The new version of the component NeoRecruit is available, this is the version 4.5 which includes a new solution for configuring notifications, new integration options and several fixes and improvements.

With this new release, you can now create your own notification emails, sent automatically when a new application is saved, and then when the status of an application is changed.

In addition to this, new options have also been added to the configuration form to allow an easy customization of the component's front-office rendering.

Here it is this of all the modifications included in this version :

New notifications system

The component has now a new notifications management system, which allows you to create customized emails from the back-office, where you can specify for each email the sender, the recipients, the subject and the body, which will automatically include the application details, by using tags. The different emails are then automatically sent to the candidates or to the recruiters when a new application is submitted, a when a recruiter changes a status from the recruiter area, or from the back-office.

New component customization options

New options have also been added in the back-office, to allow you to customise the rendering of the component on the front-office, without having to modify the source code of the component. With this new feature, you will now be able notably to add you own CSS styles directly in the configuration form of the component, so that they can be applied then to the front-office.

Improved procedure for installing and updating the component

The component now includes custom installation and upgrade scripts specific to each version of the component. This will facilitate the installation of this new version of the component, but also the next coming updates with a better division of the tasks to be executed on the data already stored in the database, from the previous versions of the component.

Adding a client-side control on the captcha in application forms

On all application forms, the captcha is no longer only checked on server side, but also on the client side, in order to ensure that the captcha has been checked and that it is still valid and has not expired, with an error message being displayed immediately to the candidate if there's a problem, without having to reload the page.

Other improvements to the component are listed below :

• Improvement of the control of captchas,
• Addition of the .jpeg format to the list of allowed file transfer formats,
• Addition of the files (CV and cover letters) as attachments to notification emails,
• Addition of new tags in the notification emails and in the email patterns,
• Improvement of translations,
• Removal of the Google+ button,
• Improvement of metadata in all the front-office views,
• Correction of the link to the modification form of an application from the detail view,
• Correction of the link to an offer in the mailto function to change it to https,
• Correction of the filter by parent category in the categories list in back-office,
• Correction of the preview of a status in the creation/modification form of a status,
• Improvement of the rendering of the offer features on mobile,
• Correction of the redirection after the creation of a category from the back-office,
• Update of the fields names in the category form in back-office,
• Update of the counters of offers, categories and clicks in the lists of the back-office,
• Removal of duplicates in the recruiters select list,
• Standardisation of JS controls on offers applications and unsolicited applications,
• Addition of an "Integration" tab in the configuration form of the component,
• Highlight of unfilled select lists in the forms,
• Automatic fields validation as soon as the candidate moves to the next field,
• Addition of extra information (file format, file size, ...) when the upload of the CH or the cover letter fails,
• Rewriting of the redirect link when an application fails,
• Update of the controls against CRSF attacks,
• Correction of the control on data submitted in the application form for an offer, in order to take the offer specific parameters into account,
• Addition of a control on the access to the component in back-office,
• Correction of the include of the file helpers/category.php in the file router.php, which could cause problems when calling the router from the back-office,
• Correction of the redirection to the application form when the captcha is not checked,
• Correction of the reload of the data submitted by the candidate in the application form when the submission fails,
• Correction of the creation of the field enable_chosen on component update,
• Correction of the field "unsolicited_catpcha" in the component install file,
• Correction of field "Téléphone portable" ID to "jform_mobile" in order to restore the link between the label and the input,
• Improvement of the rendering of the buttons "Download CV" and "Download" letter" in the application details view,
• Addition of the ability to enable or disable application reviews,
• Correction of the notices on hidden fields in the application list in front-office,
• Correction of the control on the "Job" field in the unsolicited application form,
• Improvement of the rendering of alerts applications management access control.