Editing wp-job-manager-template.php

You sir, are my Hero!

Thank you so much!

Oh dear, looks as if I’ve gotten myself in a pickle!

I have the Apply button code in two different templates and the filter is only applying itself to one and wiping out the other..

I am by no means a master coder but feel i can work my way around a piece of code pretty well..

ive never heard of “Using a localisation file and translating the string”, i’m going to look into that for sure – just so i’m clear, wp-job-manager-template.php located in the root plugin folder cannot be written over by copying it to my theme folder?
This is how I edited the subject in the first place :/

In the wp-job-manager-template.php, i want to utilize this function:

/**
 * get_the_job_application_method function.
 *
 * @access public
 * @param mixed $post (default: null)
 * @return object
 */
function get_the_job_application_method( $post = null ) {
	$post = get_post( $post );
	if ( $post->post_type !== 'job_listing' )
		return;

	$method = new stdClass();
	$apply  = $post->_application;

	if ( empty( $apply ) )
		return false;

	if ( strstr( $apply, '@' ) && is_email( $apply ) ) {
		$method->type      = 'email';
		$method->raw_email = $apply;
		$method->email     = antispambot( $apply );
		$method->subject   = apply_filters( 'job_manager_application_email_subject', sprintf( __( 'New Resume Submittal for %s / "%s"', 'wp-job-manager' ), $post->_job_jobid, $post->post_title ) );
	} else {
		if ( strpos( $apply, 'http' ) !== 0 )
			$apply = 'http://' . $apply;
		$method->type = 'url';
		$method->url  = $apply;
	}

	return apply_filters( 'the_job_application_method', $method, $post );
}

The above filter provides me a subject similar to:
New Resume Submittal for CUSTOM_JOB_ID / “JOB_TITLE”

I really want to take PHP classes to learn how to do this on my own (is that what I need? PHP classes??)

I have the application code in two different places, content-single-job-listing.php, and job-application.php, both in my theme folder copied from the plugin folder – they work perfectly!

<div class="application">
		<?php if ( $apply->type == 'email' ) : ?>
				<a href="mailto:<?php echo $apply->email . '?subject=' . get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_job_jobid', true ); ?> &body=Greetings%21%0A%0AThank%20you%20so%20much%20for%20your%20interest%20in%20working%20with%20Digital%20Staffing%21%0APlease%20attach%20your%20resume%20and%20contact%20information%20to%20this%20email%20before%20you%20send%20it%20so%20we%20know%20a%20little%20bit%20about%20you%21%0A%0AFeel%20free%20to%20replace%20this%20text%20with%20a%20cover%20letter%20or%20message%20to%20the%20recruiter%21%0A%0AThank%20you%20again%21%0A%0ADigital%20Staffing%0A%0A" class="jbapplybutton" target="_blank">Apply via Email!</a>
			<?php endif; ?>

		<div class="application_details">
			<?php if ( $apply->type == 'email' ) : ?>
				<a href="mailto:<?php echo $apply->email . '?subject=' . rawurlencode( $apply->subject ); ?>" class="jbapplybutton" target="_blank">Apply via Email!</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div>
	</div>

I need to get that function to apply for both if i copy it short of having to overwrite the updated file with the entire custom wp-job-manager-template.php

I thank you so much for any help you can provide!!

Okay so I copied the wp-job-manager-template.php to my theme folder but the changes didnt seem to stick – can we only overwrite files in the templates folder?

I think i see what you mean, here is where i’m stuck, in my job-application.php template file, i have the subject pulling from the original template file – how do I alter the subject in the template file to reflect the changes I need? The filter doesnt allow me to dynamically fill anything :/

( 'New Resume Submittal for %s / "%s"', 'wp-job-manager' ), $post->_job_jobid, $post->post_title ) )

would produce

New Resume Submittal from Job ID 1234 / Testing Job Title

Thank you thank you thank you again!! Here is the code I have in my template file:

<div class="application2">
		<?php if ( $apply->type == 'email' ) : ?>
				<a href="mailto:<?php echo $apply->email . '?subject=' . rawurlencode( $apply->subject ); ?> &body=Greetings%21%0A%0AThank%20you%20so%20much%20for%20your%20interest%20in%20working%20with%20Digital%20Staffing%21%0APlease%20attach%20your%20resume%20and%20contact%20information%20to%20this%20email%20before%20you%20send%20it%20so%20we%20know%20a%20little%20bit%20about%20you%21%0A%0AFeel%20free%20to%20replace%20this%20text%20with%20a%20cover%20letter%20or%20message%20to%20the%20recruiter%21%0A%0AThank%20you%20again%21%0A%0ADigital%20Staffing%0A%0A" class="jbapplybutton" target="_blank">Apply via Email!</a>
			<?php endif; ?>

		<div class="application_details">
			<?php if ( $apply->type == 'email' ) : ?>
				<a href="mailto:<?php echo $apply->email . '?subject=' . rawurlencode( $apply->subject ); ?>" class="jbapplybutton" target="_blank">Apply via Email!</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
		</div>
	</div>

The first is from the template I shouldn’t be editing

Just need to figure out how to edit the right file

That one pulls the subject from the main template file I just need to figure out how to edit the code to get the right subject string.