Follow these steps to successfully install the Edly 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 Edly.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:
   • Edly.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.

🔹 Step 6: Log In

1. Visit: {your-site-url}/login/index.php
2. Use the following admin credentials:

Username: edly  
Password: EdlyPass1@

🔹 Step 7: Search & Replace Old URLs

1. Go to: {your-site-url}/admin/tool/replace/
2. Enter the old URL (based on the original setup):

http://localhost/moodle/edly/

or

http://localhost:8888/moodle/edly-4.0/

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http://localhost:8888/moodle/edly-4.2/

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http://localhost:8888/moodle/edly-4.3/

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http://localhost:8888/moodle/edly-4.4/

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http://localhost:8888/moodle/edly-4.5/

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https://edly.ddev.site/ (Moodle 5.0+)

3. Replace it with your current site URL, e.g.:

https://yourdomain.com/

4. Click Submit to complete the URL update.

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🔹 Step 8: Purge Moodle Cache

1. Visit: {your-site-url}/admin/purgecaches.php
2. Click ‘Purge all caches’

⏳ This may take a few minutes. Be patient.

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🔒 Final Step: Change Admin Password

For security reasons, please change the administrator password after your first login.