One-click reposting

[jace]

It should be possible to relist an expired listing without filling it out all over again. Now that Hasjob has authentication, this can be in the user's dashboard.

[shreyas-satish]

Can we do this by touching the job post's datetime?

[jace]

No, we don't mess with the archive. Datetimes are significant metadata for understanding how the board has performed over time.

[shreyas-satish]

How about we provide the user with the job post form, with details pre-filled from the earlier version of the job post? This will be 2 clicks at the minimum from the job post page. But, it will let the user make any necessary changes prior to re-posting.

[jace]

Could do that. /new?template=<hashid> opens with the data prefilled, but only if that post has the same owner (to avoid having confidential data copied).

[shreyas-satish]

I'm thinking about how users will discover the 'Repost' feature.

• Will 'Repost' be a link on the sidebar of an archived job post?
• Should we send an email after a job has expired, with a link to re-post?
• Should we add a link to 'All Posts' along with 'Drafts' in the navigation bar, so that an admin can view their archived posts and re-post some of them if necessary?

[karthikb351]

That is pretty much craigslist's model too.

• Send an email once a listing has expired, asking them to repost.
• Reposting creates a new listing with the contents copied over, allowing you to edit if needed - People tweak this based on how the previous listing performed.
• Dashboard showing all listings with a "Relist" option next to each expired listing.

[jace]

As discussed in #410, we want to keep a reference to the original post when reposting.