Theme Installation & Setup- Before- Moodle

• By: hbdocs
• May 07, 2025

Theme Installation & Setup- Before- Moodle

Follow these steps to successfully install the demo content on your Moodle site.

🔹 Step 1: Create a Database

1. Log in to phpMyAdmin
2. Create a new database

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🔹 Step 2: Import Demo SQL File

1. Open your newly created database in phpMyAdmin.
2. Click on Import.
3. Choose and import the .sql file from the demo package.

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🔹 Step 3: Upload Files

1. Inside the unzipped demo folder, open the links.txt file to get the download link for demo_files.zip.
2. Download demo_files.zip.
3. Upload and extract it on your web server (e.g., inside var/www/htdocs/ or your domain root).

✅ Alternative Method:
Use an FTP client like FileZilla to upload the extracted demo_files folder to your web server.

4. Then upload the following:
   • .zip (theme file) → into: /demo_files/theme/
   • blocks.zip (all blocks) → into: /demo_files/blocks/

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🔹 Step 4: Upload Moodle Data Files

1. Open the links.txt file to find the download link for moodledata.zip.
2. Download moodledata.zip.
3. Upload and extract it outside your webroot (e.g., /var/www/moodledata/).

ℹ️ Important: Ensure the moodledata directory has read and write permissions.
Refer to Moodle.org for more on file permissions.

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🔹 Step 5: Configure config.php

1. Open the config.php file located in your Moodle root directory.
2. Update the following:
   • $CFG->dbuser, $CFG->dbpass, $CFG->dbname – set your DB credentials.
   • $CFG->dbhost – usually localhost or 127.0.0.1.
   • $CFG->wwwroot – use your actual site URL.
   • $CFG->dataroot – path to your moodledata directory.
   • $CFG->directorypermissions – typically 0777 or 0755.