When doing Moodle training, I encourage folks to setup their own server on the computer they are using. I often choose MAMP for Mac users, and XAMPP for Windows and/or GNU/Linux folks (while XAMPP is available for Mac, I found it a bit clunky and not as easy…I’ll keep checking it, though). These are fairly easy to use and work with.
Tonight, I ran into another solution from TeachAGeek. He writes:
In a previous post (actually hosted on another site) I described how to Install Moodle In The Uniform Server. Since then I’ve had several requests on how to open up UniServer so that it can be accessed by any computer on the LAN.
I’m about to do a presentation on “Classroom Management & Communications Using Moodle” at the CTE Summer Conference, so, I thought it would be appropriate to finally write a quick howto on the steps I took to get this to work.
The Uniform Server is:
… a WAMP package that allows you to run a server on any MS Windows OS based computer. It is small and mobile to download or move around and can also be used or setup as a production/live server. Developers also use The Uniform Server to test their applications made with either PHP, MySQL, Perl, or the Apache HTTPd Server…Most people are concerned with the question if they can run The Uniform Server in production and the answer to that is Yes.
So, another solution that can be used. I’ll have to try this out. Anyone else try it?
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Wow… it's a blast from my past. I did promote UniServer for quite a while, but, it wasn't updated with newer versions of PHP & MySQL and later versions of Moodle wouldn't run.It looks like they have (finally) released a new version. The new release (4.3-Mona) contains the requirements necessary to run Moodle 2.0 and they promise to update more often. See http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=661112&group_id=53691 for details.I liked UniServer over XAMPP because it was so much easier to use and didn’t contain many of the “extras” that XAMPP has. I’ll try out the new version and give an update on TeachAGeek.Thanks for the mention!
Wow… it's a blast from my past. I did promote UniServer for quite a while, but, it wasn't updated with newer versions of PHP & MySQL and later versions of Moodle wouldn't run.It looks like they have (finally) released a new version. The new release (4.3-Mona) contains the requirements necessary to run Moodle 2.0 and they promise to update more often. See http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=661112&group_id=53691 for details.I liked UniServer over XAMPP because it was so much easier to use and didn’t contain many of the “extras” that XAMPP has. I’ll try out the new version and give an update on TeachAGeek.Thanks for the mention!
I use Uniform Server and highly recommend it. It is very handy form setting up a test site. Simply download, extract, and start the server. It creates a virtual drive on your computer. Drop the directory that you want to test into the www folder, create a database with phpmyadmin, and browse to localhost/your directory to install. I use it a great deal to play with many tools that use amp – Joomla, Moodle, etc.I like it because, unlike tools such as WAMPServer, Uniform Server does not require installation on your local machine. Consequently, I have numerous Uniform Server instances, so that I can test various Apache settings (setting up ssl, etc.). To switch, I just stop one instance of US and start another. I think that it is handy!
I use Uniform Server and highly recommend it. It is very handy form setting up a test site. Simply download, extract, and start the server. It creates a virtual drive on your computer. Drop the directory that you want to test into the www folder, create a database with phpmyadmin, and browse to localhost/your directory to install. I use it a great deal to play with many tools that use amp – Joomla, Moodle, etc.I like it because, unlike tools such as WAMPServer, Uniform Server does not require installation on your local machine. Consequently, I have numerous Uniform Server instances, so that I can test various Apache settings (setting up ssl, etc.). To switch, I just stop one instance of US and start another. I think that it is handy!
I tried out WAMP (wampserver) the other day in preparation for a class this summer in which I’m teaching Drupal. It was very nice, it gives you a system tray icon that lets you jump to the various important folders. Also, WAMP includes phymyadmin and all the stuff you need.
I tried out WAMP (wampserver) the other day in preparation for a class this summer in which I’m teaching Drupal. It was very nice, it gives you a system tray icon that lets you jump to the various important folders. Also, WAMP includes phymyadmin and all the stuff you need.
I’ve updated my blog and in the process many of my old links have changed… the new link to that article is http://www.teachageek.com/2006/07/how-to-enable-uniform-server-for-public.htmlThanks!
I’ve updated my blog and in the process many of my old links have changed… the new link to that article is http://www.teachageek.com/2006/07/how-to-enable-uniform-server-for-public.htmlThanks!