Custom Fields and Pages

Custom Fields – Summary Page

Before you can create a custom page to display in the applicant profile, you must first create the fields that you would like to include on the custom page. Custom Fields provide you with a way to add a variety of different field types, such as checkbox, radio buttons, and hyperlink to capture your districts additional information.

1. To create a new field, click on the Create button.
2. To modify an existing field click on the field Name hyperlink.
3. To remove an existing field click on the remove icon (the minus sign). Note that if the field was added to a custom page it will be removed from that page automatically.

Custom Fields – Detail Page

To create a field enter the following information:

1. Name, enter the internal name of the field. Note that the 'name' does not display to the applicant when this field is added to a page and then published.
2. Description, enter a description for this field (optional). Note that the 'description' does not display to the applicant when this field is added to a page and then published.
3. Label, enter what you want to display to the applicant when this field is added to a page and then published.
4. Type, select the type of field to add, values include:
   
   • Button
   • Check Box
   • Combo Box
   • Hidden Field
   • Hyperlink
   • Label
   • Radio Button
   • Select List
   • Text Area
   • Text Box
5.  Note that some user types require additional information to be entered, for example, when defining a text box you will also need to enter the number of characters for the input field, or for a Combo Box you will need to specify the values to be included in the dropdown list.
6.  Select whether the field will be required or optional
7. Click Save, or click Cancel to disregard the changes.

Custom Pages – Summary Page

You may have a need to capture additional application information from your external applicants, you can do this by creating a custom page and then adding you own custom fields to it. The custom page, once published, will display on the applicants My Profile page.

1. To create a new custom page click the Create button
2. To modify an existing custom page click the page name hyperlink.
3. Note that the core system pages display in the pages listing, these pages are not editable, but with the exception of the Personal Info page the other system pages can be unpublished if you wish to hide any of these pages from the applicants My Profile page.
4. You may one-click publish or unpublish a page by clicking on the checkmark or the x..
   
   • A published page will display to external applicants on the My Profile page
   • An unpublished page will not display to external applicants on the My Profile page. Leave your custom page unpublished until you are satisfied with the content and layout
5. You may also reorder custom and system pages (i.e. the order that the pages will display on the My Profile page) simply by clicking on a row and then dragging it where you want it and then dropping it.

The Page Banner section enables you to replace the generic page header 'External Job Posting' with an image of your choosing, for example, your district's logo.

1. Click Select Files to search for the image that you would like to upload.
2. Once selected click Save at the top right of the page and the uploaded image will display in the page banner.

The Page Footer section enables you to replace the generic page footer 'External Job Posting' with the text of your choosing.

1. Simply click in the text box, and enter the text that you would like to display in the page footer.
2. Click Save at the top right of the page and the page footer text will be updated.

Custom Pages – Detail Page

Once you have determined the additional information that you would like to collect from potential applicants you can create a custom page and add those fields to the page. Published, custom pages display on the My Profile page for an applicant.

1. Enter the name that you want to display as the page name
2. To preview a page before publishing click on the Preview button and a new browser window will open displaying the contents of the custom page.
3. Once you are satisfied with the contents of the custom page click Publish. Once a page is published it will display on the My Profile page for applicants.
4. To unpublish a page click Unpublish, the page will no longer display on the My Profile page for an applicant. Note that applicant data captured on the custom page while it was published will persist in the database.
5. Custom pages contain 3 sections: Header Content, Custom Fields and Footer Content.
   Header Section
   Enter any text that you would like to display in the header section of the page. There are a variety of formatting options available for the text, for example you can bold, underline, change justification, or change the font type or size.
   Custom Fields Section
   A list of fields available to be included on the custom page will display in the Available box. To select a field click on it and then click on the right arrow button to move to the selected box.
   To deselect a selected field click on it and then click on the left arrow button to move back to the available box.
   Note: Once a field is selected and added to a custom page it will not be available to be added to a different custom page.
   Footer Section
   Enter any text that you would like to display in the footer section of the page. There are a variety of formatting options available for the text, for example you can bold, underline, change justification, or change the font type or size.
6. Click Save to save the contents of the page.
7. Click Cancel to disregard changes since the last time the page was saved.