I don't think the search engines will parse the javascript and then check the resulting html, so they probably don't count as backlinks. It'd have to be some server-side code for it to work, like an API request through PHP.

Any WYSIWYG editor will prove quite useless, as PHP and template files don't work like classic HTML (they're build together when a visitor requests a page). Dreamweaver also supports code editing though, so that could be used. Most coding notepad-like solutions will work just fine.

For stuff that can't be changed through the admin panel of JB, you'll have to edit the code of the source files. This is simply HTML for the templates (with some extra SMARTY functionality), but more advanced PHP code for data. It isn't too hard to change the template files after learning a bit about HTML, but for big changes you might want to find someone to do it for you.

The files need to be uploaded though a FTP client, the database (.sql file) needs to be imported using a tool such as PHPMyAdmin. This tool is usually supplied through your hosting control panel.

Once you've imported the sql file to a new / existing database, you should change the config file so it has the correct login data.

At first guess, it seems the _includes/translation.ini you're using has no [js] section. Are you using a translation file made for JB 1.7 perhaps? The [js] section should be at the bottom of the file.

I'm not sure what you're asking for regarding the attachment, could you explain that one with an example?

I've identified the problem. I'll release a SVN fix first, and let you know what code to replace to fix it. Will update this post in a few minutes.

The problem is caused when the original job-types have been deleted, rather than edited. The template won't select one by default then, and the field is often forgotten. There's no error checking for an empty type (yet), so that was where the script halted.

I'd be more interested of creating a mailing list for users to subscribe to, where we can give updates every now and then or what's new and when a release is done.. which could be in the form of an opensource mailing script or perhaps a fluxbb plugin?

Links are dynamic and saved in the database. You can adjust them at 'links' in the admin panel, assuming you have JB 1.8. For older versions those links are simply within the header.tpl and footer.tpl.

Enable error reporting in the config.php (for the production environment), and it should give some error message. If so, and you can't figure it out, post it here and I'll have a look at it.

A blank screen most likely indicates some sort of PHP error, which stops the script halfway. Change your config file to show errors (for the live version), that should show the problem.

If you only put the code in page_home.php, the information will only be available on the frontpage and on none of the many other pages that have the sidebar loaded. Hence my suggestion to make it available on every page (it can then still be shown only on specific pages using an if-statement.

Most hacks in that list will still work properly, though the guides may sometimes refer to lines of code that changed. Besides from that, pretty much all of my hacks are included in 1.8 and several other stuff in that list won't be needed anymore as well (captcha, multi-theme etc.).

Fixed at the SVN as well now, thanks!