Updating Job Board (Self-Hosted Clients Only)

This document provides guidance for Self-Hosted TempWorks customers to upgrade to the latest version of the JobBoard. 

*Note* These are technical instructions that should be provided to your I.T. staff. Customers hosted by TempWorks can disregard these instructions, as the TempWorks team has already upgraded your JobBoard.

Steps to Update Job Board:

  1. Log into Bridge: bridge.ontempworks.com (for more information on logging in, see Bridge Overview)
  2. Navigate to Products from the bridge menu
  3. Select 'Download' next to Job Board 
    • The zip file will be downloaded to your computer
  4. Create a backup of your current JobBoard folder
  5. Delete all contents of the JobBoard folder except the web.config file. Make sure the web.config file is the only file left in that folder
  6. Unzip the download and copy the files to the JobBoard folder
    • *Note*  If you have updated the web.config file once already since 8/1/18 or you went live with the JobBoard after 8/1/18, then you do not have do steps 7-9
  7. Download the sample JobBoard web.config file
  8. Follow the instructions below for updating the web.config file to work with your system
  9. Place the modified web.config file in the JobBoard folder
  10. *Note* as of 2/21/19 you will need to do step 10 when updating the JobBoard. This only needs to be done once.
    • In the Web.Config file find the section for the “Newtonsoft.Json” version under the DependentAssembly section. Replace the section with these two lines. It should update the version of the assembly from 10 to 12:

              <assemblyIdentityname="Newtonsoft.Json"publicKeyToken="30ad4fe6b2a6aeed"culture="neutral" />

              <bindingRedirectoldVersion="0.0.0.0-12.0.0.0"newVersion="12.0.0.0" />



Updating the Sample Web.Config File:

  • ^Server Name^ copy from the database connection string of your previous web.config
  • ^Database Name^ copy from the database connection string of your previous web.config
  • ^User Name^ copy from the database connection string of your previous web.config
  • ^Password^ copy from the database connection string of your previous web.config
Anywhere there is a '******,' copy the setting values from your previous web.config.

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