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I know this a very rudimentary question but I am trying to get the ExpressionEngine Cron 1.0.3 plugin to work with coolcommerce. However, the question isn’t necessarily one of how to use the cron with coolcommerce, rather, how to use it at all.

The docs for coolcommerce say to insert the following:

{exp:cron minute="0" hour="1" day="*" month="*" module="coolcommerce:process_subscriptions"} {/exp:cron}

The problem is, I don’t know where those tags need to go in order for the cron to run.

I would assume a template but not sure if it matters which.

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance,

-shane

Basically, it’s kind of a ‘fake cron’- php can’t be scheduled to run at a certain time- at least not by itself.  So, the plugin relies on the browser loading the page that tag is on- at which point it triggers the time check.  If enough time has passed, then it triggers whatever code it’s supposed to trigger.

Which was a long way of saying- yes, you need to put it on a template and one which will be loaded with some frequency.  If the page is never loaded, the php time check will never be triggered and the code never run.  Beyond that, it’s really up to you which template you put it on.

That help?

Perfect. Thanks for your help!

Glad it made sense.  Closing this one out….