Installing and upgrading help

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Moodle 3.9 stadistics
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Humberto Keymur
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Humberto Keymur
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PHP error on fresh install
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Mark Ferron
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James Steerpike
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Upgrading 3.8 to 3.9 on Windows Server 2012
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Deleted user
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Deleted user
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Issue in testing with XAMPP
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Nirosha Rathnayake
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Rick Jerz
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Installing moodle with memcache for session
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Ignacio Vasconcello
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Ignacio Vasconcello
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Cannot access moodle website after hosting service upgraded php
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Geoff Rochester
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Geoff Rochester
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Migrate Moodle from Siteground to AWS EC2
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Manu Krishna
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Howard Miller
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Installing theme in Moodle 3.9
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Pedro Kowalski
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Pedro Kowalski
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mod_lti LTI 1.3 requires a valid openssl.cnf
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Thomas Topham
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Howard Miller
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Exception - syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file
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Moodle Developer
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Howard Miller
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Moodle installation issue in ubuntu
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Pooja HM
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James Steerpike
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localhost refused to connect
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Abu Ali
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Shamsuddeen Adamu
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moodle 3.9 SMTP test email
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Deleted user
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Deleted user
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JSON Parse error: Unexpected EOF
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Abdelmalek Nezzal
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Abdelmalek Nezzal
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3.9+ quiz error
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Roberto Gallina
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Roberto Gallina
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Moodle and Wordpress on the same centos server
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Saheed Oyetunde
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Chandra Kishor
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Issue after upgrade to 3.8+
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Brian Pool
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Howard Miller
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Cannot upgrade to 3.9 because of ddl sql error 'wrong create options'
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Jeff Hopper
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Jeff Hopper
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Teachers are logged out when they turn editing on, etc.
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Brian Jeong
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Howard Miller
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How to disable "Forgotten your username or password" link
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QLD BNE
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John Provasnik
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Installing moodle in godaddy server.
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Syed Abdul Rahim Haji
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Syed Abdul Rahim Haji
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cache/Default cache config could not be found
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Younes Fredj
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Howard Miller
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Moodle + docker (or other local development solution) with existing site
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Vidar Vasko
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Howard Miller
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qtype_stack DDL sql execution error
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Kevin McCormick
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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Error when upgrading from 3.8.1 to 3.9+
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Asher Baig
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Ken Task
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blank page after restoring a backup, why ?
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pierre REMY
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Asher Baig
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Moodle 3.8.3 - User bulk message It stays charging
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Diego Mejía
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Diego Mejía
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Migrating existing H5P content when upgrading to Moodle 3.8
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Charley Punshon
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Charley Punshon
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Moodle cron job
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Ms. Lei Lei Thu
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Rick Jerz
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Git upgrade 3.8 to 3.9 failed
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Henrik Schmidt
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Henrik Schmidt
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SMTP configuration fail
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Roman K.
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Roman K.
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Images missing after upgrade to Moodle 3.8.3
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Gonzalo Castells Ortells
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Gonzalo Castells Ortells
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Could not find a top-level course!
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Chamidu Samarasinghe
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Chamidu Samarasinghe
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Maximum PHP version? (Moodle 3.7.6)
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Jonathan Tsoi
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Ken Task
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XAMPP can't see virtual host
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Vikas Arora
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Vikas Arora
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Moodle mobile problem: can not write data to database when login?
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Lovrty Archer
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Leon Stringer
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Multiple redirects
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Govind Gaundalkar
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Govind Gaundalkar
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Shared hosting for 3.6*
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Tamie Pryor
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James Steerpike
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MariaDB
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Lectiohk Lectiohk
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Lectiohk Lectiohk
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Database Upgrade Failure when Installing Plugin
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Keith Sorbo
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Keith Sorbo
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MariaDB 10.5
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Ryan Smith
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Ryan Smith
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Upgrading Moodle to 3.9 stable
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Govind Gaundalkar
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James Steerpike
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error/An error occurred whilst communicating with the server
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Judee Rallos
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Leon Stringer
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Installing Locale
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Keith Sorbo
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Keith Sorbo
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Moodle upgrade error - Invalid permissions detected when trying to create a directory.
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Paul L
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Paul L
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Integrating automatic users
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Carlos Cadabeira
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Carlos Cadabeira
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File Permissions after upgrade to 3.9
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Dennis Fulton
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Dennis Fulton
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Maintenance mode off, but cron jobs say " Moodle upgrade pending"
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Mark van Hoek
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Edwin Lynd
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Upgrading via Softaculous - remove install folder
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John Carey
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Ken Task
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Unoconv in 3.9
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Dennis Fulton
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Ken Task
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Git branch not showing 3.9
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Yong Ra
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Howard Miller
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Moodle mobile video content not available
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rachit gupta
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rachit gupta
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Import a backup file hangs
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Joel Schaefer
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Joel Schaefer
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blocking and deleting some files on the server antivirus
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omid hamedi
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omid hamedi
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LTI 1.3 and older versions of Moodle
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Kate White
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Usman Asar
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Cron times on Moodle 3.9
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Dave Emsley
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Howard Miller
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Moodle 3.9: OAuth no longer working
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Michael Beaucourt
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Leon Stringer
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Installing LaTex on a Centos Operating System
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Christopher King
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Marcus Green
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Fresh Moodle Install. I can't assign roles for courses and I have empty blocks in Dashboard.
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Carlos Mauricio Silva
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Howard Miller
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install moodle3.9: error cron.php
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Leonardo Cruz de Andrade
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Ken Task
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Appearance > Collapsed Topics in Moodle 3.9
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Joel G
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Rick Jerz
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How to upgrade to 3.9 from 3.8
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Marisa Granizo
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Marisa Granizo
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cancellation of moodle upgrade
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mohamed hassan
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Howard Miller
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Can not find data record in database table context.
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Developer Tres Slope
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Developer Tres Slope
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Moodle on Synology NAS
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Alvin Tong
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Howard Miller
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Removing the local login option
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Colin Tennyson
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Ken Task
 3
Upgrading when you have plugin
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M. Degrange
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M. Degrange
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Fresh Moodle install - on login to admin dashboard panel: generalexceptionmessage: Exception - ...
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Jeremy Davis
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Jeremy Davis
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First attempt of Restore fails in newly installed 3.8
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Steve Ambro v3.8
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Steve Ambro v3.8
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Help Understanding Redis Config File
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Liko Purba
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Liko Purba
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moodle 3.6
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Harmony Hunt
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Harmony Hunt
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Upgrading from 3.7 to 3.8
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John Bizeray
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Ken Task
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cron job fails
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George Schaathun
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Leon Stringer
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Transferring MOODLE server from one PC to another.
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Robert Cherrington
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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error message while installing.
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shyamjith CP
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Howard Miller
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Increase Upload Size
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rachit gupta
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Ken Task
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H5P integration
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rachit gupta
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rachit gupta
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moodle 2.6
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Harmony Hunt
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 ( polyfill.js, ...
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Tosin Odubela
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Leon Stringer
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500 Internal server error - Installing Moodle 3.8.3
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Dave Emsley
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Dave Emsley
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Upgrading localhost Moodle
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David Le Blanc
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Rick Jerz
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500 internal server error
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fatima mazhar
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fatima mazhar
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Unable to reset dashboard for all users
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Ejiro Ekpogbe
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Matt Ladwig
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Site Down due to security problem!!!!! HELP
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Nima Zarin Parsa
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Howard Miller
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Import questions bank via GIFT format
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Alexander Bazalukov
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Alexander Bazalukov
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Unlimited moodle sites on unlilmited subdomains, is it possible ?
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BeSmart Vids
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Howard Miller
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Migrating my Moodle onto a new one on MoodleCloud
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Elisa Vena
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Elisa Vena
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Moodle BBB Integration
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ravi nistala
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ravi nistala
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Migration
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Cesar Barrios
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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403 Forbidden error
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Informatica MCR Conference
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Howard Miller
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No Plugin installer in plugin menu
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Noorjahan Sheik Eusuff
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Noorjahan Sheik Eusuff
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Migrate ONLY Student Records to a New Moodle?
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Troy May
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Ken Task
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Update Moodle Errors
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Adrian Burkowski
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Howard Miller
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Moodle3.6 install CSS not loading
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Sudhakar U
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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Database install
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Yanis Sauve
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Yanis Sauve
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Exception - Call to a member function add() on null
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Todd Plesco
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Ken Task
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Upgrade from 3.7.4 to 3.9 : Query blocking upgrade process
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agathe hubert
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agathe hubert
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Paypal not working yet?
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Fernanda Poletto
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Howard Miller
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Trouble accessing moodle site ver 3.8.x
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Safdar Abbas
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Safdar Abbas
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Is there an install document for3.8?
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Steve Ambro v3.8
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Visvanath Ratnaweera
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