Career Page Modification

[ucem]

We've discussed various scenarios for landing pages on a sub-domain (#82) but were wondering how difficult it would be to modify the career page as follows:

Remove the Blocks from the right side of the page and replace with a dynamic lead form as per the .pdf document i will send via email.

A drop down menu would appear at the top with the schools offering the programs on the career page. For. eg. Administrative Assistant. We would have them select a school from a drop down menu (CDI, Vancouver Career College, Reeves, MTI etc.). Once they select the school, (eg. CDI) the lead form from CDI would be generated, or if they chose MTI, MTI's lead form would be generated. The Program options could only have the programs the school offers in that career (Business Administrative Professional, Computer Business Applications Specialist etc.) or it could contain all the program offerings. Don't know if this is doable, and if so what it would entail.

[ehodul]

It's an interesting idea, definitely doable, I will give it some thought and let you know what it would entail. On Aug 20, 2014 8:05 PM, "ucem" notifications@github.com wrote:

We've discussed various scenarios for landing pages on a sub-domain (#82 https://github.com/ehodul/universities-colleges-schools/issues/82) but were wondering how difficult it would be to modify the career page as follows:

Remove the Blocks from the right side of the page and replace with a dynamic lead form as per the .pdf document i will send via email.

A drop down menu would appear at the top with the schools offering the programs on the career page. For. eg. Administrative Assistant. We would have them select a school from a drop down menu (CDI, Vancouver Career College, Reeves, MTI etc.). Once they select the school, (eg. CDI) the lead form from CDI would be generated, or if they chose MTI, MTI's lead form would be generated. The Program options could only have the programs the school offers in that career (Business Administrative Professional, Computer Business Applications Specialist etc.) or it could contain all the program offerings. Don't know if this is doable, and if so what it would entail.

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[ehodul]

I believe this would require to write a module that would generate the lead form dynamically when school is selected.

[ucem]

Can you give me an estimate?

[ehodul]

Very rough estimate would be 10+ hours.

[ucem]

Before we decide whether we should proceed now can you submit an invoice to date so we can see where we're at. Also, if we decide to go ahead now, when could you get it on your schedule?

[ehodul]

I can start working on this on Sep 8. Invoice submitted. Thank you.

[ucem]

Erika please proceed with this and put it on your schedule! thanks

[ucem]

I guess we should hold on this till we work through the mobile redesign.

[ehodul]

Yes, I was thinking the same this morning. I have not started working on this yet (as I hoped I would be able to), but it seems to be similar (in required tasks and changes) to the other issue/improvement (webforms on school and program pages).

[ucem]

I don't think we should hold off on this as I don't think our redesign for mobile will be affected by this. Can you please advise how soon you can get this on your schedule?

[ehodul]

I can start working on this next Monday (Nov 17). Question: once they choose the school from the drop down list, should the current career page be replaced by the selected school request info form (or should the form be displayed in the right sidebar)?

[ucem]

Ideally the form should be displayed in the right sidebar.

[ehodul]

That's why I asked the question - it might not fit in the sidebar, because some programs/selection are really wide, for example: http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/request-information/sprott-shaw-college

[ucem]

Yes, that is a problem. If we display the form in the right side bar, can the long programs wrap around so they are shown in 2 lines?

[ehodul]

The longest program of the school in the link above would fit in 4 lines. We can make the width firm when displaying the selection, but when choosing (when dropped down), the selection will be shown wide.

[ucem]

Yes, that would work!

[ehodul]

Could we change the layout of the Career page http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/career/Electrician ...and have wider sidebar (1/3 of page or so)? It would look nicer than to squeeze all the fields (even if we set it to smaller widths) in the narrow sidebar, sample test page with the form in the right sidebar: http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/test94

[ucem]

Sorry for the late reply but I'm travelling today.

I agree, let's make it 1/3 of the page

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On Nov 18, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Erika Hodul notifications@github.com wrote:

Could we change the layout of the Career page http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/career/Electrician ...and have wider sidebar (1/3 of page or so)? It would look nicer than to squeeze all the fields (even if we set it to smaller widths) in the narrow sidebar, sample test page with the form in the right sidebar: http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/test94

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[ucem]

Hi Erika, Just following up on how things are coming along. One question....will you be converting the career pages to nodes from taxonomy pages?

[ehodul]

I started working on this, but I am not far yet. I was not planning to convert career pages to taxonomy pages.

[ucem]

Just curious, as I saw the test node and was wondering.

[ehodul]

Please review the changes here and let me know if this works as requested: http://dropideas.com/ucs/career/Accounting/248

[ucem]

1. Can you remove the locations and
2. Is it possible to only offer the programs from the drop down menu that are associated with this career?

[ehodul]

1. Do you mean to remove locations from the webform?
2. I can try to modify the webform and only show programs associated with this career.

[ucem]

Not from the web form but those below the school name.

As for the web form, if you modify to show only programs with the career, will it impact the original web form that shows in the school and program pages?

[ehodul]

1. Sure, I will remove these locations below the school name.
2. This might not be easily done and needs to be tested properly.

[ucem]

Thanks, let me know how it goes

[ehodul]

Done. Please review and let me know when to move to live site.

[ucem]

Looks great! Please go ahead and move to live site.

[ehodul]

Done.

[ucem]

I think we have an error, when I select a school and program it takes me to the test site. http://dropideas.com/ucs/career/Accounting/280

[ehodul]

Thanks! Fixed. Sorry for that.

[ucem]

Great! One more quick thing. Can you change the school default to say - Select- instead of it defaulting to the first on the list?

[ehodul]

I can do that, but does it mean that no webform should be shown (no school selected) at the beginning? That would be lots of empty space.

[ucem]

Oh....let's leave it as is then. thank you!

[ucem]

Looks like one more issue. The image size dimension limitations will have to be changed.

http://www.universities-colleges-schools.com/career/Actor

Other pages seem to be ok, this is the only one I've come across so far.

[ehodul]

Fixed. Good catch! Thanks!

[ucem]

Modifications

1. I couldn't figure out where to change the title on this block "Request information from schools offering this career" to "Request information from any of the schools who offer programs & courses for this career"
2. Above the school could you add a header, saying “Select a Preferred College*". Users might not notice the fact that its a drop down menu and think they can only request info from the school that shows in the menu.

Question Is there a quick way to force selected schools or rank them so they show first on the page? Currently there are two schools that usually show first (I won't name them in case a google alert goes out!!), but you can see who I mean by the attached image. They are not playing nice (not paying their bills) and I don't want them to be first on the list.

[ehodul]

I changed the title and added label for school select. There is no quick way for ranking schools. I can sort them somehow, perhaps alphabetically.

[ucem]

How is it determined now?

[ehodul]

Right now it is not sorted in any way. Whatever the query returns, is displayed. First all the referencing programs are returned based on career term, then all schools are found for each program.

[ucem]

Looking at the various career pages, it "appears" that they are returned in the order the nodes were added. I can't be sure unless I go through each one but that's how it looks.

Can you put some thought into what we could do to add a ranking system perhaps at the school level which would then determine how they are returned in the results? Maybe a ranking scale of tiers 1-5. We often add schools that are not yet clients in the hopes that if we demonstrate an ability to produce leads, they will sign up. Non-paying schools would be ranked tier 5, with the schools we really want to promote, being a tier 1. A school ranked 4, would be a school like the two I showed above, a signed client, but one that we really don't want to push too much.

[ehodul]

Sure, we can add a ranking scale for each school as you suggest. I can add a new field to school content type and modify 'search by career' result order (sort by school rank).

[ucem]

Could you tell me how many hours that would take?

[ehodul]

2 hours max., if we only add it to 'search by career' result page (not the whole site).

[ucem]

Oh that's good, let's do it. Talking to one of the guys here, he wants us to go 1 - 10 instead of 1-5.

Let me know when you can do it!

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On Feb 16, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Erika Hodul notifications@github.com wrote:

2 hours max., if we only add it to 'search by career' result page (not the whole site).

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[ucem]

How will it display 2 schools if both are ranked a 1, will be it alphabetically?

[ehodul]

We can add that (alphabetical order), or leave current 'sorting' if all ranked the same.

[ucem]

For now, if all ranked the same, let's leave current sorting as is, and we can always add alphabetical if needed later on. Thanks.

[ehodul]

Sort order added based on ranking. Please review career pages.