[#MDL-14721] Windows installer package needs a good review for usability

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Key:	MDL-14721
Type:	Sub-task
Status:	Closed
Resolution:	Fixed
Priority:	Minor
Assignee:	Jerome Mouneyrac
Reporter:	Martin Dougiamas
Votes:	0
Watchers:	1

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MDL-14825

Windows installer package needs a good review for usability

Created: 07/May/08 04:51 PM Updated: 10/Jun/08 03:22 PM

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Affects Version/s:

1.9

Fix Version/s:

1.9.2

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This issue has a non-specific relationship to:

~~MDL-12408~~ download.moodle.org should give out an XAMPP with better settings for SQL

~~MDL-12460~~ Windows installer package has LDAP module disabled by default

Participants:	Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Jerome Mouneyrac, Martin Dougiamas and Matt Gibson
Security Level:	None
Resolved date:	21/May/08
Affected Branches:	MOODLE_19_STABLE
Fixed Branches:	MOODLE_19_STABLE

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Jerome, can you please download the windows installer and see what you can improve in the initial installation process? Pretend you are a real novice.

How it is: Last I remember there were confusing icons, and the README wasn't right.

How it should be: One obvious icon that you click on to start the install, together with one simple README.txt you can read for more info if you really need it, containing a link to Moodle Docs where people can provide further tips or screenshots etc.. All the rest of the complexity should be hidden.

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - 07/May/08 04:51 PM

Assigning to Jerome.

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Jerome Mouneyrac added a comment - 08/May/08 09:47 AM

Reminder:
Need to bring these changes into the windows installer:
~~MDL-14656~~
~~MDL-14716~~

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Matt Gibson added a comment - 08/May/08 08:34 PM

from memory, the xampp control panel didn't run well on win2k3 and would not shut down cleanly. I was running apache and mysql by double clicking on the separate icons for a while. Maybe this has changed?

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Matt Gibson added a comment - 08/May/08 08:37 PM

A check of the enabled modules is important too as I found a couple of trip-ups e.g. LDAP. All of the enrollment options plus networking should work out of the box.

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Matt Gibson added a comment - 08/May/08 08:39 PM

Another closely related issue is the inital memory settings. It should be clear (somewhere - docs?) that the mysql settings as well as php modules loaded have been set up to optimise uisability and that performace tuning is possible, even necessary, for a production site.

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Matt Gibson added a comment - 08/May/08 09:09 PM

Might be broken on Vista http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=96469

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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment - 09/May/08 02:28 AM

Hi Matt,

knowing that there are a bunch of suggestions from you (default settings, modules enabled...)... do you think we could create one META: Improve Windows Installer bug and move existing bugs there to have all them together (including this).

I think it could improve the fixing experience... do you?

Thanks for your continued suggestions! Ciao

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Matt Gibson added a comment - 14/May/08 06:25 PM

Great idea. Much better than my raw brain-dump

I started to just now with http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-14825 but don't have permissions to convert existing bugs to sub-tasks.

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Jerome Mouneyrac added a comment - 21/May/08 12:10 PM

Ok as all bugs have been described in another issues, I close this issue which is a bit messy. Thanks Matt and Eloy

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