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Mascot Artist
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Oct 1, 2002, 5:09 AM

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Hi!

I use Job Manager primarily for fellow mascot artists that work with me, when there are projects to be done for clients. I'd like to know if its possible for these artists to go into the job manager, choose a job they want to work on, and list that they are currently working on that job (so that there won't be duplicate people working on the same project).

How can I do this?

Thanks!
[b]www.mascotartist.com[/b]


Damon
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Oct 1, 2002, 10:53 AM

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Re: [Mascot Artist] Employees working on certain jobs [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi,

Here is some suggestions for setting up Job Manager to manage projects and users that are working on them:

- Create separate regular user accounts for all the users that need to access Job Manager. Although all the users will have access to the same job and category listings, it is good to have separate accounts for each user so access can be revoked if necessary.

Two different options:

1. Use the location field to enter the artists name that is working on the project. Change the "Location" text in the templates to something more appropriate and the artist could then enter their name in that field for the jobs they are working on.

2. Set up job categories for "Available jobs" (for example) and for each of the artists names. Artists could then login to Job Manager, select the job they are working on (click modify) and pick their name from the job category dropdown list. The job would then be display under their category name. With this option you can also uncheck the empty category checkbox in the Setup Options so that if an artist has no jobs under their category then their category wouldn't appear in the published category list but only active categories (with job listings).

Do either of these suggestions sound like possibilities? :) If anyone else has some helpful suggestions, please post them.

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Damon Edis
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Mascot Artist
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Oct 11, 2002, 11:50 AM

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Re: [Damon] Employees working on certain jobs [In reply to] Can't Post
I'd like to do #2, but I'm not exactly sure how to set things up that way. Would I need to set up available jobs under each artist's name? How do I do that?


Damon
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Oct 14, 2002, 4:06 PM

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Re: [Mascot Artist] Employees working on certain jobs [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi,

Here is the steps to create Artist categories and an "Available Jobs" category:

1. Login to Job Manager and create separate categories for each of the Artist with their names.
For example:
Artist Name 1
Artist Name 2
Artist Name 3
Artist Name 4

2. Next, create a category to list job in and call it "Available Jobs" (or whatever your prefer).

3. Next create job listings and choose "Available Jobs" from the category dropdown list. All the available jobs will then appear under that category for artist to view online.

4. An artist can then choose the job they want, login to Job Manager, click modify next to the job, and change the Category dropdown for that job to their category name. Then click save. That job will now be published online under their name. Viewing the publish job listings it will be easy to see who has what job and which jobs are still available.

Tip: If you want to only see artist name (categories) on the published pages that have selected job and not the ones that have no current jobs you can go to the Job Manager Setup Options and uncheck the Publish "not found" categories. Categories with the no job listings in them will then not appear on the published pages.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Damon Edis
interactivetools.com

Hire me! Save time by getting our experts to help with your project.
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