Moodle installed!!!! Here is some helpful advice for those who are using hosting companies
by Tony Phillips -
Number of replies: 2
If you are planning to install Moodle with your web hosting company, check to see if you have Fantastico included in your hosting package. If you have it, you will see it in your cPanel. It automates the installation process for a variety of scripts. You need to see if your Fantastico includes Moodle. I recently installed Moodle using this approach and it is working perfectly so far. I still have some testing to do, but I am passed the installation hurdle.
In reply to Tony Phillips
Re: Moodle installed!!!! Here is some helpful advice for those who are using hosting companies
by Just H -
Hi Tony
Fantastico is VERY handy for installing various scripts but a word of caution.
Due to permissions, it can install scripts slightly differently than recommended by the script authors. For example, with Moodle it will have installed a directory called "uploaddata" (or something like that) in your web accessible directory; this directory is Fantastico's version of moodle_data that is recommended to be outside the web accessible area and due to the change in name can add confusion if you are having a problem.
Fantastico can also be slow in upgrading the versions of the scripts you can install using it. This can mean you can end up with a script with known security issues while you wait for Fantastico to upgrade.
All in all, IMHO I would only use Fantastico to have a quick look at a script to see if it meets my requirements, and if it does, I would then convert it to a manual install if possible or delete and do a manual install.
Regards
H
Fantastico is VERY handy for installing various scripts but a word of caution.
Due to permissions, it can install scripts slightly differently than recommended by the script authors. For example, with Moodle it will have installed a directory called "uploaddata" (or something like that) in your web accessible directory; this directory is Fantastico's version of moodle_data that is recommended to be outside the web accessible area and due to the change in name can add confusion if you are having a problem.
Fantastico can also be slow in upgrading the versions of the scripts you can install using it. This can mean you can end up with a script with known security issues while you wait for Fantastico to upgrade.
All in all, IMHO I would only use Fantastico to have a quick look at a script to see if it meets my requirements, and if it does, I would then convert it to a manual install if possible or delete and do a manual install.
Regards
H
In reply to Just H
Re: Moodle installed!!!! Here is some helpful advice for those who are using hosting companies
by Tony Phillips -
Actually, I was just looking at that uploadata message. I will review that. Thanks for the heads up.