OxWall Software Cron Configuration Guide

Last Updated on Monday, 17 June 2013 03:22 Written by Charles Benson Tuesday, 18 June 2013 12:00

Oxwall Software Cron Configuration Guide

General command.

Setting Timed Content for ocPortal and Your Arvixe Web Hosting

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 June 2013 02:32 Written by Steve Jarvis Thursday, 30 May 2013 12:00

Being able to set up timed content on your ocPortal website is possibly something you will want to do at some point during your website’s lifespan. This might be so you can schedule content to go live while you are away, or in the case of a news site you may have an embargo on news until a specific time.

The first task is you need to do is known as “setting up a cron job”. To do this you will need to log in to your Arvixe web hosting Cpanel.

Once you have logged into Cpanel scroll down to the advanced section which is the second last section in the standard Cpanel on Arvixe hosting. Click on the “Cron Jobs” option which will take you to a screen which will have a section which looks like this:

OpenCart – How to Setup CRON

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by Joe Stenhouse Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:00

What is CRON?

WIKIPEDIA DEFINITION

Cron is the time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. Cron enables users to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run periodically at certain times or dates. It is commonly used to automate system maintenance or administration, though its general-purpose nature means that it can be used for other purposes, such as connecting to the Internet and downloading email.^[1] The name cron comes from the Greek word χρόνος [chronos] for time.

MY DEFINITION

Setting Up the Necessary Dolphin 7 Cron Job

Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2011 06:36 Written by Mscott Thursday, 6 October 2011 12:00

Hello and welcome! In today’s blog we are going to talk about the mysterious “cron job” you need to setup for your Dolphin 7 website to function properly. The Crontab is a time based scheduler that is used on most web servers to automate tasks. The tasks it automates for Dolphin are video processing, sending mass emails, and cleaning the database nightly. Not setting up this cron job (or setting it up improperly) is the #1 reason people report video uploads not working.

[HOW-TO] Add ClipBucket’s Needed Cron Jobs in cPanel

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 March 2011 08:04 Written by Richi González Wednesday, 2 March 2011 02:32

This article will show you how to add the three needed cron jobs for Clip-Bucket, to convert videos, in your cPanel.

Difficulty level: Easy