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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
Forum moderator: Howard Miller

Before starting a new discussion topic, please check the Installation FAQ and Upgrading FAQ and try a forum search.

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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20601 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	"Could not add a new instance of hotpot" Locked	David GAVEAU 21 June 2007	Gordon Bateson 22 June 2007	7
	Moodle 18 Upgrade issues Locked	Stuart Purvis 21 June 2007	Richard Enison 22 June 2007	1
	Installation Error on SLES9 Locked	Barbara Dippelreiter 18 June 2007	Richard Enison 22 June 2007	7
	Installation problem concerning webroot URL change Locked	Martin Holden 21 June 2007	Martin Holden 21 June 2007	2
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	rawand amin 20 June 2007	Jon Witts 21 June 2007	3
	Fatal error involving CAS/CAS.php Locked	Luke H. 20 June 2007	Richard Enison 21 June 2007	6
	Blank Admin Page in Godaddy host moodle 1.8 Locked	Veg SEO Webmaster 18 June 2007	Veg SEO Webmaster 21 June 2007	7
	Frewsh 1.8.1 themes not working in Firefox Locked	Randy Thornton 21 June 2007	Randy Thornton 21 June 2007	2
	Upgrading or complete new installation (and download) Locked	André Boon 20 June 2007	Tan Teck Hock 21 June 2007	3
	Moodle upgrade to 1.8 never shows continue button Locked	David Eakins Mr. 13 June 2007	Edward Hewlett 21 June 2007	2
	Your suggestions: Command Line installer for Moodle Locked	Dilan Anuruddha 31 May 2007	Visvanath Ratnaweera 20 June 2007	3
	Moodle on Linux, Classes on IIS Locked	Russ Roske 20 June 2007	Richard Enison 20 June 2007	2
	Installation Problem- need help immediately, please Locked	Vani A 14 June 2007	Vani A 20 June 2007	8
	Upgrade with no logs!! Locked	jon s 19 June 2007	Gordon Bateson 20 June 2007	1
	After upgrade, turn-editing-on does not work correctly... see this video demo Locked	Dallas Ray Smetter 18 June 2007	Juliano Magalhães 20 June 2007	4
	New Install: ERROR: Could not update release version in database!! Locked	Mark Bishop 8 Nov 2006	Richard Enison 20 June 2007	7
	Installig moodle to local host - php error Locked	WHS online 18 June 2007	WHS online 19 June 2007	4
	Site Administration Function not visible to Admin User in 1.8.1 Locked	aroul 2k 19 June 2007	aroul 2k 19 June 2007	0
	Upgrade of group system failed! Locked	Paolo Oprandi 18 June 2007	Paolo Oprandi 19 June 2007	1
	Received a fatal error when upgrading from 1.6.4 to 1.8 -- can anyone help? Locked	JoAnn Major 18 June 2007	Ken Wilson 19 June 2007	1
	Update resource - No action was specified Locked	Binu George 18 June 2007	Binu George 18 June 2007	0
	admin password not defined during installation Locked	estevan veenstra 18 June 2007	Richard Enison 18 June 2007	1
	Moodle locally, OK. But via network, how? Locked	Mario Villalobos 14 June 2007	Dennis Flynn 18 June 2007	1
	Authentication plugin - not found, Error Locked	Craig Fabrizio 18 June 2007	Craig Fabrizio 18 June 2007	2
	Statistics Not Working Locked	James Jenkins 21 Mar 2007	Martin Cridge 17 June 2007	2
	Moodle on a stick Locked	Ron Hagley 15 June 2007	Juan Carlos Borrero (JuanCaBo) 17 June 2007	8
	Cannot login as admin after fresh installation in a Linux server. Locked	Sheilon Wunder 25 Apr 2007	Richard Enison 17 June 2007	12
	Blank page after install.php sets up Paypal data Locked	Luke H. 16 June 2007	Luke H. 17 June 2007	2
	Email-based self-registration (email is not sent) after new installation_1.8 Locked	Andrea Gewessler 15 June 2007	Andrea Gewessler 16 June 2007	2
	Unable to view anything through Browser After Setup!!! Locked	Lionel Henderson 15 June 2007	Lionel Henderson 16 June 2007	3
	DNS change and uploaded files Locked	Yong Ra 15 June 2007	Yong Ra 16 June 2007	2
	Upgrading from 1.5x with problems..... Locked	Bryan Henderson 15 June 2007	Bryan Henderson 15 June 2007	0
	unicode is required to be installed/enabled check Locked	James Phillips 14 June 2007	James Phillips 15 June 2007	3
	1.8stable, blank screen after database setup Locked	Steve Bunce 25 May 2007	tyler g 15 June 2007	2
	Using Articulate Presenter with Moodle 1.8 on godaddy Locked	Pankaj Sharma 11 June 2007	Tim Colson 15 June 2007	2
	Installation - IIS/PHP4.4.4 - Blank screen and directory references Locked	Dan Peddle 13 June 2007	Dan Peddle 14 June 2007	2
	Cant install Moodle on Suse Linux, running Apache/MySQL 5/PHP5 Locked	Mark Mangoba 14 June 2007	Howard Miller 14 June 2007	2
	Blank Page during installation after database directory next - one solution Locked	Hannah Levertov 14 June 2007	Hannah Levertov 14 June 2007	0
	Ubuntu server 7/apache2/PHP5/ Moodle does not work Locked	Paul Cardelli 14 June 2007	Anthony Borrow 14 June 2007	4
	1.7.1 Upgrade to 1.8+ Problem Locked	Peter Honan 13 June 2007	Peter Honan 14 June 2007	2
	Installing modules Locked	aurora cerrocchi 13 June 2007	Richard Enison 14 June 2007	1
	upgrade1.6.1 database migration stalls Locked	Sean S 14 Aug 2006	Ben Goodwin 13 June 2007	3
	Upgrade from 1.6.3 to 1.7 failing Locked	Deleted user 16 Jan 2007	Riccardo Murri 13 June 2007	1
	Cant install moodle Locked	tyler g 12 June 2007	tyler g 13 June 2007	3
	1.7 => 1.8. No-one can log in. Locked	Kevin Hughes 29 May 2007	Evan Whitaker 13 June 2007	7
	Issue with MAMP Locked	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	Ralf Krause 13 June 2007	3
	safe mode problem Locked	mauricio hernandez 10 Apr 2007	Mario Villalobos 13 June 2007	1
	problema con el instalador MAMP Locked	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	0
	I can't have access to moodle with admin user Locked	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	0
	upgrading non-unicode to unicode Locked	Michael Bachrach 12 June 2007	Michael Bachrach 12 June 2007	0
	no puedo tener acceso con ningun usuario Locked	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	Mario Villalobos 12 June 2007	0
	Blank screen during Install.php Locked	Michael McDowell 8 June 2007	Michael McDowell 12 June 2007	1
	No Curl error message Locked	Dave Emsley 28 May 2007	Richard Enison 12 June 2007	3
	Installation issue Query failed in load_user_capability Locked	Dion Myers 15 Nov 2006	Rob Hill 12 June 2007	9
	One solution to 1.6.3 - 1.8 upgrade Locked	Dirk Grunwald 12 June 2007	Dirk Grunwald 12 June 2007	1
	Server config and update of Moodle 1.5.2 Locked	Luca Oppizzi 22 May 2007	Richard Enison 11 June 2007	4
	Instalar 1.8 Setting up database 1101 Locked	Gabriela Hormazábal López 9 June 2007	Gabriela Hormazábal López 11 June 2007	2
	What package works with a 32 MB PHP memory allotment? Locked	Jim Conrad 29 May 2007	Visvanath Ratnaweera 11 June 2007	3
	Installation freezes when creating "quiz" tables... Locked	Matthias Behrends 8 June 2007	Matthias Behrends 10 June 2007	2
	Created config.php Has Different Owner and Group as Other Files Locked	Edwin Lee 10 June 2007	Visvanath Ratnaweera 10 June 2007	1
	Moodle1.8 - php / mysql versions? Locked	David Cooper 9 June 2007	Howard Miller 9 June 2007	2
	Can't Get Past Language Screen Locked	Alissa Geurink 7 June 2007	Ken Wilson 8 June 2007	1
	installing on a localhost Locked	Dave Foston 8 June 2007	Ray Lawrence 8 June 2007	1
	Forum Problems Locked	Ricardo Saski 8 June 2007	John Isner 8 June 2007	1
	Math module - How to config.. Locked	Peter N 8 June 2007	Peter N 8 June 2007	0
	update and installed blocks and modules Locked	jon s 5 June 2007	jon s 8 June 2007	1
	Problem u instalaciji Locked	Josip Šarčević 6 June 2007	Josip Šarčević 8 June 2007	1
	Problems "reading" install.php moodle1.8+ on postgesql Locked	Baldo Stančić 5 June 2007	Baldo Stančić 8 June 2007	4
	Moodle, Active Directory and VPNs Locked	Matthew Macdonald-Wallace 7 June 2007	Maik Riecken 8 June 2007	3
	trial moodle Locked	Sara Fischer 7 June 2007	Julian Ridden 7 June 2007	6
	SERIOUS ERROR: Could not create admin user record !!! Locked	Eduar menvel 7 June 2007	Richard Enison 7 June 2007	1
	Blank admin/index.php file - please help diagnose Locked	Fiona MacAlister 22 Mar 2007	Richard Enison 7 June 2007	17
	Fresh install of Moodle 1.8 - database warnings Locked	Clive Gould 5 June 2007	Clive Gould 7 June 2007	5
	lost data files Locked	pat klages 5 June 2007	Visvanath Ratnaweera 7 June 2007	1
	1.7 to 1.8 upgrade but now cant see pages due to strict Locked	Tariq Fayaz 6 June 2007	Tariq Fayaz 6 June 2007	0
	¿Como desinstalar Moodle 1.8 en Ubuntu? Locked	candelaria Baso Abad 6 June 2007	Anthony Borrow 6 June 2007	1
	Where i can get Moodle 1.5 Locked	Jeni T 5 June 2007	Richard Enison 6 June 2007	8
	Problems with vista Locked	piersante sestini 4 June 2007	piersante sestini 6 June 2007	4
	Error Setting up plugin tables Locked	Thembi Moyo 12 July 2006	Steven Day 5 June 2007	1
	Authentification with more than one LDAP-Server Locked	Stefan Bäumer 21 May 2007	Iñaki Arenaza 5 June 2007	1
	Upgrade to latest 1.8+ hangs Locked	Edward Hewlett 9 May 2007	Edward Hewlett 5 June 2007	4
	Ready to transfer courses .... any advice? Locked	David Cooper 5 June 2007	Edward Hewlett 5 June 2007	1
	error installing on mysql 5.27 Locked	alon zvi 5 June 2007	Ramon Iriarte 5 June 2007	2
	upgrading from 1.6.2 to 1.8 using fantastico Locked	Andrea Gewessler 4 June 2007	Andrea Gewessler 5 June 2007	2
	PHP 5.0.4 Locked	Richard Brown 5 June 2007	Richard Brown 5 June 2007	0
	Pre-Moodle Install Locked	Dan Keefer 1 June 2007	Visvanath Ratnaweera 4 June 2007	1
	Installing moodle online. Locked	Andrew Tran 31 May 2007	Andrew Tran 4 June 2007	8
	Error messages on install "Setting up plugin tables" Locked	Michael Jones 4 June 2007	Michael Jones 4 June 2007	0
	Upgrading from 1.7 to 1.7.2 - newbie needs advice Locked	Alex Greene 3 June 2007	Alex Greene 4 June 2007	6
	Moodle in Suse server 9 Locked	Jeni T 3 June 2007	Richard Enison 3 June 2007	1
	I cant install the nonstandard modules Locked	marow mor 2 June 2007	Richard Enison 3 June 2007	1
	PHP Upgrade Locked	Ali Hastie 1 June 2007	Dennis Flynn 2 June 2007	1
	Can't activate Moodle Activities for a course Locked	David Jackson 2 June 2007	Richard Enison 2 June 2007	1
	can i install unstandard modules in another sever ? Locked	marow mor 2 June 2007	marow mor 2 June 2007	0
	receiving blank page after selecting language Locked	michelle lemelin 1 June 2007	Richard Enison 2 June 2007	1
	Site isn't defined! Locked	Ezimír Totislav 8 Mar 2007	joe cool 1 June 2007	2
	MySQL versions with older versions of Moodle Locked	Bengt Fellbe 1 June 2007	Bengt Fellbe 1 June 2007	0
	All pages blank after doing config.php file Locked	julio betancourtt 1 June 2007	Richard Enison 1 June 2007	1
	creating config.php Locked	André van der Beek 1 June 2007	Richard Enison 1 June 2007	4
	Bluehost installation issues - variable reference errors Locked	David Maynard 5 Mar 2006	Pedro Guevara 1 June 2007	5