Icon on candidate list to show if their online

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Submitted Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:28pm GMT
jakecastle 63 posts - Philippines - Joined May 10 2009

I'm a buyer who has 40 candidate responding to my job post. I would like to suggest that a small icon be added to the candidate list which shows which providers are logged in/online on oDesk so i can invite them immediately for an interview?

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Score: 8.2, Votes: 5

although this feature would Submitted Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:40pm GMT
alexsis 12 posts - Moldova - Joined Jul 30 2009

although this feature would need some heavy time coding and integrating into oDesk, it would be nice. I am a provider and would surely benefit from it. My buyers won't have to log out for an hour to wait for my reply, they would see that I am online and wait a few minutes for it.

online icon's Submitted Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:13pm GMT
angruck 22 posts - United States - Joined Nov 13 2008

I think that would be great... to be able to see who is or isn't online I think it would also be nice to permit buyer & providers that chance to opt out or disable that feature.

I think this would add Submitted Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:18pm GMT
deepa7476 235 posts - India - Joined Oct 01 2007

I think this would add value,
esepecially when buyers "ïnvite" to interview. For all i know, serious buyers shortlist 5 from their first 10 responses and not really wait until all invitees reply.
So, this would give "early bird gets the worm" a new meaning...

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Would you mind adding the Submitted Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:38pm GMT
okudamanova

1823 posts

Would you mind adding the feature idea to oDesk Feedback forum?.

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Who's Online Block Submitted Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 7:07am GMT
paul_d 24 posts - Philippines - Joined Oct 29 2009

I'm not a php coder/programmer so I don't know how to tweak the php codes behind the Who's Online Block. Maybe some hardcore coders here can tweak that and use it here.

while the forum and some Submitted Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 8:57pm GMT
jpittenger

3730 posts - United States - Joined Jan 07 2008

while the forum and some other areas of oDesk do utilize drupal, most of the site (including the profiles and job posts) does not

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I thought so too Submitted Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:50pm GMT
angruck 22 posts - United States - Joined Nov 13 2008

paul_d wrote:

I have the feeling that Drupal is used in the creation of this website. The Community Forum itself is Drupal-ish. Just to share, I encountered a Who's Online feature back then when I "test drive" Drupal in creating a website. Maybe you could use that.
I'm not a php coder/programmer so I don't know how to tweak the php codes behind the Who's Online Block. Maybe some hardcore coders here can tweak that and use it here.

I had thought the same thing as well that it looked Drupal-ish

as for the drupal who's online block the info could be recoded to pull the online stats from the database they have incorporated with the profiles. It would take a good bit of re-working it though.