What is my url?

What is my url?

by Kanika Jayant -
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Hi,

I am a first time time user. I need help to understand where to get my Moodle's main URL. I am looking at creating courses on moodle and then putting them up on my business website (wordpress). 

I registered for the 'self hosted' option and downloaded the .zip file... followed the installation document, till "Start Moodle Install".

I am not a coder, and hence the command line installer is greek and latin for me. The second option is to use the web based installer

I see "To run the web installer script, just go to your Moodle's main URL using a web browser." but where do i get the 'your Moodle's main URL' from?

do i set it up somewhere... or have i missed some info. I cannot set it up on my windows computer... as its a shared computer and have space constraints.

Looking for some guidance.

Thanks!

Kanika

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Re: What is my url?

by Ken Task -
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Guidance it is then ... with some explanation smile

Think you've gotten things confused.

Downloading the zip provides just the moodle code which is nothing more than
a bunch of PHP and Javascript files.   If one downloads just the code, the installer (ie, you)  has already installed a Web service (server like IIS or Apache) and a DB service (like MySQL, MariaDB, or MSSQL) and PHP + supports.

If you did not install a web server, DB server and install PHP, then all you have is the code.

One can download a complete install package for Windows.
Directions here: https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/Complete_install_packages_for_Windows

However, if your goal is as you've said ...
"looking at creating courses on moodle and then putting them up on my business website (wordpress)."

WordPress is a blog ... Moodle is a course management or learning management system.
One does NOT just copy files from Moodle and upload them to WordPress.

Now you could install a moodle on the same server were your WordPress is hosted and have it be in another directory or accessible by another domain name that happens to be served from the same server as your wordpress site.   That could be fairly easy or one might have to do so manually depending upon with what provider the WordPress site is hosted.

If all the above is 'greek and latin' ....

Might I suggest for you a different path (until one can speak a little 'geek') ... Use MoodleCloud ...
https://moodlecloud.com/

'spirit of sharing', Ken


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