Hi, I downloaded Moodle from this site a little over a week ago:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/moodle.aspx
I was under the impression (incorrectly) that this would install everything I need to run Moodle locally on my Windows 7 machine. What I got was Moodle in something called WebMatrix which is fine, my goal now is just to run it locally to get an idea how it works before installing it on a server. When I attempted to launch Moodle from WebMatrix it opened Internet Explorer with an HTTP 500 error. I've spent a week posting on the Microsoft IIS forum only to have my posts ignored for the most part. The best suggestion I got was to try reinstalling, which did not work. I also tried numerous solutions I found searching various forums but still had the same problem.
I even went so far as to reset my machine to the factory defaults and tried a completely fresh installation, but still the same problem.
I have found the Moodle help docs on this site to be really lacking in terms of providing a simple explanation of how to install it. Could someone please give me simple, step-by-step instructions on how to install it from the very beginning including:
1) What I need to download for it to run
2) Where to download it
3) In what order to install everything I need (if it matters)
4) What versions to use if it matters (I am using the most recent version of Moodle)
I am also open to using Apache but I have had an equally difficult time finding an explanation of how to set Moodle up with that.