Cron Status

Cron Status displays an overview of Board's Cron Jobs in Maintenance module of ACP. This extension also shows a notification on the main page of ACP when a cron job is locked (optionally). It shows the time when the cron task started and which cron task was the problem.

Requirements

• phpBB 3.1.0 or higher
• PHP 5.3.3 or higher

You can also download an old release for early development versions of phpBB 3.1.0.

Quick Installation

You can quickly install this extension on the latest version of phpBB 3.1 or on the latest development version of phpBB 3.1-dev by doing the following:

1. Upload the extension with "Upload Extensions".
2. Check that you have uploaded the correct files.
3. Click Enable.

Standard Installation

You can install this extension on the latest version of phpBB 3.1 or on the latest development version of phpBB 3.1-dev by doing the following:

1. Download the extension. You can do it directly from phpbb.com or by downloading the latest ZIP-archive of master branch of its GitHub repository.
2. Check out the existence of the folder /ext/boardtools/cronstatus/ in the root of your board folder. Create folders if necessary.
3. Copy the contents of the downloaded cronstatus-master folder to /ext/boardtools/cronstatus/.
4. Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Extension Management -> Manage extensions -> Cron Status.
5. Click Enable.

Usage

Cron Status page

To check the Cron Status navigate in the ACP to Maintenance -> Cron Status -> Check Cron Status.

Cron Status Notice

Cron Status Notice is displayed on the main page of ACP when Cron is locked. This notice provides some information about the last Cron task that made Cron locked. If you want to remove Cron Status Notice from the main page of ACP (to use only Cron Status page), navigate in the ACP to General -> Board configuration -> Board settings -> Cron Status -> Notice on ACP index page and set it to "No".

Cron Status settings

You can change the date format for Cron Status or remove Cron Status Notice that is displayed on ACP index. Navigate in the ACP to General -> Board configuration -> Board settings -> Cron Status.

Update

1. Download the updated extension. You can do it directly from phpbb.com or by downloading the latest ZIP-archive of master branch of its GitHub repository.
2. Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Extension Management -> Manage extensions -> Cron Status and click Disable.
3. Copy the contents of the downloaded cronstatus-master folder to /ext/boardtools/cronstatus/.
4. Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Extension Management -> Manage extensions -> Cron Status and click Enable.
5. Click Details or Re-Check all versions link to follow updates.

Uninstallation

Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Extension Management -> Manage extensions -> Cron Status and click Disable.

For permanent uninstallation click Delete Data and then you can safely delete the /ext/boardtools/cronstatus/ folder.

License

GNU General Public License v2

© 2014 - 2018 Igor Lavrov and John Peskens