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By awalsadja on
Is it necessary to run cron.php? why?
if so.. why drupal did not make it autorun periodically or configurably?
thanks..
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Is it necessary to run
It is necessary to do periodic tasks. Your site won't go down or be otherwise visibly non functional, but things like search won't work. The 'cron.php' file actually has nothing to do with 'cron' the command. It's merely the name of a file that organizes the tasks that need to be periodically performed.
Because the scheduling of period tasks is an os function. In *nix operating systems the command to do that is 'cron'. In windows based systems it's a scheduled task.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz
Thanks WorldFallz have u
Thanks WorldFallz
have u ever try poormanscron module? http://drupal.org/project/poormanscron
does it helps? well at least for me who doesn't know about cron job things.
looks like i still got a lot to learn..
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I've not used it though a quick look at the usage statistics show MANY others do-- i would say it's probably worth a try.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." - Ben Franklin
"Search is your best friend." - Worldfallz
well, thank you again
well, thank you again WorldFallz..
A simple question really...
Hi. Very new to EVERYTHING and exploring drupal. Downloaded the poormanscron module, but cant workout how to upload it. Where it says to put it on my webhosts server is sites/all/modules but the sites directory on mine just says sites/all that's it. will it work if I just create a directory within 'all' called 'modules' and put the downloaded file in there? Is there something else I can do?
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Nope-- that's correct. Just create it and put the module there.
Interesting to note that if
Interesting to note that if you upload a new module to your www.example.com/modules/ folder, the module can be seen perfectly ok and appears to function correctly as well. Is there any disadvantage of placing new modules within the www.example.com/modules/ folder?
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it makes it harder to update core drupal.
Funny stuff
I just started really getting into Drupal 2 weeks ago. I put all my modules in root/modules!! I am still in testing phase, dumping the database all the time etc but I just found out earlier that allthough you can out stuff in root/modules and root/themes and it works great that it will get completely wiped when upgrade time comes around.
Then there is the, "Why is there a default and a all" directory. That is for the beauty of multi-site installs.
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well there y' go... I'm in
well there y' go... I'm in the forest, looking for a tree! Something tells me there's lots and LOTS more to learn! I may never leave the house again! Thanks. :)