Cron jobs are scheduled tasks, which are executed on regular time intervals pre-set by the user and they also execute scripts coded in different programming languages - PHP, Perl, Bash, etc. Depending on what exactly a cron has to do, it can run each minute, weekly or even annually. There're plenty of useful applications to use cron jobs in your daily administration of a site. Such as, a backup copy of the whole website can be generated every day or once per week or an email with all of the new signups for the day can be sent to a certain email address. These types of automated options will make the management of every website much easier. There won't be any precise file types that are allowed / forbidden, so any script can be run by using a cron job.
Cron Jobs in Website Hosting
If you get any of our website hosting packages, you can create cron jobs with a couple clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel even if you have not done that previously. Hepsia is very easy to use, so as opposed to typing numbers and asterisks on specific places, which is the usual method to assign a cron job, you can pick the days, hours or minutes some script needs to be executed using very simple drop-down menus. This is done in your Cron Jobs area of the Control Panel and, naturally, you can always use the first method as well, in case you are experienced enough and you prefer it. In either case, you'll need to type in the path to the script which will be executed and the path to the PHP, Python or Perl system files inside your account. The aforementioned is included in the Control Panel and you are able to copy/paste it, yet if you encounter any difficulties, you can get in touch with your support team.
Cron Jobs in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You are able to set up as many cron jobs as you'd like if you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and it does not take over one minute to do that. Unlike various other web hosting Control Panels where you need to enter commands and use numbers and asterisks on a single line to be able to set up a cron job, the Hepsia Control Panel features a user-friendly interface where you will be able to decide how often a cron needs to be executed by using simple drop-down menus to select the hours, minutes, day of the week, etc. The only two things that you will have to submit manually are the folder path to the script file which has to be executed and the command path to the programming language system files in the account (Perl, Python, PHP). You'll be able to copy and paste the latter from the Server Information part of your website hosting Control Panel, therefore it won't take you more than a couple of clicks to create a cron job within your semi-dedicated account.