Hi, I'm brand spanking new to Moodle and I've got too many questions right off the start that I need some help with. Hoping this forum would be a way to get started.
I have a website, hosted through webhero, and I need to know which kind of moodle application install type etc to use. The hosting website says that it has the following features currently installed:
Content management systems (CMS):
Drupal
Joomla
Mambo
XOOPS
Blogging:
WordPress
sBlog
Forums:
phpBB
Image Galleries:
Coppermine
Zenphoto
Miscellaneous:
WebCalendar
Vcalendar
Through reading forum posts and development content I've seen that there are many ways to use a number of the CMS programs. I was wondering which is best to use, and why.
Please help ask me things you might need to know to get me started.
Thank you!
Hello:
You might ask your Hosting Company if they have "Fantastico". It is a program that automatically installs and configures a variety of applications including Moodle. I used it with my provider, Host Gator and it basically walks you through the set-up.
Best of luck
You might ask your Hosting Company if they have "Fantastico". It is a program that automatically installs and configures a variety of applications including Moodle. I used it with my provider, Host Gator and it basically walks you through the set-up.
Best of luck
Otherwise what?
BB,
Otherwise, be thankful that you won't be another victim of Fantastico. It's bad news in lots of ways. Just do a search of this forum for posts by me containing the word Fantastico (say, over the last half year) to see what I mean.
RLE
Otherwise, be thankful that you won't be another victim of Fantastico. It's bad news in lots of ways. Just do a search of this forum for posts by me containing the word Fantastico (say, over the last half year) to see what I mean.
RLE
Otherwise you could invest a bit of time in reading the Moodle documentation and then setting Moodle up yourself the manual (and most reliable) way. In the long run it will make your life easier.
As Richard says, don't be another "victim" of Fantastico! 
So to reference my initial question:
What would be the best method and why?
What would be the best method and why?
Hello Brett,
The best method is to manually install moodle without using Fantastico.
You can check this link on "How to choose a Hosting Company and then set-up your own Moodle Site with Cpanel" by Eric Hagley.:
http://otaru-jc.ac.jp/hagley/settingupmoodleonhostingwithcpanel.swf
Odd features of Fantastico:
+ Fantastico does not always have the latest version of Moodle
+ Fantastico may leave database to wrong charset and collation (non unicode)
+ Fantastico may leave old moodledata (uploaddata) directly web accessible
+ Fantastico does not check settings of server, site or administration of moodle
+ if you have added non-standard modules to your Moodle, Fantastico usually can't
upgrade to a newer Moodle...
and so on.(http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=116214&parent=511494)
Hope it helps.
GOD bless!
The best method is to manually install moodle without using Fantastico.
You can check this link on "How to choose a Hosting Company and then set-up your own Moodle Site with Cpanel" by Eric Hagley.:
http://otaru-jc.ac.jp/hagley/settingupmoodleonhostingwithcpanel.swf
Odd features of Fantastico:
+ Fantastico does not always have the latest version of Moodle
+ Fantastico may leave database to wrong charset and collation (non unicode)
+ Fantastico may leave old moodledata (uploaddata) directly web accessible
+ Fantastico does not check settings of server, site or administration of moodle
+ if you have added non-standard modules to your Moodle, Fantastico usually can't
upgrade to a newer Moodle...
and so on.(http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=116214&parent=511494)
Hope it helps.
GOD bless!
For future reference to Moodlers reading this thread,
The link to the tutorial video on installing with cPanel may be broken. Here are a couple of newer links:
http://otaru-jc.ac.jp/hagley/settingupmoodleonhostingwithcpanel.swf
http://ic.eflclasses.org/tutorials/settingupmoodleonhostingwitholdcpanel.swf
http://ic.eflclasses.org/tutorials/settingupmoodleoncpanel.swf
RLE
The link to the tutorial video on installing with cPanel may be broken. Here are a couple of newer links:
http://otaru-jc.ac.jp/hagley/settingupmoodleonhostingwithcpanel.swf
http://ic.eflclasses.org/tutorials/settingupmoodleonhostingwitholdcpanel.swf
http://ic.eflclasses.org/tutorials/settingupmoodleoncpanel.swf
RLE
First, do some planning. How many users do you have? How big is your site going to be? How many courses are you going to have? What support and hardware resources do you have? What OS do you want to use? What web server do you want to use? What database engine do you want to use?
The best method to install Moodle is the one that will best match your needs. But basically you should:
- Spend a few hours reading the setup instructions on MoodleDocs
- Setup PHP on your server and test that it's working properly
- Download the Standard Moodle package (.zip file)
- Extract the .zip file to e.g. C:\Moodle
- Create a MoodleData folder, e.g. C:\Moodledata
- Create a blank database and database user in MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres or Oracle
- Create your website in Apache or IIS
- Rename C:\Moodle\config-dist.php to config.php and add your website and database settings to this file. Change the other settings as required.
- Run http://yourmoodlesite.com/index.php
- Follow the instructions on your screen.
If you have to go with a Windows only solution try www.moodlewindows.za.net