RSS Poster Robot.....still not working

[snakes1100]

Manually run the scheduled task in the task manager in the admincp.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by JohnnieOO

Thanks kh99, I'd never have guessed that.
Since I am building this site from scratch, I was hoping to use the RSS Poster Robot to build some content in the forum, however, if it won't update without traffic, I have a "catch-22". No content to build traffic and no traffic to build content.

Is there any other way to get the RSS Poster Robot to automatically update?

Thanks,

Johnnie

It is possible to get a scheduled task to run via an actual cron job (if you have access to that on your server). If I remember, you just need to set it up to run cron.php. It's been discussed before but I don't remember exactly where.

Otherwise, it might be possible to set something up on your home computer that will automatically access some pages on your site periodically.

ETA: here's a thread where the cron thing was discussed: www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=288590 . There's not much in that thread but it has links to some others. (You probably need to be logged in at vbulletin.com to see the ones that link there).