Just thought I should mark this moment, as we’ll pass 5.000 downloads of jobberBase in a couple of hours. Sweet .

P.S. Any amount in PayPal donation is much appreciated, thank you!

We are *extremely happy* to announce that we’ve launched version 1.4 (beta 1), with a bunch of new features (as promised). This release was mostly possible due to Ștefan Petre’s involvement, which I can’t thank enough!

As promised, we present you a few new cool items:

1. You can translate jobberBase UI through a single .ini file

The file is _includes/translations.ini and it should contain all the text strings in the site. You would only need to edit a few images (‘post job’ button and logo) to have a complete translation.

2. Static pages can now be created/edited/deleted from admin

We’ve moved most of the static pages in the database, to make it easier for you to edit their content. You can also create other pages and link to them. The system is pretty straightforward!

3. Change categories from admin

No need to get your hands dirty in phpmyadmin or other db administration tool. Categories can be created/edited/deleted from admin, now. You can also reorder them, through drag and drop!

4. Change admin password

Another missing feature in 1.3 was the ability to change your admin password from the admin panel. Now you can.

5. Bug fixes

Most had to do with the search engine. Thanks to all who posted fixes on the community forum!

Well, that’s it. Go ahead and download jobberBase 1.4 beta 1!

Your feedback is always very precious, so please don’t hesitate . The final version 1.4 will be launched after we make sure there aren’t any bad bugs out there.

P.S. You may also check out our SVN repository, for “nightly builds”:
svn checkout http://jobberbase.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ jobberbase-read-only

If you need someone to deploy, edit or extend jobberBase for your custom needs, I totally recommend a good friend of mine’s web development agency, simbyo. My friend’s name is Cristi, cristigcb [at] gmail.com, and he can totally help you out!

His team is very familiar with jobberBase and has already made a number of clients happy .