Different Uses of WordPress (as Job Board and eShop) - part1
WordPress is evolving from just being a blogging platform to more advanced systems, proving my personal theory that it will become full fledged CMS in the near future.
Thanks to its simple and easy theme structure, now people are coming up with different types of themes that can do specific functions. These themes are not just ordinary themes that have the creatives (graphics and designs) only, but they can be considered a whole system of their own - because they come with their own plugins included. These plugins do theme related functions, for example an eCommerce theme would have a Shopping Cart plugin of its own, making it easy for you to setup an eShop.
Below we will be looking at two different themes that use WordPress as their platform, namely; using WP as a Job Board and using WP as an eCommerce platform.
WP Theme as Job Board
JobPress is a wordpress theme that turns your website into a perfect working job board. It comes with its own payment system as well, you just have to insert your paypal email in the settings and you are ready to accept payments. According to the description, it does accept Credit Cards as well.
Price: $59 for Single License, and $149 for Developer License
URL: http://www.dailywp.com/jobpress-wordpress-theme/
Live Demo: http://www.dailywp.com/jobpressdemo
WP Theme as an eCommerce Shop
Market Theme transforms any standard Wordpress into a fully functional eCommerce store complete with backend product administration. It utilizes its own ajax shopping cart and uses PayPal as a payment gateway system. Adding product is simple as well, it generates a sub-tab “Add Product” under “Write Post”.
Price: $55 for Single License, and $150 for Developer License
URL: http://www.markettheme.com
Live Demo: http://www.markettheme.com/demo
By Kitchenaid Mixer on Nov 11, 2008
This is great theme for recruitment consultancy. These companies are spending thousands of dollars for their online recruitment system. I am damn sure it will help them a lot to manage data.
By Minnesota Attorney on Nov 11, 2008
Wow. I had no idea that Wordpress had such power. I’ve been using Wordpress as a CMS for the past year and love it. But these developments take Wordpress to a whole new level. This is amazing.
By Anthony on Nov 11, 2008
I’m bookmarking this, I’ve been thinking about an ecommerce site and this would be perfect, thanks!
By Webmaster on Nov 11, 2008
Wordpress is great. I’ve been using wordpress for classified ads blog
By Marketing Man on Nov 11, 2008
Wow, wordpress is rapidly becoming a widely used platform. Which proves how versatile it is.
By SEO Tips South Africa on Nov 12, 2008
What WordPress (templates) offer is quite a bargain if one has to look at custom web development….
By nurusha on Nov 12, 2008
wow. with wordpress. we can do many thing. :)
By Virginia Wills by Andrew on Nov 12, 2008
The job board example is really cool. I’ve seen WordPress used for amazing things, and these just keep adding to the long list of uses.
By SEO Test on Nov 12, 2008
This make me becomes wordpress lover. we can use wordpress for many things.
By jackie sheeler on Nov 12, 2008
i am constantly amazed at the flexibility of wordpress — i’d heard of it being used as a CMS (the way one of your commenters is already doing) but to see it with these specialized plugins is helping me to really “get” the power of the platform. i’m a relative newbie to wp, but i am hooked. no more typepad, blogspot, whatever for me!
By reddebt on Nov 16, 2008
wait. We really can do something like this? I never know about it. Haiya..
By Red on Nov 28, 2008
WP constantly amazes me and what people can do with it outside of the WP.org community there’s an entirely new industry built on WordPress.
By shawal on Dec 5, 2008
Very useful post for me, looking for a jobs board theme.