and on Windows XP, Mac OS X and Netware 6 operating systems</p>\r
<p>The requirements for Moodle are as follows:</p>\r
<ol>\r
- <li>Web server software. Most people use <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a>, \r
+ <li>Web server software. Most people use <a href="http://www.apache.org/" target="_blank">Apache</a>, \r
but Moodle should work fine under any web server that supports PHP, such \r
as IIS on Windows platforms.</li>\r
- <li><a href="http://www.php.net/">PHP</a> scripting language (version 4.1.0 \r
+ <li><a href="http://www.php.net/" target="_blank">PHP</a> scripting language (version 4.1.0 \r
or later), with the following settings: \r
<ul>\r
- <li><a href="http://www.boutell.com/gd/">GD library</a> turned ON, with \r
+ <li><a href="http://www.boutell.com/gd/" target="_blank">GD library</a> turned ON, with \r
support for JPG and PNG formats</li>\r
<li>Sessions support turned ON</li>\r
<li>File uploading turned ON</li>\r
caused by Safe Mode)</li>\r
</ul>\r
</li>\r
- <li>a working database server: <a href="http://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> or \r
- <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/">PostgreSQL</a> are completely supported \r
+ <li>a working database server: <a href="http://www.mysql.com/" target="_blank">MySQL</a> or \r
+ <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/" target="_blank">PostgreSQL</a> are completely supported \r
and recommended for use with Moodle 1.0.9. All other databases will be supported \r
fully in Moodle 1.1.</li>\r
</ol>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading"><a name="downloading"></a>2. Download</h3>\r
<blockquote>\r
<p>There are two ways to get Moodle, as a compressed package and via CVS. These \r
- are explained in detail on the download page: <a href="http://moodle.org/download/">http://moodle.org/download/</a></p>\r
+ are explained in detail on the download page: <a href="http://moodle.org/download/" target="_blank">http://moodle.org/download/</a></p>\r
<p>After downloading and unpacking the archive, or checking out the files via \r
CVS, you will be left with a directory called "moodle", containing \r
a number of files and folders. </p>\r
<blockquote>\r
<pre>*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>\r
</blockquote>\r
- <p>On Windows systems: The simplest way is to use this little package <a title="Click to download this package (150k)" href="http://moodle.org/download/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip">moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</a> \r
+ <p>On Windows systems: The simplest way is to use this little package <a href="http://moodle.org/download/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip" title="Click to download this package (150k)" target="_blank">moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</a> \r
which makes this whole thing very easy. You can also explore using the built-in \r
Windows feature for "Scheduled Tasks".</p>\r
<p>On web hosts: Your web-based control panel may have a web page that allows \r
and add PHP and MySQL using Marc Liyanage's packages. Both of the pages below \r
come with good instructions that we won't duplicate here:</p>\r
<blockquote>\r
- <p><strong>PHP</strong>: Download from here: <a href="http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/">http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/</a></p>\r
- <p><strong>MySQL</strong>: Download here: <a href="http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/">http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/</a></p>\r
+ <p><strong>PHP</strong>: Download from here: <a href="http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/" target="_top">http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/</a></p>\r
+ <p><strong>MySQL</strong>: Download here: <a href="http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/" target="_top">http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/mysql/</a></p>\r
</blockquote>\r
<p>Once these are installed the standard <a href="./?file=install.html">Installation \r
guide</a> should be fairly straightforward.</p>\r
<p> </p>\r
<h3 class="sectionheading">Windows</h3>\r
<blockquote> \r
- <p>The easiest way to do this is use <a href="http://www.easyphp.org/">EasyPHP</a>, \r
+ <p>The easiest way to do this is use <a href="http://www.easyphp.org/" target="_blank">EasyPHP</a>, \r
a package that bundles all the software you need into a single Windows application. \r
Here are the steps from start to finish:</p>\r
<ol>\r
or <strong>my.ini</strong>.</li>\r
<li> If you've ever installed PHP before delete any files called <strong>php4ts.dll</strong> \r
from around your Windows directory, as well as any files called <strong>php.ini</strong>.</li>\r
- <li> Download EasyPHP from here: <a href="http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=easyphp1-6.php3">http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=easyphp1-6.php3</a> \r
+ <li> Download EasyPHP from here: <a href="http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=easyphp1-6.php3" target="_blank">http://www.easyphp.org/telechargements/dn.php?F=easyphp1-6.php3</a> \r
(approx 10 Mb)</li>\r
<li> Run the downloaded file: <strong>easyphp1-6_setup.exe</strong>. The installation \r
process is in French but is otherwise much like installing any other Windows \r
click on it to get a menu which will let you control the running programs, \r
but you won't be needing that for now.</li>\r
<li> The next thing you need to do is to set up a database for Moodle to use. \r
- Using a browser, go to <a href="http://localhost/mysql/">http://localhost/mysql/</a> \r
+ Using a browser, go to <a href="http://localhost/mysql/" target="_blank">http://localhost/mysql/</a> \r
(note the final slash).</li>\r
<li>If asked for a username, use "root" with a blank password. You \r
should see a phpMyAdmin web interface that allows you to create a new databases \r
the existing user "root" with no password in your Moodle config \r
for now, and fix this later.</li>\r
<li> You're ready to install Moodle! Download the latest release of Moodle \r
- from <a href="http://moodle.org/download">http://moodle.org/download</a>, \r
+ from <a href="http://moodle.org/download" target="_blank">http://moodle.org/download</a>, \r
then unzip the archive.</li>\r
<li>Copy your moodle files into <strong>C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www. </strong>You \r
can either copy the entire moodle directory (ie C:\Program Files\EasyPHP\www\moodle) \r
</li>\r
<li>Save config.php - you can ignore the other settings if there are any.</li>\r
<li>You're nearly there now! The rest of the setup is all web-based. Visit \r
- <a href="http://localhost/moodle/admin/">http://localhost/moodle/admin/</a> \r
+ <a href="http://localhost/moodle/admin/" target="_blank">http://localhost/moodle/admin/</a> \r
with your browser to continue the setup via your browser.</li>\r
<li>Lastly, you need to set up some sort of cron. See the <a href="./?file=install.html">Installation \r
guide</a> for more details on this.</li>\r