{"A cron job/scheduled task is an automated task that your server executes at a specified time or interval."|alang}

{"You will have to setup a crontab (linux) or scheduled task (windows) that executes a script within the application that performs all automated tasks."|alang} {"This should be set to run every 5 minutes, and should run a file cron.php that resides in /admin folder."|alang}

{"On UNIX-based servers, please contact your server admin to ask him for the procedure on your server."|alang} {"If you have a control panel interface such as Plesk and CPanel, you should be able to do it yourself."|alang}
{"On Windows-based servers you can use a tool Scheduled Tasks to add a task."|alang}

{"Typically you will be able to setup your cron with the following format:"|alang}

{"If your PHP executable is installed in a custom folder, you may need to specify the PHP folder (such as /usr/local/bin/php) with your custom PHP path in a following command:"|alang}

{"If you are having trouble setting up the cron (or do not know the location of PHP on the server) you can use the following format:"|alang}

{"Since Window-based servers do not have cron jobs, you can achieve the same effect by using Scheduled Tasks application (under All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Scheduled Tasks)."|alang} {"Simply place a following command that should call that script from a web server into a field named 'Run':"|alang}

{"If your PHP executable is installed in the default folder (C:\PHP) which is specified in the first line of cron.php, you will be able to setup a following command:"|alang}

{"If your PHP executable is installed in a custom folder, then replace the default folder (C:\PHP) with your custom PHP path in a following command:"|alang}