What service does Moodle SMTP use?
by Gerrard Shaw. We're running Moodle 2.4 on CentOS 6.4 and one of the final configuration tasks I need to perform is to sort out Moodle automated email (forum alerts, messages etc). I've found this...
View ArticleInvalid Login After Migration (Users Missing)
by Jacob Rogers. I've developed my Moodle site using version 2.3.3. I've just attempted my first migration by importing the moodledata folder to the new location and have restored the database with...
View ArticleRe: After upgrading, all my quizzes are gone and I cannot edit a new quiz
by Tim Hunt. I don't yet have a clear picture of what situation you are in. From the thread so far we have these descriptions:The question banks are still in the site, but the quizzes that were in...
View ArticleRe: After upgrading, all my quizzes are gone and I cannot edit a new quiz
by Luis de Vasconcelos. The only way to undo an upgrade is to restore the site from a backup.But before you do that, what happens when you regrade the quiz attempts?
View ArticleRe: Invalid Login After Migration (Users Missing)
by Luis de Vasconcelos. Check the user table in your Moodle database (SELECT * FROM mdl_user;). Does it contain all the users?Did you migrate to a new domain?
View ArticleRe: Transfer content from 1.9.5 to 2.5
by Frank Ryan. That is very helpful Shawn. Thank you and well done.
View ArticleRe: What service does Moodle SMTP use?
by Ken Task. If you inspect the headers of what messages one gets via a Moodle forum think you'll see that sendmail and postfix (which is the default mailer for version 6.4, I think) is used as an MTA...
View ArticleUpgrade from 2.1.1 to 2.5
by Judy Robison. We want to upgrade our site (2.1.1) on a windows server to the current Moodle version (2.5). Do I need to upgrade to any other versions first? Which? Thanks.
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 2.1.1 to 2.5
by Alex Walker. Yes, you'll need to upgrade to 2.2 first.Newer versions of Moodle (2.3 to 2.5) will only upgrade from Moodle 2.2, not earlier versions.
View ArticleRe: Invalid Login After Migration (Users Missing)
by Jacob Rogers. Thanks, Luis. Yes, the user table does contain all the users.I migrated to a new hard drive (different computer). I'm running with a BitNami stack at the moment.
View ArticleRe: Uploading .mbz backup from Moodle 2.3.2 to 2.4.3
by Ken Task. Suggest ...setup a file system repo - say '23restores'. That folder, even though it resides in Moodle data folder, one could ftp large files beyond settings of Moodle.Then, create '23...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from Moodle 2.4.4 to 2.5 hangs
by g k. Well, the tar files don't extract from the cpanel for some reason. So I've always extracted the zip files without a problem. Every version of moodle I have ever run on this server has been...
View ArticleFatal error: Max execution time of 30 seconds exceeded - again
by John Robinson. Total newbie here so, pre-apologies for any bad practice.I have seen previous posts on this topic , but with no real feedback which might help me sort this one. I am trying to...
View ArticleRe: Uploading .mbz backup from Moodle 2.3.2 to 2.4.3
by Gary Lebowitz. hi ken. many thanks for this workaround idea. will do this after testing my upload on a LAN to see if the bottleneck is my DSL connection. but i doubt that. so this really could be...
View ArticleRe: Migrating only user accounts from 1.9 to 2.x
by Phil Coultier. Hi Ken, thanks for your response.Would this retain each user's password though?
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from Moodle 2.4.4 to 2.5 hangs
by Ken Task. https://download.moodle.org/tar.gz 30.3 MB zip 38.6 MBHmmmmmmOne could download .tar.gz, uncompress locally, re-zip … upload their own smaller/meant for Linux zip and unzip. OR just...
View ArticleRe: Migrating only user accounts from 1.9 to 2.x
by Ken Task. No, it won't. You've not mentioned what version of 1.9 you have. Along about version 1.9.6 Moodle began to salt passwords ... check your 1.9 config.php file for a salt line.So since...
View ArticleRe: Fatal error: Max execution time of 30 seconds exceeded - again
by Graham Moir. I have a similar problem. Standalone machine running Windows Vista, trying to install via Moodle 2.5 via xampp. This error "Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded...
View ArticleRe: After upgrading, all my quizzes are gone and I cannot edit a new quiz
by Christina Rutledge. Regrading doesn't change it. I also tried changing the marks for one of the questions and then changing it back and that didn't work either.
View ArticleRe: Fatal error: Max execution time of 30 seconds exceeded - again
by Ken Task. Am a Linux guy myself, but this should do even on Windows ...find your php.ini file and open with NotePad. Find the line that has max_execution_time = 30change the 30 to say 160.Save the...
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