New to the Moodle

New to the Moodle

by Eric Storm -
Number of replies: 5

So, I am looking to use Moodle as an effective means to communicate with a Guild in World of Warcraft as we do various things throughout the week. Ultimately our purpose for Moodle is organization and communication (which it is clearly fantastic for).
I've used Moodle for a course in college and loved it with a passion.

Now, my real question is the following:
Does anyone know where I can get free web hosting (enough to hold Moodle and Accounts).

Other than that, set up will be the most challenging part for me :].

Please get back to me and sorry for my total special education question. 

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In reply to Eric Storm

Re: New to the Moodle

by Christopher Murad -

Eric, 

Welcome to Moodle! 

Not sure what to tell you about free hosting but you can find some very inexpensive hosting if you're willing to do a little setup. (eg bluehost, godaddy etc..)

Some of these Inexpensive hosting options offer 1 Click Moodle installs but when you go that route you can run into some issues upgrading Moodle in the future.

Please chime in with any other questions about setup you may have and we'll do our best around here to help you out.

 

Chris

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Re: New to the Moodle

by Sasha Yin -

Hi Chris,

I am also looking for affordable hosting for my moodle...I am considering Bluehost... I read about problems with one-click install... But I don't have any tech background... Do you think I can handle moodle install without using one click option at bluehost? How technical it would be to install without using the one click approach? Appreciate your help!

- Sasha

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Re: New to the Moodle

by Derek Chirnside -

From https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/386?step=386 it wouldseem that Bluehost does not support PHP version for Moodle 2.1

They have been my host for a while, but I've gone elsewhere for Moodle 2.1

-Derek

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Re: New to the Moodle

by Sasha Yin -

Hi Derek,

Thanks for sharing your experience. I have about 150 students 5 classes ... where else I could go for affordable hosting if not Bluehost. Where did you go for your Moodle 2.1 if you don't mind ? Many Thanks !

Sasha