Hello tomlee,

The cron job should be pointng to the URL of http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cron . This is to process pending e-mails on your site. Also, you are getting the notification of the cron job and it's not from EasyBlog actually.

If you do not want to receive notifications for the cron job, it should be

/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cron"; >/dev/null 2>&1

HUH? I dont understand sorry.
So the command line I put in is at present root@lass1-n1s [~]# which wget /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://stackideas.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cronfeed

So are you saying this is wrong? Ok so ..
Are you saying put
/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cron"; >/dev/null 2>&1
plus the path the server people gave me which is
root@lass1-n1s [~]# which wget
so
root@lass1-n1s [~]# which wget/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cron"; >/dev/null 2>&1


What do you mean its not from easyblog?
I thought I was setting up easydiscuss ?? I went to http://stackideas.com/docs/easydiscuss/cronjobs/setting-up-cronjobs-in-cpanel
and followed the documentation under easydiscuss.
I dont know why I need to set up a cron job or whethar I want to or not I am just working my way down the list of documentation hoping it will lead me to a successful set up of easy discuss.

I have bought easy discuss, easy blog and easy social and am trying to set them all up but am truly the blind being lead by reading your documentation and following it.
Any light shed on my dilemma is appreciated

Hello tomlee,

Sorry I think I am misunderstanding you here. Can I know what are you trying to achieve here? The URL that you provide is for EasyBlog and it's meant to process RSS feed imports in EasyBlog. If you want to process the mail queue of EasyDiscuss the URL should be

http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_easydiscuss&task=cron

Remember to change yoursite.com with your real website value.

AH Ha. Yes Yes Ok I see I have written the wrong forum info. I just checked and I have root@lass1-n1s [~]# which wget /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://stackideas.com/index.php?option=com_easyblog&task=cronfeed"; in my cron job by mistake. So I will change it by following the documentation.
But also
why would I need " to process RSS feed imports in EasyBlog. " ?
What is the point of that? Is it a choice or is it necessary for EasyBlog to function?

Also " to process the mail queue of EasyDiscuss " What does that mean? Is it necessary or a choice? If so a choice for what?
ThanksMark

Hello Tomlee,

Some people prefer to automate the generation of blog posts by pulling them from RSS feeds. This makes the site look active without really being active As to why, I am not too sure, I guess to help them build their SERP higher?

As for the processing of email queue for EasyDiscuss, it's advisable to set up cron for this because it's much faster that way. Whenever a new e-mail is created in EasyDiscuss, it doesn't get sent out right away as this will slow down the interaction between the user and the site because Joomla needs to connect to the mail server and it often takes time. We actually store them in a mail queue where when the cron executes, it actually tells EasyDiscuss to dispatch these e-mails in the background.

The answers I needed thanks Now I feel I know what Im doing a bit more.
Onwards we go....back into the documentation...ho hum

Hello Tomlee,

Glad you got it. If you face any issue, do refer back to us.