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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 21129 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	getting data from an older moodel installation Locked	Maria Skiadelli 29 Oct 2007	Maria Skiadelli 8 Nov 2007	1
	Data Base Connection Locked	Daniel Ranz Riera 2 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 6 Nov 2007	4
	Plesk/Media Temple DV installation Locked	Ingrid Henkel 7 Nov 2007	Ingrid Henkel 8 Nov 2007	2
	HTTP error 500 after selecting language Locked	alan kennedy 7 Nov 2007	alan kennedy 7 Nov 2007	0
	Clustering Moodle Locked	Rich Tea 31 Oct 2007	Rich Tea 7 Nov 2007	2
	No email confirmation Locked	Ian Ellis 7 Nov 2007	Ian Ellis 7 Nov 2007	1
	Upgrade 1.6.3 to 1.8.3 hangs with message..... Locked	Julian Neaum 7 Nov 2007	Julian Neaum 7 Nov 2007	0
	Mac Server 10.3.9 install snag Locked	sean monaghen 7 Nov 2007	sean monaghen 7 Nov 2007	0
	Installing on MS local network Locked	Jerry Baker 6 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 6 Nov 2007	2
	HTTP 500 Error + Windows XP Locked	Grant van Tonder 6 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 7 Nov 2007	3
	Moodle telling fibs Locked	Peter Burden 7 Nov 2007	Paul Holden 7 Nov 2007	1
	Install.php Loops Forever Locked	John Hornbuckle 5 Nov 2007	John Hornbuckle 5 Nov 2007	0
	will install under local host but not under ip address Locked	Jason English 4 Nov 2007	Jason English 4 Nov 2007	2
	Installation Problem in moodle 1.9 Locked	Rakesh Gupta 1 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 4 Nov 2007	5
	When Setup_xamppp.bat is activated it says 'nothing to do' what have I not done Locked	Mike Smith 3 Nov 2007	Ray Lawrence 3 Nov 2007	2
	Character problem (hungarian language) Locked	Ambrus Nagy 3 Nov 2007	Ambrus Nagy 3 Nov 2007	0
	Moodle 1.8 and disappearing course sections Locked	Aidan McCanny 19 May 2007	David Sugar 2 Nov 2007	2
	1.9 install on Mac OSX Server 10.4 Locked	Brian Gall 31 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 2 Nov 2007	3
	Fedora Core 2 Supported? Locked	greek hornet 2 Nov 2007	greek hornet 2 Nov 2007	0
	Migration from an elearning software to moodle Locked	Sreeraj KS 1 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 2 Nov 2007	9
	newbie question ! Locked	Alaa Thiab 1 Nov 2007	Richard Enison 1 Nov 2007	2
	Installation using XAMPP Locked	Aidan Patterson 31 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 1 Nov 2007	2
	Error when going to Users>Authentication Locked	Kivi Miller 1 Nov 2007	Kivi Miller 1 Nov 2007	2
	Server bogs down Locked	Chris Rollison 26 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 26 Oct 2007	4
	Getting gibberish by downloading excel file in a quiz... Locked	Miki Alliel 31 Oct 2007	Miki Alliel 31 Oct 2007	0
	Two instances of Moodle on one server Locked	Scott Lewis 1 Oct 2007	Sharming Wang 31 Oct 2007	8
	Upgrading 1.6 > 1.8 Locked	Jonathan Garthwaite 30 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 31 Oct 2007	6
	PHP won't load FreeTDS Locked	Aaron Smith 30 Jan 2007	Eddie Ellison 31 Oct 2007	5
	Styles problem after installation Locked	Fadi Mansour 25 Oct 2007	Fadi Mansour 30 Oct 2007	1
	Error installing moodle 1.8.3 Locked	Ade Ajayi 24 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 30 Oct 2007	3
	Recommendations please? Locked	Paul Zelenewicz 29 Oct 2007	David Brooks 29 Oct 2007	1
	local install email setup Locked	Jeff Wood 7 Oct 2007	Jeff Wood 29 Oct 2007	9
	how do I stop the creation of cron log files Locked	James Shamard 28 Oct 2007	James Shamard 29 Oct 2007	5
	Completely overwhelmed trying to install Locked	ellen lindner 26 Oct 2007	Jeff Wood 28 Oct 2007	4
	New Install fails with Call to undefined function session_name() Locked	R. Alvez 27 Oct 2007	R. Alvez 27 Oct 2007	2
	First Time Moodle Install - 1.9 or lower? Locked	Brian Gall 24 Oct 2007	Chad Outten 27 Oct 2007	3
	Installation Problem at only Page 2! Locked	ken tai 26 Oct 2007	ken tai 26 Oct 2007	2
	Installation getting hung up Locked	ellen lindner 26 Oct 2007	ellen lindner 26 Oct 2007	0
	Undefined property: mnet_localhost_id Locked	Linda Duffy 26 Oct 2007	Linda Duffy 26 Oct 2007	2
	v1.8.3 upgrade - Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print_box_start() Locked	Linda Duffy 25 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 26 Oct 2007	6
	Having all sorts of Problems. Locked	Mark Cimoli 26 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 26 Oct 2007	3
	Install moodle, MYSQL problem! Locked	Robert Hannevig 24 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 24 Oct 2007	2
	I can`t edit courses after upgrade! Locked	Francisco Mosse 25 Oct 2007	Francisco Mosse 25 Oct 2007	0
	Reinstallation help needed. Locked	Daniel Goodhead 25 Oct 2007	Gary Day 25 Oct 2007	2
	Machine's name Locked	swati shekapure 24 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 25 Oct 2007	3
	MySQL Issue with Install 1.8 Locked	Mark Bomgardner 25 Oct 2007	Mark Bomgardner 25 Oct 2007	0
	Turn editing on problem alfter upgrade: still doesn´t work Locked	Francisco Mosse 24 Oct 2007	Francisco Mosse 24 Oct 2007	0
	Can MS SQL Server accept incoming TCP/IP connections other than port 1433? Locked	coco fu 24 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 24 Oct 2007	1
	I-lelp_me!!!!!!! Locked	jatuporn ouparkum 24 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 24 Oct 2007	1
	installation problems in Free BSD Locked	Sam Boyd 24 Oct 2007	Sam Boyd 24 Oct 2007	0
	Unicode migration question Locked	John Isner 23 Oct 2007	Manish Verma 24 Oct 2007	9
	500 server error Locked	dan donche 23 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 23 Oct 2007	3
	javascript Locked	C Bouchie 23 Oct 2007	C Bouchie 23 Oct 2007	2
	Once you install moodle on your server then what? Locked	Alex Ambrose 22 Oct 2007	Jeff Wood 23 Oct 2007	1
	Configuration option! Locked	Chris Rafferty 22 Oct 2007	Jeff Wood 22 Oct 2007	1
	Errors database Locked	Sandra de Haas 19 Oct 2007	Sandra de Haas 22 Oct 2007	6
	Error: We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Bertil Okunnig 9 Oct 2007	H D 21 Oct 2007	2
	Adding Moodle as Additional "install.php" Locked	Joel Brondos 17 Oct 2007	Helen Foster 21 Oct 2007	10
	Help please with web address question Locked	Karen Ford 21 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 21 Oct 2007	2
	Installation problem Locked	Aleksandar Velkov 19 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 20 Oct 2007	1
	1st time install. Locked	Mike Williams 19 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 20 Oct 2007	1
	admin/server/environment Locked	Sylvain Houmeau 21 Sept 2007	Dave Gait 18 Oct 2007	21
	Cookie problem!!!!!!!!!! Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 18 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 18 Oct 2007	1
	Upgrade to 1.8.2 Locked	Thabo Kuzinya 18 Oct 2007	Thabo Kuzinya 18 Oct 2007	0
	The 'Web Address' does not appear to be valid - this Moodle installation doesn't appear to be ... Locked	Gavin Meyers 17 Oct 2007	Gavin Meyers 18 Oct 2007	2
	imap server login not working in 1.8+ Locked	Rein Laaneser 12 Apr 2007	Robert Brenstein 18 Oct 2007	3
	1.8.3 install won't restart Locked	Andrew Wojtowicz 17 Oct 2007	Andrew Wojtowicz 17 Oct 2007	4
	Serious error: could not create main database Locked	André Boon 17 Oct 2007	André Boon 17 Oct 2007	0
	error message when trying to open course information Locked	Stewart Perrett 17 Oct 2007	Stewart Perrett 17 Oct 2007	0
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Michael Staton 16 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 17 Oct 2007	5
	Windows Host and MS SQL Locked	Wahid rauf 17 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 17 Oct 2007	1
	Mysql lower version Locked	Mitesh Sharma 16 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 17 Oct 2007	1
	Warning: get_complete_user_data on upgrade to 1.8x Locked	Brian Still 17 Oct 2007	Anthony Borrow 17 Oct 2007	2
	1.8.2 Multiauthentication Problem Locked	Peter Burden 11 Oct 2007	Peter Burden 16 Oct 2007	2
	Image not displayed Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 16 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 16 Oct 2007	1
	how to link moodle site with workgroup Locked	swati shekapure 16 Oct 2007	swati shekapure 16 Oct 2007	0
	How come I can't download any of the installation packages? Locked	Jose Lourenco 16 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 16 Oct 2007	2
	opening index.php Locked	Kathy Skinner 15 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 16 Oct 2007	3
	Multiple moodle installs Locked	Michael Torres 14 Oct 2007	michael torres 16 Oct 2007	2
	Admin account only has quest access! Help rolling out Moodle on 10/16 Locked	Karl Schaefer 15 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 16 Oct 2007	2
	Problems at "activate edition"when upgrading from 1.8 to 1.8.2 Locked	Santiago Blanco 26 Sept 2007	Richard Enison 15 Oct 2007	4
	Admin and Guest User Record!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 15 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 15 Oct 2007	1
	Upgrade nightmares.... any help appreciated Locked	Kim Carter 24 Oct 2006	Steve Lowe 14 Oct 2007	26
	1.9 install problem Locked	Tim Florian 13 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 13 Oct 2007	1
	failures in installation Locked	Kathy Skinner 10 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 13 Oct 2007	8
	Is is possible to put the Data directory on a different server Locked	Van Howell 13 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 13 Oct 2007	1
	installation problem-tables Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 12 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 12 Oct 2007	1
	Error Message!! Locked	Robert Manning 11 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 12 Oct 2007	1
	installation problem-tables Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 12 Oct 2007	vasudevan sukumaran 12 Oct 2007	0
	Hung up on creating tables Locked	Birdie Newborn 11 Oct 2007	Birdie Newborn 12 Oct 2007	2
	Installation Hangs when creating tables Locked	Carlos M Rivas 12 Oct 2007	Carlos M Rivas 12 Oct 2007	0
	Installation stops at Server Checking Unicode environment Locked	Antonio Carlos Pereira Gomes 11 Oct 2007	Antonio Carlos Pereira Gomes 11 Oct 2007	0
	Help installing Moodle on Easily Virtual Host. Locked	Sylvianne Lambert-Hutchinson 10 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 11 Oct 2007	1
	installation problem Locked	vasudevan sukumaran 10 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 11 Oct 2007	1
	access from Windows PCs Locked	Davood Rahimi Kinchaa 6 Oct 2007	Dennis Flynn 11 Oct 2007	10
	Ordinary user profiles blank but filled in on edit Locked	Kevin Bennett 11 Oct 2007	Kevin Bennett 11 Oct 2007	0
	No modules installed! Locked	Robert Manning 10 Oct 2007	ahmet simsek 11 Oct 2007	1
	Install.php fails after first page with server 500 error Locked	Nick Case 11 Oct 2007	Nick Case 11 Oct 2007	1
	Theme change attempt in 1.9 kills browser Locked	James Shamard 11 Oct 2007	James Shamard 11 Oct 2007	0
	Corrupt Java Script Locked	Bernardo H. Marquez 10 Oct 2007	Bernardo H. Marquez 10 Oct 2007	0