Jobs Site Starter Kit
Jobs Site Starter Kit (JSSK) is an ASP.NET starter kit demonstrating many new features of ASP.NET 2.0 including themes, master pages, new data controls, membership, roles and profiles. JSSK is a web application that provides a platform for candidates seeking job and the employers to share their needs.
Features
The candidates seeking job (referred as job seekers now onwards) can perform following operations:
- Register with the web site.
- Post their resume.
- Modify their resume.
- Search for job postings.
- Browse searched job postings.
- Add job posting to their favorites list.
- Add frequently used searches to their favorites list.
The employers can perform following operations:
- Register with the web site.
- Enter profile of their company.
- Post one or more job postings.
- Modify the job postings.
- Search the resume database.
- Browse searched resumes.
- Add resumes to their favorites list.
JSSK is developed using ASP.NET 2.0 and uses following features:
Web parts for customization
- User controls for reusing code and markup
System Requirements
- .NET Framework 2.0
- Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Web Developer Express
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
Installation Instructions
- Download the latest version of JSSK from above URL
- Unzip the downloaded ZIP file at your end to extract .VSI file
- Double click on the .VSI file to start a wizard
- The wizard will guide you to further installation
- Select File > New Web Site dialog in VS.NET.
- Locate JSSK project template in New Web Site dialog
- Create a new web site using JSSK template to begin exploring the kit
FAQs
Q. What software do I need to use JSSK?
In order to use JSSK you need the following
software:
- .NET Framework 2.0
- Visual Studio.NET 2005 or Visual Web
Developer (VWD)
- SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
Q. Can I use JSSK with VS.NET 2003?
No. JSSK is developed using VS.NET 2005 and
ASP.NET 2.0. Please see the above questions for software requirements.
Q. Can I use beta versions of VS.NET 2005
to run JSSK?
No. JSSK is developed using the final version of
VS.NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
Q. I downloaded and extracted the .VSI file
but it is not associated with any application. How do I open it?
This can happen if you do not have VS.NET 2005 or
VWD installed. Please refer above questions for software requirements.
Q. Can I use SQL Server 2005 instead of SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition?
Yes. You can attach the JSSK database using SQL
Server Management Studio. Make sure to change the database connection string
accordingly.
Q. Can I use SQL Server 2000 instead of SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition?
Not out of the box. JSSK is developed using SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition as a database engine.
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Bipin Joshi is a blogger, author and a Kundalini Yogi who writes about apparently unrelated topics - Yoga & technology! A former Software Consultant by profession, Bipin is programming since 1995 and is working with .NET framework ever since its inception. He was a well known technology author, trainer and an active member of Microsoft developer community before he decided to take a backseat from the mainstream IT circle and dedicate himself completely to spiritual path. Having embraced Yoga way of life he now codes for fun and writes on his websites. You can read more about him here.