I installed the WeatherUnderground plug-in from http://mt-plugins.org/ and have realized that unless I rebuild My Index often, my Weather stats get stale fast. I've been looking all over for a place that documents how to call the CGI script that rebuilds the index template from the command line. That way I can then use something like cron to rebuild my index file at an hourly rate, thus having fairly fresh WeatherUndergound information.
I can't believe I'm the only one who has ever wanted to do this? I've tried a lot of forums and either I'm searching the wrong keywords or I'm just going about it the wrong way.
Any ideas? Thanks
Full Version: Scheduled template rebuilds?
MTRebuild in conjunction with cron is what you want. You'll have to find out if your host has cron/allows you to use it. =)
Also if you haven't got access to cron on your host then you can always run cron on your home box and do the rebuild over XML-RPC.
Thats what I have done
Thats what I have done
I've been trying to get my cron job to work but I can't get anything to work at all. I want it to rebuild every 30 minutes to an hour but I can't even get it to rebuild at all. Here are some things I have tried:
Those are the main ones. I have tried them with and without the "public_html," the "quotes" after the mode, id, and template, and about a million other things. Anyone?
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/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/mt-rebuild.pl -mode="index" -blog_id="4" -template="Main Index"
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/usr/bin/perl /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/mt-rebuild.pl -mode="index" -blog_id="4" -template="Main Index"
Those are the main ones. I have tried them with and without the "public_html," the "quotes" after the mode, id, and template, and about a million other things. Anyone?
Seeing as you are not getting errors Im guessing cron isnt running. Have you activated cron?
On a UNIX system for instance you set up your cronfile then do:
On a UNIX system for instance you set up your cronfile then do:
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crontab cronfile
to alert cron to use your cronfile.
and this is where I think I am getting fuzzy. I use ThrillingHill for my hosting and am not sure if I have access to turn cron on and what not. Also, as far as getting error messages, my cpanel does not have the option to enter an e-mail address to have these messages sent. Can I run cron on the server from my computer and if so, what do I need?
If you have a cron option on your cpanel then your host supports cron I would assume. And it must run on that machine (where your blog is). Check your hosts FAQ's or maybe drop a support email for some specific help.
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