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Freelancing Youth Web Application Documentation (internLance) - Education, Global Connectivity

Main Idea:

Freelancer style site Youth can sign up and create a profile Starting local, Cincinnati Area to get established with local companies and schools, once established the system is ready to scale and grow to be regional, then national. Companies can post tech based internship app (Will branch out to other opportunities other than tech in the future) Youth bids for the opportunity Companies select youth and extends offers Youth can accept or deny offers

Misc: Companies will review the work Youth can earn badges on profile for accreditation Youth will only have the good reviews displayed on their profile, as they are still young and in training.

Innovative Approach: Building a Freelancer/Upwork style platform but for local companies to provide opportunities to local students as internships and co-ops.

Learning Outcome: Getting experience with WordPress as a developer, not using plugins as solutions, but focused on building functions using PHP and the best standards established by the WordPress Codex.

Purpose and Value: Provides a platform for high school and college students to look for internships and co-ops with local verified companies.

How is it built?

Using WordPress for Environment. Q: Why would you use WordPress? A: Many companies and universities use WordPress as a platform for their web services. 43% of all known websites use WordPress! Link! Elementor Pro plugin used for page styling with custom CSS work. Q: Why Elementor, what is it? A: Elementor was selected as page builder because it is the most popular, used on 18% of all known WordPress websites. Link! All functions within the site from signup forms, profiles, profile editing, job listings table and more are 100% PHP developed based on WordPress Codex standards with support from ACF Pro. Code is synced to the GitHub repository.

Plugin overview:

Advanced Custom Fields PRO, Astra Pro, Classic Editor, Elementor, Elementor Pro, ManageWP - Worker, Nav Menu Roles, Wordfence Security, and WP File Manager ACF Pro (Advance Custom Fields Pro): is an industry standard professional tool for building custom data fields within the WordPress environment. Elementor Pro: is the industry leading professional UI Builder. Custom built elements made using PHP. CSS used to tweak design work. Classic Editor: is the plugin released by the makers of WordPress to restore the classic WYSIWYG editor. Nav Menu Roles: is a popular tool to adjust who can see menu items based on user roles.