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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20629 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	installation problem Locked	Said Ahmed 30 Aug 2005	Howard Miller 30 Aug 2005	2
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Charles Levasseur 30 Aug 2005	Helen Foster 30 Aug 2005	1
	how to move moodledata directory Locked	Karinee Caballero 27 Aug 2005	Howard Miller 30 Aug 2005	2
	Did somebody install Moodle 1.4 or 1.5 Locked	Jim Melo 31 Aug 2005	Jim Melo 31 Aug 2005	0
	local host Locked	Allyson Roberts 10 Feb 2004	Du Nguyen Tien 31 Aug 2005	3
	Finally Installed!!! Locked	Wayne Self 1 Sept 2005	Wayne Self 1 Sept 2005	0
	"Add Resource" dropdown menus gone? Locked	Kelly Parker 1 Sept 2005	Kelly Parker 1 Sept 2005	2
	Deleted Guest User Locked	Larry Shield 31 Aug 2005	Helen Foster 1 Sept 2005	1
	/user directory Locked	Kevin Baert 29 Aug 2005	Kevin Baert 1 Sept 2005	5
	Getting Error during installation Locked	Hari Abburu 1 Sept 2005	Hari Abburu 2 Sept 2005	1
	PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: session_name() Locked	Peter DeBruyn 2 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 2 Sept 2005	1
	FreeBSD Install instructions Locked	Scott Karren 30 July 2005	Nick Richmond 2 Sept 2005	1
	Moodle mails me to say backups have worked but no other email works??? Locked	reg phenna 21 June 2005	Kieran Whitbread 2 Sept 2005	2
	Error 1060 when upgrading from 145 to 152 Locked	Dirk Weller 29 Aug 2005	Dirk Weller 3 Sept 2005	1
	1.5.x Does Not Install or Upgrade - Use 1.4 Locked	Jim Frankenfield 28 Aug 2005	Jim Frankenfield 3 Sept 2005	19
	Moodle Icon Doesn't Show Up Locked	Patrick maz 4 Sept 2005	Patrick maz 4 Sept 2005	0
	What the Hell!! Locked	JuNiOx Jr 3 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 5 Sept 2005	2
	Moodle front page disturbed in browser Locked	Farrukh Ikram 3 Sept 2005	Farrukh Ikram 5 Sept 2005	4
	I can't unzip the Moodle files Locked	Anne Zahra 6 Sept 2005	Anne Zahra 6 Sept 2005	0
	Uploaded images only partially showing Locked	Aaron Woehler 6 Sept 2005	Aaron Woehler 6 Sept 2005	0
	Moodle and Mambo-- same Apache server Locked	Hector Bojorquez 1 Sept 2005	Cynthia F 6 Sept 2005	2
	setup PHPMailer in Moodle Locked	K.James Mathai 25 Aug 2005	Sam Mudle 7 Sept 2005	3
	Moodle gone Manic, won't delete from directory Locked	Cynthia F 7 Sept 2005	Cynthia F 9 Sept 2005	1
	more specific how to on clean up load of 1.5.2 Locked	Cynthia F 9 Sept 2005	Cynthia F 9 Sept 2005	0
	Mysql Error!! Locked	Eliecer Acevedo Patiño 8 Sept 2005	Eliecer Acevedo Patiño 9 Sept 2005	1
	Fatal error in upgrade from 1.4.4 to 1.5 Locked	Peter Ruthven-Stuart 8 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 9 Sept 2005	5
	Web page error!!! Locked	Eliecer Acevedo Patiño 9 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 9 Sept 2005	2
	Help, I need a hand here please...Upgrading from 1.4.2 to 1.5.2. Wont upgrade, just installs. Locked	Jay S 8 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 9 Sept 2005	3
	New files in upgrade will not transfer Locked	Cynthia F 9 Sept 2005	Cynthia F 9 Sept 2005	0
	Functions gets displayed in edit mode... Locked	Björn Fisseler 9 Sept 2005	Björn Fisseler 9 Sept 2005	0
	Postnuke frame Locked	Panos Tyrovouzis 2 Mar 2004	Will Taylor 11 Sept 2005	5
	docstyles.css not found in latest release - suggested fix Locked	Florian Lengyel 11 Sept 2005	Florian Lengyel 11 Sept 2005	0
	Server set up but upload?? Locked	Visvanath Ratnaweera 31 Aug 2005	Jayasri Padmanathan 11 Sept 2005	1
	Install moodle in Mac Locked	Biamin Ahmad 11 Sept 2005	Tony Hursh 12 Sept 2005	1
	Problems with moodle1.52+ after installation Locked	prachid tinnabutr 9 Aug 2005	John Ridge 12 Sept 2005	4
	help me Locked	nisit charoonpak 12 Sept 2005	nisit charoonpak 12 Sept 2005	0
	Where is install.php ? also parse error Locked	Megan Enloe 12 Sept 2005	Megan Enloe 12 Sept 2005	2
	Upgrade 1.4.1 to 1.5.2 and Journal module is still around Locked	Christoph Saxe 28 July 2005	Paul Nijbakker 12 Sept 2005	7
	Safe Mode Workaround - A Thought Locked	Manish Verma 8 Sept 2005	Manish Verma 13 Sept 2005	1
	I can not publish teacher or student pictures in the server Locked	Josu Orbe 8 Sept 2005	Anthony Borrow 13 Sept 2005	3
	Problems with the interface Locked	Chris Condos 13 Sept 2005	Chris Condos 13 Sept 2005	0
	Student Sign In Locked	Bhupinder Singh 13 Sept 2005	Bhupinder Singh 13 Sept 2005	0
	PLAYING MP3 Files Locked	Bhupinder Singh 4 Sept 2005	Bhupinder Singh 13 Sept 2005	3
	Problems with install.php Locked	Charles Levasseur 12 Sept 2005	Charles Levasseur 13 Sept 2005	4
	header showing? Locked	P G 13 Sept 2005	P G 13 Sept 2005	1
	Installing a Crontab Locked	Ewald Dreesmann 14 Sept 2005	Gavin McCullagh 14 Sept 2005	1
	SCORM PROBLEMS Locked	Lou Vigliotti 27 July 2005	Pierre-Henri Steyt 14 Sept 2005	3
	change background color Locked	Martin Koops 15 Sept 2005	Martin Koops 15 Sept 2005	0
	Using LDAP for students and teachers Locked	Richard Griffin 15 Sept 2005	Richard Griffin 15 Sept 2005	2
	Error message - Notice: Undefined property: dirroot in .... Locked	Ian Davis 19 July 2004	Jim Woulfe 15 Sept 2005	4
	Install Problems Locked	Pter West 15 Sept 2005	Howard Miller 15 Sept 2005	1
	encryption algoritm for password user Locked	fernando guillen 14 Sept 2005	Martín Langhoff 16 Sept 2005	1
	Blank (White) screen when installing... Where do i start? Locked	Brett King 15 Sept 2005	Mario Almeida 16 Sept 2005	3
	Data directory Error Locked	Phillip Peelish 15 Sept 2005	Phillip Peelish 16 Sept 2005	3
	Upgrading from moodle 1.4.4 to moodle 1.5.2 Locked	Shaan p 9 Sept 2005	Yves Malouin 16 Sept 2005	1
	Error Uploading a File Locked	David Kimball 17 Sept 2005	Helen Foster 17 Sept 2005	2
	prblems with install.php Locked	Martin Zwosta 5 Sept 2005	Frank Poetzsch-Heffter 18 Sept 2005	3
	No input file specified. Locked	Megan Enloe 18 Sept 2005	Megan Enloe 18 Sept 2005	0
	upgrade error: forum_print_user_discussions Locked	Jeff Stanford 19 Sept 2005	Jeff Stanford 19 Sept 2005	0
	where do I install the php... Locked	Miki Alliel 18 Sept 2005	David Wilkinson 19 Sept 2005	2
	How to install Moodle using IIS Locked	Vanessa Edwards 9 Sept 2005	Rob Rankin 19 Sept 2005	1
	127.0.0.1 and localhost Locked	Ger Tielemans 20 Aug 2005	Gavin McCullagh 19 Sept 2005	6
	Are there potential install conflicts with other php apps? Locked	Doug Finner 19 Sept 2005	Doug Finner 19 Sept 2005	1
	Apache & IIS are not friends Locked	Lee LikMeng 15 May 2004	Cindy Zhao 20 Sept 2005	19
	Does Moodle 1.5.2 have any issues with php 4? Locked	Philip Jay Ocampo 20 Sept 2005	Teemu Sumi 20 Sept 2005	1
	New to Moodle - with Installation Problems. Locked	Perry Schofield 20 Sept 2005	Francis Vendrell 20 Sept 2005	1
	Mandrake/Moodle help required please Locked	Alistair Mitchell 19 Sept 2005	Visvanath Ratnaweera 21 Sept 2005	6
	Installing Moodle 1.5 on Mac OS X Server 10.4[.1] Locked	Arnor Kristjansson 17 June 2005	Timothy Mason 21 Sept 2005	12
	Running problem with my moodle Locked	Ma Jiangjian 21 Sept 2005	Ma Jiangjian 21 Sept 2005	0
	Package conflicts installing modules Locked	Dmitry Makovey 21 Sept 2005	Dmitry Makovey 21 Sept 2005	0
	Error: Moodle could not connect to the database. It's possible the database itself is just not ... Locked	Hugo Pablo Leyva 21 Sept 2005	Hugo Pablo Leyva 22 Sept 2005	1
	ssh sever only 5mins uptime = too short for moodle Locked	Tony Briden 20 Sept 2005	Tony Briden 22 Sept 2005	3
	New to Moodle ......... Installation problem Locked	Ariel Cintron 21 Sept 2005	mike cochran 22 Sept 2005	3
	Moodle 1.5.2 has some problems with PHP 4.4.0 Locked	James Weber 22 Sept 2005	Just H 22 Sept 2005	1
	Installation problem of Moodle with Xampplite-win32-1.4.15 Locked	Josep M. Fontana 22 Sept 2005	Josep M. Fontana 23 Sept 2005	1
	Problems setting up cron jobs on wget permission denied linux servers Locked	David Prinzing 7 July 2005	Sean Topkok 23 Sept 2005	1
	During installation, safe mode warning... but safe mode is off! Locked	Dallas Ray Smetter 14 Dec 2004	Manish Verma 23 Sept 2005	8
	https everywhere Locked	Lindsay Marshall 23 Sept 2005	Lindsay Marshall 23 Sept 2005	0
	Mysql fault??? Locked	Nick Vaessen 24 Sept 2005	Nick Vaessen 24 Sept 2005	0
	Newbie mysql user Locked	Eliecer Acevedo Patiño 12 Aug 2005	José Ríos 24 Sept 2005	1
	Installation dummy here Locked	richard edwards 24 Sept 2005	richard edwards 24 Sept 2005	0
	mydomain.com.moodle Could not be found. Please chesk the name and try again Locked	Megan Enloe 14 Sept 2005	Megan Enloe 24 Sept 2005	4
	Data directory could not be found or created Locked	Robert McCarthy 24 Sept 2005	Robert McCarthy 26 Sept 2005	3
	database name Locked	Megan Enloe 12 Sept 2005	Samuel Henderson 26 Sept 2005	4
	Data directory not found or insufficient rights ... Locked	Kevin Baert 5 Sept 2005	Visvanath Ratnaweera 26 Sept 2005	2
	MacOS 1`0 - How Do I create a Mysql Database for the first Time Locked	Perry Schofield 26 Sept 2005	Perry Schofield 26 Sept 2005	0
	Please have a look - this is urgent Locked	Gordon Lewis 26 Sept 2005	Tim Allen 27 Sept 2005	1
	Fatal error: Class name must be a valid object or a string in D:\Arquivos de programas\Apache ... Locked	Baruch Ramses 13 July 2005	Christian Wimmer 27 Sept 2005	3
	Internal server error and no help from web hosting company Locked	Corinne Mils 26 Sept 2005	Corinne Mils 27 Sept 2005	5
	Graphics won't display Locked	Peter Driskell 25 Sept 2005	Peter Driskell 27 Sept 2005	6
	Installation failed because of 8M memory limit Locked	Francis Vendrell 22 Sept 2005	Francis Vendrell 27 Sept 2005	4
	LDAP Auto-completion Locked	Simon Britton 5 July 2005	Steven Stanley 28 Sept 2005	4
	Installation Issue Locked	Haresh Ghoghari 28 Sept 2005	Bill Burgos 28 Sept 2005	1
	Can't login as admin after upgrade from 1.4 to 1.5.2 and strange html/php on my page Locked	Jason Hollowell 28 Sept 2005	Jason Hollowell 28 Sept 2005	0
	Please help (1.5.2 useless after upgrade from 1.4) Locked	Jason Hollowell 28 Sept 2005	Jason Hollowell 28 Sept 2005	5
	Quiz module needs upgrading (from 1.5+ to 1.5.2+) Locked	George Harrison 19 Sept 2005	Jason Hollowell 28 Sept 2005	1
	Quiz Module Needs Upgrading (problem workaround - not a solution - still need help) Locked	Jason Hollowell 29 Sept 2005	Jason Hollowell 29 Sept 2005	0
	INSTALLING WITH CVS PROBLEM Locked	Bhupinder Singh 30 Sept 2005	Bhupinder Singh 30 Sept 2005	0
	Has anyone seen this before? Locked	Gordon Lewis 30 Sept 2005	David Wilkinson 30 Sept 2005	1
	Installation problem Locked	Peter Brown 2 May 2005	Marek Kotowski 30 Sept 2005	7