Need Wordpress Plugin Help (wp-o-matic cron problem)

Hi,
I need to get the plugin wp-o-matic fixed to work with unix cron job, plugin is set to perform this function but cannot get it to work.

PM me your rates/details.

Cheers!
Andrew

 

I had this problem installing the wp-o-matic script.

I am a programmer, so I figured I would investigate this problem a bit.

Apparently somewhere, still to be determined, there is a query that throws the crontab off center. This has to do with time, and is the most common place for errors in programming.

I made a quick fix and has worked since I initiated it. Simply add this script to the file " cron.php ", which is located in your folder "/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic" right below the line

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../wp-config.php');

PHP:

Add this function below this line:

	function set_crontab_zero_rss_wpomatic() {
	//connect to db
	$dbname=DB_NAME;
	$dbhost=DB_HOST;
	$dbuser=DB_USER;
	$dbpass=DB_PASSWORD;
	$dbh=mysql_connect ($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error(). '');
	mysql_select_db ("$dbname") or die('I cannot select the database because: ' . mysql_error());

	$query = "UPDATE wp_wpo_campaign SET lastactive='0000-00-00 00:00:00'";
	$result = mysql_query($query);
	}
	set_crontab_zero_rss_wpomatic();

PHP:

All it does is it sets the "timer" back to zero, allowing you to still see how many posts are in each topic without having to do a reset.

Hope this helps those out there that were in the same boat as I was.