Adding a Cron Job for Webfaction

NOTE: There is another thread that gives some basic instructions but leave out some important details, especially for folks who have no idea what they are doing.

Here are some instructions for setting up your cron job on Webfaction.

1. Open Terminal

2. You need to ssh into your account. like this ssh USERACCOUNT@SERVER.webfaction.com

3. Enter your Password for your account

4. Type the following crontab -e

5. Press ‘i’ to go into vim’s insert mode

6. Insert your cron job */5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/USERACCOUNT/webapps/PATHTO/sendy/scheduled.php > /dev/null 2>&1

7. press esc to exit vim's insert mode

8. Type ZZ ( must be capital letters )

You should now see a message that says “crontab: installing new crontab”

Now wait 5 minutes and test your Sendy "Schedule a campaign" feature. If you do not see the warning box alerting you to set up a cron job then everything has worked!

Gary