Help with cron

Pathfinder · September 18th, 2007, 9:23 PM

I want to post to my wordpress using their email function. In order to do this I need to be able to cron a job that would periodically open a web page. Do I need an oust side function such as wget to do this.

**Rick** · September 18th, 2007, 10:02 PM

You probably won't be able to use wget since it is disabled on most servers. However, on the Wordpress codex site, they have several alternative ways to implement this, one of which is via a php script which should be okay.

I thought about doing this but decided against it because I thought it was too risky. Anybody who finds this email address can post to your blog.

**Kayla** · September 18th, 2007, 10:10 PM

At first I thought this said "help with corn" and it was all mine, let me tell you.

Rick, thank you for jumping into this thread even though it was not about vegetables.

Agreed on the php script. =]

Pathfinder · September 18th, 2007, 11:10 PM

If I am reading this correctly I would need to go to my site and pull up the mail page or, if I use a footer, to got to the site so the footer would recognize it. The whole purpose of doing it by e-mail is so I can post from my cell while I am on the road and have it update without my intervention.
Oh well. Thanks for the help.

**Rick** · September 18th, 2007, 11:31 PM

I've never actually tried this, but from what I'm reading...

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Add this code to your footer, and the next time anyone goes to your blog, your new emails will be automatically posted, so you need to do nothing but send them.

...all you would have to do is send the email. The first time someone visits your blog the script will run and update your blog with the new post.

Pathfinder · September 19th, 2007, 2:45 PM

Well that is what I am doing but it actually needs 2 visits. The first runs the mail.php then a reload shows the entry.
Thanks all.

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Pathfinder Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jun 2006 19 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	If I am reading this correctly I would need to go to my site and pull up the mail page or, if I use a footer, to got to the site so the footer would recognize it. The whole purpose of doing it by e-mail is so I can post from my cell while I am on the road and have it update without my intervention. Oh well. Thanks for the help. __________________ coming to you from SH99

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Pathfinder Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Jun 2006 19 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Well that is what I am doing but it actually needs 2 visits. The first runs the mail.php then a reload shows the entry. Thanks all. __________________ coming to you from SH99

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