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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20606 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	http://download.moodle.org/ for earlier versions of moodle? Locked	Wen Hao Chuang 14 June 2006	Martín Langhoff 14 June 2006	1
	Please help, php problem (I think) Locked	Jas Sahota 13 June 2006	Jas Sahota 13 June 2006	1
	install.php fails when creating Data Directory, extra backslashes appearing in paths Locked	Dan McMahon 13 June 2006	Dan McMahon 13 June 2006	0
	Moodle install hangs - running PHP as Java servlet Locked	William Brogden 13 June 2006	William Brogden 13 June 2006	0
	Install Moodle XAMPP Windows 98 Locked	Virginia Mario 12 June 2006	Ralf Krause 13 June 2006	2
	Moodle Conary Package Locked	Jan Joost de Vries 12 June 2006	Jan Joost de Vries 12 June 2006	0
	Workstation or server Locked	Brendan Leahy 29 May 2006	Brendan Leahy 12 June 2006	5
	admin/ index.php not work as Probably Locked	tamir hamid 12 June 2006	tamir hamid 12 June 2006	0
	Help - site innacessible after upgrade! Locked	Nikos Mattheos 12 June 2006	Dan Marsden 12 June 2006	1
	Configuration on 1and1 Locked	Brian Teaman 11 June 2006	Brian Teaman 12 June 2006	2
	Can't login as admin Locked	Bernat Claramunt 10 June 2006	Bernat Claramunt 12 June 2006	2
	help installation newbie Locked	misty moodle beginner 6 June 2006	Just H 11 June 2006	4
	assignment table creation problem Locked	Flávio Coelho 9 June 2006	Flávio Coelho 11 June 2006	2
	Port Locked	Luke Stratton 8 June 2006	Visvanath Ratnaweera 11 June 2006	9
	Warning: mkdir(/home/example/moodledata): No such file or directory Locked	Amanda Close 11 June 2006	Scott Elliott 11 June 2006	1
	Installing moodle: problems with php Locked	German Martinez 10 May 2006	John smuck 10 June 2006	3
	Nooo! Error after upgrade! Locked	scott miller 10 June 2006	scott miller 10 June 2006	0
	Parse error: parse error in /home/www/example/moodle/index.php on line 16 Locked	Amanda Close 10 June 2006	Visvanath Ratnaweera 10 June 2006	1
	Installing Activity Modules and Changing the Language Locked	John Blaser 8 June 2006	Chris Collman 9 June 2006	3
	Newbie help - what folder to put moodle files into for install Locked	Deborah Van Horn 7 June 2006	Steve Hyndman 9 June 2006	4
	how and what files to upload? Please help... Locked	Sheiny Teng 8 June 2006	Visvanath Ratnaweera 9 June 2006	1
	Cookies not enabled and Migrating to new server Locked	Simon Bryan 31 May 2006	Simon Bryan 8 June 2006	2
	Cron help - host says I can only run cron jobs once every 24 hours Locked	Deborah Van Horn 7 June 2006	Deborah Van Horn 8 June 2006	10
	Help install moodle on Windows 2003 server with MS SQL 2000 Server Locked	Fredrik Ndjurumana 7 June 2006	david boulton 8 June 2006	2
	Installation SQL error Locked	Daniel Deventer 31 May 2006	Raffaele Russi 7 June 2006	1
	restore from mysql 3.23.54 to mysql 5.0.18 Locked	Kam Weng Chai 26 Apr 2006	Kostadin Bashev 7 June 2006	2
	jpeg not supported (but i have gd) Locked	Ana Cristina Sousa 13 Feb 2006	Simon Bryan 7 June 2006	9
	Newbie Installation problem Locked	Alan Hart 7 June 2006	Art Lader 7 June 2006	5
	Access over intranet Locked	Andrew Wootton 8 May 2006	Stephen Barker 7 June 2006	2
	Start language not in acordance with variables configurations Locked	Athail Pulino 6 June 2006	koen roggemans 6 June 2006	1
	Is there an easy way to change various defaults? Locked	Kevin Audleman 6 June 2006	Kevin Audleman 6 June 2006	0
	moodle site crashed Locked	Todd Luger 5 June 2006	Todd Luger 6 June 2006	3
	PHP not configured w/ MySQL Locked	Brittany Houser 6 June 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 6 June 2006	1
	os x installation Locked	Gary Redmond 31 May 2006	Don Hinkelman 6 June 2006	3
	Can't get config file built Locked	Lisa Howard 5 June 2006	Art Lader 6 June 2006	4
	safe mode ... Locked	Anja Schnell 5 June 2006	Anja Schnell 5 June 2006	4
	Installing on Fedora problem Locked	Brittany Houser 31 May 2006	John Swann 5 June 2006	4
	After upgrade to 1.5.4, student profile pages not found Locked	Don Miron 4 June 2006	Don Miron 4 June 2006	2
	Can't create moodle_DB on my server's MySQL Locked	David McMurrey 3 June 2006	Thomas Robb 3 June 2006	3
	Can't create new folders or upload documents (and the problem isn't Safe Mode) Locked	Kevin Audleman 1 June 2006	Kevin Audleman 2 June 2006	2
	Move moodle from Mac OS X to Linux Locked	David Tillotson 1 June 2006	David Tillotson 2 June 2006	2
	Forbidden access screen Locked	Brittany Houser 1 June 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 2 June 2006	1
	Problem in install.php Locked	Swaroop S 1 June 2006	Steve Henderson 1 June 2006	1
	Can I access XAMPP via the Internet Locked	Colin Hughes 1 June 2006	Chris Howard 1 June 2006	1
	1.6 upgrade problems Locked	Paul Platts 30 May 2006	Paul Platts 1 June 2006	4
	Upgrading to 1.5.4 on my ISP - question Locked	Jim Burnard 30 May 2006	Jim Burnard 1 June 2006	12
	connect Moodle to Mysql outside of EasyPHP ? Locked	Edward Chen 11 Nov 2005	Sam Mudle 1 June 2006	1
	reset mySQL Locked	tanis alia 31 May 2006	tanis alia 31 May 2006	0
	Problem installing Moodle 1.5.4 Locked	Alessandro Tellini 30 May 2006	Alessandro Tellini 31 May 2006	1
	new user has problem with layout Locked	sue russell 27 May 2006	ian lake 31 May 2006	3
	$CFG->gdversion is 1 instead of 2 Locked	Robert Allerstorfer 29 May 2006	Daniel Deventer 31 May 2006	3
	Installed OK but won't work after reboot Locked	Mark Clarkson 30 May 2006	Gordon Bateson 30 May 2006	1
	i'm stuck with Moodle installation... Locked	mike anthony 28 Feb 2006	tanis alia 30 May 2006	13
	Installation problems with Geocities Pro (winXP) Locked	tanis alia 30 May 2006	tanis alia 30 May 2006	0
	Please HELP!, because Moodle can't connect to my database Locked	Harm de Wilde 26 May 2006	Jared Lelos 30 May 2006	9
	Click on Grades shows page cannot be displayed Locked	Sue Shelly 22 May 2006	Sue Shelly 29 May 2006	2
	Install moodle with IIS5 on windows XP Locked	yue liu 17 Feb 2006	Steve Henderson 29 May 2006	1
	Forbidden; no permission accessing moodle from LAN ip Locked	Oene Hoven 28 May 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 28 May 2006	1
	Course Program Block Locked	indu priya 28 May 2006	indu priya 28 May 2006	0
	Database Creation Error Locked	Urb LeJeune 15 Apr 2006	Steve Henderson 27 May 2006	1
	Update on Windows XP install Locked	Owen Grubbs 4 May 2006	Steve Henderson 27 May 2006	1
	Complete Install Packages Crash Locked	Ghais Issa 2 Apr 2006	Steve Henderson 27 May 2006	2
	Installing Moodle on win2003 with IIs6 Locked	Stuart Purvis 24 May 2006	Steve Henderson 27 May 2006	3
	Install Error Locked	Xavier Johnson 27 May 2006	Xavier Johnson 27 May 2006	0
	How can I acces MySQL admin in the Complete Install Packages? Locked	Carlos Nunes 25 May 2006	Carlos Nunes 26 May 2006	4
	1.6 Install Error "need to create directory... with web server write access Locked	Steve O'Connor 25 May 2006	Steve O'Connor 26 May 2006	5
	Moodle, firewalls and Active Directory. Locked	John Swann 16 May 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 26 May 2006	6
	strange layout (no css Files included???) Locked	Andreas Alef 24 May 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 26 May 2006	1
	file and directory rights Locked	mo ollek 15 May 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 26 May 2006	1
	HELP: ERROR: You need to create the directory with web server write access Locked	Ryan Ryan 25 May 2006	Visvanath Ratnaweera 26 May 2006	3
	Errors were encountered while processing: moodle Locked	David Russell 19 May 2006	Visvanath Ratnaweera 26 May 2006	1
	Installing Moodle on Windows Systems Locked	Steve Henderson 25 May 2006	Ray Lawrence 25 May 2006	1
	Database error on remote installation Locked	juanma araque delgado 25 May 2006	Helen Foster 25 May 2006	1
	Serious Error! Could not set up the site! Locked	Joachim Korte-Bernard 6 Oct 2005	Steve Henderson 25 May 2006	32
	Making my moodle viewable throughout the intranet Locked	LPS lps 4 May 2006	Ralf Krause 25 May 2006	5
	Tags file Locked	Deleted user 23 May 2006	Jan Dierckx 25 May 2006	2
	How to make moodle switch between global(master) and local values Locked	Andy Chauhan 24 May 2006	Just H 25 May 2006	3
	new installation version 1.6 Locked	Peter Johnson 24 May 2006	Norbert Berger 24 May 2006	1
	Database migration error Locked	Sigurdur Jonsson 23 May 2006	Sigurdur Jonsson 24 May 2006	1
	admin log in not working properly Locked	Marc Hutchings 22 May 2006	Helen Foster 23 May 2006	1
	Problem with moodle data directory!? Locked	Peter M. 23 May 2006	Peter M. 23 May 2006	0
	Instalacion EN un Servidor Local Locked	Jose Daniel Ovejero 23 May 2006	Jose Daniel Ovejero 23 May 2006	0
	Installation Problems Locked	Lee Hitchcock 19 May 2006	david boulton 23 May 2006	7
	which directory on a unix server? Locked	nick mleczko 22 May 2006	Tony Hursh 23 May 2006	1
	Install problems after config file creation Locked	Chris Howard 16 May 2006	Matthew Weiner 22 May 2006	1
	CVS, no route to host Locked	piersante sestini 22 May 2006	Dennis Daniels 22 May 2006	1
	Upgrading and the data directory Locked	Marc Delisle 22 May 2006	Marc Delisle 22 May 2006	0
	apache & mysql probs when installing on Win2K Locked	nick mleczko 19 May 2006	nick mleczko 22 May 2006	1
	Newbie question Locked	Mike Finney 21 May 2006	Art Lader 22 May 2006	4
	Block file_manager tables could NOT be set up successfully, help diagnosing Locked	Dave Briccetti 21 May 2006	Dave Briccetti 22 May 2006	1
	HTTPD.conf problems Locked	Charlie Wilson 21 May 2006	Charlie Wilson 21 May 2006	0
	moodle-latest-16.tar: Virus Detected; (???) Locked	Eduardo Hernandez 19 May 2006	Eduardo Hernandez 20 May 2006	4
	Windows 2003 with easyphp 1.8 Locked	Adam Blevins 6 May 2006	Adam Blevins 18 May 2006	8
	The admin directory specified is incorrect Locked	Gabriel R. 18 May 2006	Gabriel R. 18 May 2006	0
	Failed to login using Admin user Locked	shamera Ranathunga 16 May 2006	Helen Foster 18 May 2006	1
	Upgrading to Moodle 1.6 Locked	Yaniv Cohen 18 May 2006	Helen Foster 18 May 2006	1
	Fatal error -new install Locked	barry cottrell 13 May 2006	barry cottrell 18 May 2006	1
	admin/site.php hangs Locked	Stefan Eberhard 14 May 2006	Stefan Eberhard 16 May 2006	1
	Broken links in scorm courses! Locked	Sven Sternberger 16 May 2006	Sven Sternberger 16 May 2006	1
	MySQL Configuration Locked	Martin Krauss 16 May 2006	Martin Krauss 16 May 2006	0