Installation - local host problem

Installation - local host problem

par Jackie Chambers,
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OS Windows XP, Browser Internet Explorer.

I have downloaded Moodle and I am in the process of installing it to my standalone laptop. When I type in 'localhost' into my address bar in internet explorer I am taken to a Smartboard page. This was using Port 80 and so I have uninstalled all my smartboard software and tried again. Still no luck I am still redirected to a Smartboard page.

Please help, I don't know what to do next.

Do I need to chnge my Port settings and if so, how?

I use Skype but when I checked skype was using a different port setting and not port 80.

Thanks  wink

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Re: Installation - local host problem

par Richard Enison,
JC,

You've got questions, we've got answers. But first we need some more info (see this FAQ):
  1. Was it a generic Moodle download, or a complete Windows package? What version of Moodle?
  2. If it was generic, are you using Apache as the web server for Moodle, or IIS? Or maybe a different web server altogether?
  3. If it is Apache, we need to know the web document root. You can find this from the Apache configuration file, which is usually called httpd.conf, in the conf subdirectory of the main Apache directory. Look in that file for a line beginning DocumentRoot. That should give the pathname of the directory. That directory is the one that is mapped to when you type localhost into the address box in your web browser (Internet Explorer). If that directory is the main Moodle folder, where index.php, install.php, and config-dist.php, among others, are, then that should get you the Moodle installation script. But if the main Moodle folder (moodle unless you renamed it) is a subfolder of the web document root, you will need to type localhost/moodle. This can be fixed, but first let's consider other alternatives.
  4. If it is IIS, the web document root is called the home directory of the web site. I'm no expert on IIS, but I have found a web page that describes setting the home directory for IIS 6.0. Once you find your home directory, the comments in paragraph #3 above apply.
  5. Needless to say, if your web server is neither Apache nor IIS, you will need to find out how your web server handles directories.
  6. If you have both IIS and Apache on your laptop, they could be interfering with each other. Only one application at a time can listen on port 80.
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