$Id: README.txt,v 1.4.4.1 2007-01-14 12:35:00 uwe Exp $ Description ----------- Poormanscron is a module which runs the Drupal cron operations without needing the cron application. For every page view, this module checks to see if our last cron run was more than 1 hour ago (this period is configurable). If so, the cron hooks are executed (which, for example, update RSS/syndication blocks), and Drupal is happy. These cron hooks fire after all HTML is returned to the browser, so the user who kicks off the cron jobs should not notice any delay. Requirements ------------ This module requires Drupal 5.0 or a later version. Installation ------------ 1) Copy/upload the poormanscron.module and poormanscron.info files into a subdirectory called poormanscron/ in the modules/ directory of your Drupal installation. 2) Enable the Poormanscron module (Administer -> Site building -> Modules). Configuration ------------- Poormanscron can be configured at Administer -> Site configuration -> Poormanscron. Authors ------- * Moshe Weitzman - original author * Uwe Hermann - current maintainer