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====General Prerequisites====
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====Joomla and Moodle====


Before installing Joomdle ensure you have installed and configured the following:
Before installing Joomdle ensure you have installed and configured the following:


* Joomla 1.5.x
* Joomla >= 3.0
* Moodle 1.9.x
* Moodle >= 3.6
* XML-RPC for PHP
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====Joomla! Prerequisites====
 
Once Joomla 1.5.x is installed and running correctly, you will need to activate Joomla's web services.  This can be done through Site -> Global System Configuration, System Tab, System Configuration.
 
[[Image:joomla_webservices.jpg|340px|joomla_webservices.jpg]]
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====Moodle Prerequisites====
 
If you are installing Moodle for the first time, it will check for the existence of the PHP extension XML-RPC.  Please ensure it is installed.
 
[[Image:xmlrpc_check.jpg|468px|xmlrpc_check.jpg]]
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====PHP Prerequisites====
 
If you have already installed Moodle you will need to ensure that XML-RPC is installed, you can check by using PHP Info found in the Joomla backend under Help / System Info / PHP Information.
 
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====Moodle Configuration====
 
Once Moodle has been installed, a number of options must be configured:
 
Networking/Settings
 
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Activate Networking:
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Administration Menu → Networking → Settings <br /> Networking: On
 
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Add Joomla server IP to the list of XML-RPC trusted hosts
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Administration Menu → Networking → XML-RPC hosts<br /> If it is the same server: 127.0.0.1/32<br /> If you are working on a hosted site, it may be necessary to add its public IP address
 
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Activate Moodle Network Authentication in Authentication Plugins
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Administration Menu → Users → Authentication → Manage  authentication
 
Enable Moodle Network authentication<br />[[Image:r023_moodle_config_network_authentication_1.jpg|500px|r023_moodle_config_network_authentication_1.jpg]]
 
To enable Auto Add Remote Users enter '''Settings''' and select "Yes"
 
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Make Moodle stay within the wrapper
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The breadcrumb links in Moodle have target="_top", so if you click on them, you would get out of the wrapper.
To prevent this, you can modify an option in Server->HTTP. Set Frame Name to empty value.  


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Allow visitors to enter Moodle courses directly.
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If we want guest to enter directly to Moodle courses available for them, we actiavte auto-login for guests:<br /> Administration Menu → Users → Permissions → User Policies<br /> Activar Auto-login guests


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====Site Backup====
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We recommend that you back up your web server (both Joomla! and your Moodle).  If you are using a Joomla! Backup Extension such as [http://www.akeebabackup.com/ Akeebackup], you may need to backup your Moodle data directory separately depending how you have setup and configured Moodle.

Latest revision as of 16:56, 29 September 2021

This document applies to Joomdle Release 2.0.0

Joomla and Moodle

Before installing Joomdle ensure you have installed and configured the following:

  • Joomla >= 3.0
  • Moodle >= 3.6


Site Backup

We recommend that you back up your web server (both Joomla! and your Moodle). If you are using a Joomla! Backup Extension such as Akeebackup, you may need to backup your Moodle data directory separately depending how you have setup and configured Moodle.