Cron Job: sendnotice.php - Page 4

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2008, 07:43 AM

I dont see anything wrong on your site. You have like two ads that have pictures and 2 ads or so that doesnt have pics and this script only removes entire ads so I am unsure what your trying to tell us you think happened.

doc1975 · January 3rd, 2008, 07:48 AM

Will post some more test ads and reassess the situation... hmmm.

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2008, 07:49 AM

maybe your category cache was stuck or something.

doc1975 · January 3rd, 2008, 08:06 AM

Okay... I'm experiencing some other issues now... will begin a new thread so not to hijack this one...

Chuck S · January 3rd, 2008, 09:47 AM

Okay no problem

wacnstac · January 6th, 2008, 06:49 PM

Hi I have installed the following */10 * * * * /usr/bin/wget --spider http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/cl...sendnotice.php

But none of my ads are expiring. Please help. I have lots of old ads that need to get purged or expire.

Chuck S · January 7th, 2008, 12:04 AM

Does not look like anything is expired when viewing the site

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/classifieds/

You might need to ask your host what specific cron tasks they support and how. Like some dont allow wget and you can only use a server path to the file and there are examples in this thread on that. It is all up to your hosts specific cron requirements.

gholsie · May 8th, 2008, 11:32 AM

I have some very old ads from 2006 and they don't seem to expire by running this process. Any ideas how I can get this fixed?

Here's an example:
http://www.classiczcars.com/classifi...uct=1304&cat=4

Chuck S · May 8th, 2008, 11:46 AM

What is the expiration on those ads you sure they are not set for no expiration?

You can view the duration in the database in the products table and let me know.

videogamemojo · February 13th, 2009, 01:36 AM

Am I required to run this script if I am only using the site as a classified or will it perform the proper tasks automatically?

Chuck S · February 13th, 2009, 05:20 AM

You must run this script either manually yourself or set up the cron task so ads are expired.

xluk · April 14th, 2009, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

You mean in the install instructions here

PhotoPost Classifieds Installation Guide - Classified Ads Software for Community Websites

I will see if Michael can updates them as it would be a good idea

Nearly 3 years later and I still can't spot anything about this in instructions, it only takes a matter of seconds to edit an HTML file and it would be very useful for new clients such as myself

xluk · April 14th, 2009, 07:52 AM

Also can anyone confirm that the script will now update the number of ads count? I saw earlier (back in 2006!) that it wasn't doing that automatically when it purged the old ads.

Chuck S · April 14th, 2009, 09:12 AM

Not sure what you mean here. The script is not suppose to update any counts. Counts are updated via other functions within the script.

chep · April 14th, 2009, 10:47 PM

Does sendnotice.php remove "sold" ads? I want to remove these ads but when I run sendnotice.php in my browser it did not seem to do this. How can I remove ads which are marked sold?

Example - Hunting Washington Classifieds - Message

Thank you

chep · April 14th, 2009, 10:59 PM

Nevermind - I will use this setting Expired Ads Marked Sold

Chuck S · April 15th, 2009, 08:02 AM

well that really has nothing to do with this script but good luck with that.

darr3n · March 15th, 2010, 05:38 AM

Chuck is this something we still need to do with Vb3.8.x and Classifieds v4 (4.01) as I can not see it mentioned in the install guide?

Chuck S · March 15th, 2010, 09:19 AM

well yes and no. You can setup a server cron task sure. However classifieds 4 has the ability to run a silent cron in the footer of the application instead of you setting up the server cron so its your choice. Look in your admin options.

darr3n · March 15th, 2010, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

well yes and no. You can setup a server cron task sure. However classifieds 4 has the ability to run a silent cron in the footer of the application instead of you setting up the server cron so its your choice. Look in your admin options.

Thanks Chuck, found the option but there are three with identical descriptions?! is this normal?! (see attachment)

As you can see I've set all three to yes