I'm set up and running but did not set up cron job. I see the "what is cron job?" and instructions in the manual, but have never used one...what kind of scheduled task might I want to run? Thank you.
I now see the other entry saying "aMember has ability to execute periodical jobs (update membership status, rebill customers, etc) without additional setup. However, it is more reliable to setup an external cron job." Is this still the case even with this version of aMember? Will I really be bummed if I don't do the external cron job?
It depends on your payment processors you are using. If your don't use "real" credit card processors (which ask for credit card info on YOUR site), you usually don't need to enable and configure external cron.