time if that’s gonna be the case..