[documentation] Question on cron

[Steven Peck]

For purposes of search it would actually depend on how often content is
added.  Cron causes search to start indexing in addition to other log
clean up.  So if you post intermittently once a day is sufficient.  If
you post on a more regular interval or are using aggregator whose feeds
need updating then you can choose to do more.  

I run my cron every four hours, mainly for the news feeds.

-sp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: documentation-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:documentation-
> bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Peter Wolanin
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 7:27 AM
> To: A list for documentation writers
> Subject: Re: [documentation] Question on cron
> 
> I thought there was an issue to add admin warnings in 5.x after cron
> was not run for a week, month, etc., but I can't find it in the issue
> queue.
> 
> For me, I'd think daily is a minimum cron interval, and hourly is
normal.
> 
> -Peter
> 
> On 12/31/06, Johan Forngren <johan at forngren.com> wrote:
> > I would also like to add that since we introduced the functionality
to
> run
> > cron manually (5.x) I think many users will see the warning "Cron
has
> not
> > been run". Ok, they thinks and presses "Run cron manually" and think
the
> > problem is fixed.
> >
> >
> > On 12/31/06, O Govinda <jswami at pamho.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm doing a revised help page for the Search module, and I have a
> question
> > > about cron.
> > >
> > > Our documentation says you should set up a "cron job" that visits
> > > http://example.com/cron.php "frequently." Newbies may well wonder,
> "What's
> > > *frequently*? Once a week? Once a day? Once an hour?" We offer no
> clue.
> > >
> > > Newbie admins facing the challenge of using Drupal to set up their
> first
> > > website may not want to delve deep into cron. Chances are they'd
like
> a
> > > simple suggestion they can use as a default: "You can do it this
way."
> > >
> > > So I'd like to tell them:
> > >
> > > "For a modest personal site, you might set up such a cron job to
run
> every
> > > [SPECIFY INTERVAL HERE]. For a larger site you'd likely want to
run
> that
> > job
> > > more often."
> > >
> > > Question: Is this suitable advice? If so, what should that
interval
> be?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Cordially,
> > > O Govinda
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