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<h1>Dokeos 1.8.6 FREE : Installation Guide</h1>
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<a href="index.html">Documentation</a> > Installation Guide
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<p></p>
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<p>Thank you for downloading Dokeos Svalbard FREE.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Quick preview of <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/node/58">Dokeos features </a></li>
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<li>Test Dokeos on <a href="http://campus.dokeos.com">Free Campus</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>This guide explains how to install Dokeos FREE. Please read this fully before proceeding with the installation.</p>Check <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/buy.php">Dokeos PRO</a> and <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/buy.php">Dokeos MEDICAL</a> for a complete learning suite with a Service Level Agreement. <br />
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<h2><b>Contents</b></h2>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="#1._Pre-requisites">Pre-requisites</a></li>
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<li><a href="#2._Installation_of_Dokeos_LMS">Installation of Dokeos LMS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#3._Upgrade_from_a_previous_version_of">Upgrade from a previous version of Dokeos</a></li>
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<li><a href="#4._Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li>
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<li><a href="#5._Administration_section">Administration section</a></li>
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<li><a href="#6._LDAP">LDAP </a></li>
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<li><a href="#7._Mathematical_formulas">Mathematical formulas with LaTeX</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h2><a name="1._Pre-requisites"></a>1. Pre-requisites</h2>
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Dokeos
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can be installed on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and UNIX servers
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indifferently. However, we recommend the use of Linux server for
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optimal flexibility, remote control and scalability. <br />
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Dokeos is mainly a LMS running <span style="font-weight: bold;">Apache</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">MySQL</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">PHP5</span> (the so called <span style="font-weight: bold;">AMP</span> trilogy). <br />
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All these software are open source and freely available. <br />
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To run Dokeos <span style="font-weight: bold;">LMS</span> on your server, you need to install WAMP, LAMP or MAMP:
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<li>To install <span style="font-weight: bold;">WAMP</span> (AMP on Windows), we recommend the <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html">XAMPP</a> .exe installer<a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html"></a></li>
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<li>To install <span style="font-weight: bold;">LAMP</span>
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(AMP on Linux), use the Package manager of your favourite distribution (Synaptic, RPMFinder etc.).
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For instance, on a Ubuntu server, use Shell or Synaptic following the
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<a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Apache_HTTP_Server">Ubuntuguide on Apache</a> and the following sections</li>
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<li>To install <span style="font-weight: bold;">MAMP</span> (AMP on Mac OS X), refer to the <a href="http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php">MAMP</a> dedicated website<a href="http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php"></a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: bold;">MySQL database server</span></h3>
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You will need a login and password allowing to administrate and create
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at least one database. By default, Dokeos will create a new database
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for each course created. It means your host should allow you to create
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and administrate several databases. You can also install Dokeos using
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only one database, in that case you have to select this option during
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the installation.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
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</span>
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<h2><a name="2._Installation_of_Dokeos_LMS"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Installation of Dokeos LMS</span></h2>
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<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/download.php"></a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.dokeos.com/node/33">Download Dokeos LMS</a></li>
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<li>Unzip it</li>
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<li>Copy the dokeos directory in your Apache web directory. This can be
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">C:\xampp\htdocs\</span> on a Windows server or <span style="font-weight: bold;">/var/www/html/</span> on a Linux server</li>
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<li>Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox...) and type
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">http://localhost/dokeos/</span> if you install locally or
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.domain.com/dokeos/</span> if you install remotely</li>
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<li>Follow the web installation process. You can accept all default
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values. Consider changing the admin password to remember it. </li>
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</ul>
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The following directories need to be readable, writeable and executable for everyone:
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<li>dokeos/main/inc/conf/</li>
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<li>dokeos/main/upload/users/</li>
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<li>dokeos/main/default_course_document/</li>
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<li>dokeos/archive/</li>
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<li>dokeos/courses/</li>
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<li>dokeos/home/</li>
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</ul>
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(where 'dokeos' is the directory in which you installed Dokeos)
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<p>On Linux, Mac OS X and BSD operating systems you can use the CHMOD
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777 command for this (although we recommend you seek advice from an
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experienced system administrator).
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In Windows, you may need to check the properties of the folders (by
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right-clicking on them).</p>
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<p>
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2.5. The following files need to be readable and writeable for the web browser,
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only during the installation process:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>dokeos/main/inc/conf/configuration.php (if present)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>On Linux, Mac OS X and BSD operating systems you can use the CHMOD
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666 command for this (although we recommend you seek advice from an
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experienced system administrator).
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In Windows, you may need to check the properties of the files and
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folders (by right-clicking on them).</p>
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<p>
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<b>NOTES:</b><br />
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Do not modify the home_*.html files directly. Instead,
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choose "Configure the homepage" in the Dokeos administration section.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows</span> : with combination packages like XAMPP, out of the box, login and password
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for MySQL should probably remain empty.</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3><strong> Configuration and security after installation</strong></h3>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Protect your configuration file: </strong>
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make sure no one can overwrite it. You can find the config file in <em>(dokeos folder)</em>/main/inc/conf/configuration.php.
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Make it read-only (windows/xwindows: right-click the file to edit the
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properties. linux/bsd/macosx: use the chmod 444 command). The config
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file is created by Apache so you may need to be root user to change its
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permissions.</li>
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<li><strong>Protect your installation folder: </strong>
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if the <em>(dokeos folder)</em>/main/install
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folder is still accessible, someone could install over your existing
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version (you could lose your data that way). Move the folder somewhere
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out of the web directories so it is not accessible, change its name, or
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edit its properties so no one can read or execute it.</li>
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<li><strong>For better security: </strong>
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making the files world-writable will help you install, and solves many
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issues for people without much admin experience. However, it's better
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security to make the owner of the apache process (often called apache
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or www-data) also owner of all the dokeos files and folders. Ths way,
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these files need only be readable and writable by the Apache process
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owner, not by the entire world.</li>
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<li><strong>Configure your Dokeos installation: </strong>
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in the administration section of Dokeos, you can use the Dokeos Config Settings to adjust the behavior of your installation.</li>
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<li><strong>Configure Dokeos mail: </strong>
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most of Dokeos uses the mail settings from the php.ini file. However,
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the announcements tool uses phpMailer (another free software project)
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and the settings for this tool can be adjusted in <em>(dokeos folder)</em>/main/inc/conf/mail.conf.php.</li>
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<h3>PHP configuration</h3>
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To get the best of Dokeos, you need to finetune PHP settings. Consider : <br />
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<ul>
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<li>Editing php.ini file (on windows can be located at <span style="font-weight: bold;">C:\xampp\php\php.ini</span>, on Ubuntu Linux : <span style="font-weight: bold;">/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini</span></li>
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<li>search the word "max" and increase values to optimise the server</li>
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<li>you may want to end up with the following values : </li>
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</ul>
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max_execution_time = 300 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds<br />
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max_input_time = 600 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data<br />
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memory_limit = 256M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)<br />
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post_max_size = 64M<br />
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upload_max_filesize = 100M</div>
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<p>
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Some users could meet problems if their PHP settings don't fit
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these ones:</p>
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<li>short_open_tag = On</li>
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<li>safe_mode = Off</li>
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<li>magic_quotes_gpc = On</li>
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<li>magic_quotes_runtime = Off</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Past Dokeos versions required register_globals to be set to On. This is
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no longer necessary, this can be set to Off and Dokeos will work fine.</p>
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<p><strong>BSD users:</strong> these php libraries have to be included during php installation:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>php-mysql The mysql shared extension for php</li>
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<li>php-pcre The pcre shared extension for php</li>
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<li>php-session The session shared extension for php</li>
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<li>php-zlib The zlib shared extension for php</li>
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<li>(optional) php-ldap if you want to be able to use LDAP authentication</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html"></a><br />
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</p>
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<h2><a name="3._Upgrade_from_a_previous_version_of"></a>3. Upgrade from a previous version of Dokeos</h2>
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Before upgrading we <b>heavily</b> recommend you do a full backup of the previous
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Dokeos directories and databases. If you are unsure how to achieve this
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please ask your hosting provider for advice.<br />
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<p></p>
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<h3>3.1 Upgrading from Dokeos 1.8.x</h3>
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<em>If you upgrade from Dokeos 1.8.x</em> :
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<ul>
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<li> check that you haven't left any customised stylesheet or image*</li>
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<li> download the Dokeos 1.8.6 Svalbard install package from the <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/node/33">Dokeos download page</a></li>
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<li> unzip the new files of Dokeos 1.8.6 over the files of the older version</li>
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<li> point your browser on your portal URL + main/install/</li>
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<li> choose your language and click <span style="font-style: italic;">Upgrade from 1.8.x</span></li>
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</ul>
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<font size="-1">* Styles and images are located in the main/css or main/img
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directories. You can still recover them from your backup if you have made it.
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Any modified style or image that uses the default style/image name will be
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overwritten by the next step. To avoid loosing your customisations, always
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ensure you copy the styles/images under a new name and use and modify the
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copy, not the original. The original will always be overwritten by newer
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versions. In Dokeos 1.8.5, we have changed the name of several CSS themes.
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Backwards compatibility is ensured by the fact that an upgrade only adds the
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new themes, but you should try and use these new themes rather than sticking
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to the old ones which will be deprecated shortly (not maintained).</font>
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<p></p>
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<h3>3.2 Upgrading from Dokeos 1.6.x</h3>
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<em>If you upgrade from a lower version of Dokeos (1.6.x)</em>, the first
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and most important thing to do is to *move* your current directory to another
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place.<br />
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An easy way to do that is to create a subdirectory called "old_version"
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in your current Dokeos directory and move everything in there using a
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simple "move" command (i.e. under Linux: mkdir old_version; mv *
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old_verion/), then make the old_version/ directory writeable by the web
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server so that courses/ and upload/ directories can be moved from the
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old to the new installation.<br />
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The complete process is as follow:
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<ul>
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<li> move the current Dokeos directory contents to a subdirectory called
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<em>old_version</em> and make it writeable by the web server. This
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is important to allow the move of the courses/ and upload/ directories
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to the new install</li>
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<li> download the Dokeos 1.8.6 install package from the
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<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/node/33">Dokeos download page</a></li>
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<li> unzip the new files of Dokeos 1.8.6 in the main Dokeos directory. The
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new directory <em>main</em> should be located directly inside your
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Dokeos root folder</li>
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<li> point your browser on your portal URL</li>
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<li> choose your language and click <span style="font-style: italic;">Upgrade from 1.6.x</span> and confirm the
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current directory of the old version</li>
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</ul>
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<br />
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<em> NOTE: </em> The upgrade from 1.6.x to 1.8.x implies a revision of
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the customised graphics and styles. The new version uses a complete new
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set of icons and styles, which means the ones from version 1.6 cannot be
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simply reused. The good news is the version 1.8.x allows you to create
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your own style in a separate css folder, that you can then reuse through
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all the 1.8.x versions
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<br />
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<p></p>
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<p>
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<b>WARNING:</b><br />
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Do not delete the previous Dokeos installation directory before installing
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the new one. When the update is successfully finished, you can remove
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the old path.</p>
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<p>
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<b>NOTE:</b><br />
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Do not modify the home_*.html files directly. Instead,
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choose "Configure the homepage" in the Dokeos administration section.</p>
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<p></p>
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<h3>3.3 In both cases</h3>
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The following directories need to be readable, writeable and executable for the web server:
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<ul>
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<li>dokeos/main/inc/conf/</li>
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<li>dokeos/main/upload/users/</li>
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<li>dokeos/main/default_course_document/</li>
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<li>dokeos/archive/</li>
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<li>dokeos/courses/</li>
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<li>dokeos/home/</li>
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</ul>
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On Linux, Mac OS X and BSD operating systems you can quick-fix this using the
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CHMOD 777 command, but if you are unsure, we recommend you seek advice for
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your own OS on <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/node/66">our forum</a>.
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In Windows, you may need to check the properties of the folders.
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<p></p>
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<h3>3.4 Quick-upgrade from 1.6.x guide for Linux</h3>
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The following quick-upgrade guide assumes that:
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<li>the Dokeos database username (for MySQL) is "dokeos_db_user" and your login is "dokeos_user"</li>
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<li>the Dokeos installation is currently in /var/www/dokeos/ and it has 777 permissions</li>
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<li>your portal's URL is http://www.portalurl.com/</li>
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On the command-line, type:
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<li>cd /tmp</li>
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<li>mysqldump -u dokeos_db_user -p --all-databases --result-file=/home/dokeos_user/dokeos_old.sql</li>
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<li>cp -ra /var/www/dokeos /home/dokeos_user/backup_dokeos</li>
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<li>mkdir /var/www/dokeos/old_version</li>
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<li>mv /var/www/dokeos/* /var/www/dokeos/old_version/</li>
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<li>chmod -R 0777 /var/www/dokeos/old_version/</li>
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<li>wget http://www.dokeos.com/download/dokeos-1.8.6.tar.gz</li>
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<li>tar zxvf dokeos-1.8.6.tar.gz</li>
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<li>sudo cp -ra dokeos-1.8.6/* /var/www/dokeos/</li>
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<li>rm dokeos-1.8.6.tar.gz</li>
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<li>sudo rm -r dokeos-1.8.6/</li>
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</ul>
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Then:
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<li>Direct your browser to http://www.portalurl.com/main/install/</li>
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<li>Proceed with the installation</li>
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<li>Review the directories permissions</li>
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</ul>
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<p></p>
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<h2><a name="4._Troubleshooting"></a>4. Troubleshooting</h2>
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<p>If you have problems, go to the <a href="http://www.dokeos.com">Dokeos website</a> and ask a question on the
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<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/en/node/66">support forum</a>. Please read the previous messages first to see if there is
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already an answer to your question. We also maintain a list of
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<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</p>
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<h2></h2>
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<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;" />
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<h2><a name="5._Administration_section"></a>5. Administration section</h2>
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<p>To access the Dokeos administration section, open browser,
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go to your Dokeos adress and log in with the admin user.
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Then you will see a "Platform admin section" link in the header of the
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web page. There you can manage users, courses, sessions, portal look
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and feel, homepage content, course categories etc. </p>
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<p></p>
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<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;" />
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<h2><a name="6._LDAP"></a>6. LDAP</h2>
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<p>
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<i>This part is optional, only organisations with an LDAP server will need to read this.</i><br />
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An LDAP module is already provided in Dokeos, but it has to be configured to make it work.</p>
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<h3><b>Compiling</b></h3>
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<p>
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Linux servers: It's possible that you have to recompile php with ldap support.
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Newer distributions also allow downloading rpms for additional packages.</p>
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<h3><b>Activating LDAP in Dokeos</b></h3>
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<p>
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In (dokeos folder)/main/inc/conf/configuration.php, around line 90, you see<br />
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//for new login module<br />
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//uncomment these to activate ldap<br />
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//$extAuthSource['ldap']['login'] = "./main/auth/ldap/login.php";<br />
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//$extAuthSource['ldap']['newUser'] = "./main/auth/ldap/newUser.php";<br />
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<br />
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remove the // from the last two lines to activate LDAP.<br />
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</p>
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<h3><b>Settings</b></h3>
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<p>
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Ask the LDAP server admin for the settings:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>ldap server name</li>
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<li>ldap server port (usually 389)</li>
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<li>ldap dc</li>
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</ul>
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Since 1.8.5, you have to change the LDAP settings inside the "Portal
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administration" panel, under "Dokeos configuration settings", section
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"LDAP".
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<br />
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As an example, you should find the following kind of values:<br />
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LDAP main server's address: "myldapserver.com"; // your ldap server<br />
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LDAP main server's port: 389; // your ldap server's port number<br />
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LDAP domain: "dc=xx, dc=yy, dc=zz"; //domain<br />
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<br />
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<h3><b>Teacher/student status</b></h3>
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<p>
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By default, Dokeos will check if the "employeenumber" field has a value. If it has, then Dokeos will
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consider this user as being a teacher.<br />
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If you want to change this behaviour, you can edit main/auth/ldap/authldap.php, function ldap_put_user_info_locally(),
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and change the <em>if (empty($info_array[$tutor_field]))</em> condition to whatever suits you.<br />
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You can also remove this check by removing the condition and leaving only the <em>$status = STUDENT;</em> line.</p>
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<h3><b>Protected LDAP servers</b></h3>
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<p>
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Some LDAP servers do not support anonymous use of the directory services.<br />
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In this case, you should fill in the appropriate fields in the
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administration panel (e.g. "manager" and "mypassword") and Dokeos will
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try to authenticate using these, or fall back to anonymous mode before
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giving up.</p>
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<h3>LDAP import into sessions</h3>
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<p>There is a new set of scripts now that allow you to insert users
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from LDAP directly into a Dokeos session. This, however, relies on a
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set of static choices in the LDAP contact attributes.<br />
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The fields used intensively by the Dokeos module are:<br />
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>uid, which is matched to the username in Dokeos</li>
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<li>userPassword, which is matched to the user password, although
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this part will only work for non-encrypted passwords for now, but it
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shouldn't be necessary if using the LDAP server as authentication</li>
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<li>ou should end with the year of the person registration or any
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criteria you will use to filter users, so that they can be retrieved on
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that criteria</li>
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<li>sn is used as the lastname field in Dokeos</li>
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<li>givenName is used as the firstname field in Dokeos</li>
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<li>mail is used as the email field in Dokeos</li>
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</ul>
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<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;" />
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<h2><a name="7._Mathematical_formulas"></a>7. Mathematical formulas with LaTeX</h2>
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<i>This part is optional, only organisations planning to use mathematical formulas inside the online editor might want to read this.</i><br /><br />
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You can enable mathematical equations writing inside the Dokeos online editor (FCKEditor) by applying the following steps:
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<ul>
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<li>1. Configure your Apache installation to add a cgi-bin directory that contains a symbolic link to the mimetex.cgi in
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<i>dokeos/main/inc/lib/mimetex/</i> (*see below, step 4)</li>
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<li>2. Reload your Apache configuration</li>
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<li>3. Edit the online editor's configuration file <i>dokeos/main/inc/lib/fckeditor/myconfig.php</i> and
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<ul>
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<li>3.1. Enable the mimetex plugin, find the line //$config['LoadPlugin'][] = 'mimetex'; and modify it to be:
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<b>$config['LoadPlugin'][] = 'mimetex';</b> (remove the double slash)</li>
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<li>3.2. The additional settings <b>$config['MimetexExecutableInstalled']</b> , <b>$config['MimetexExecutableDetectionMethod']</b>
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and <b>$config['MimetexExecutableDetectionTimeout']</b> are configured for best probability
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of automatic detection of the installed on the server file <i>mimetex.cgi</i> or <i>mimetex.exe</i>.
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In rare cases these options might need to be twicked, see the acccompanying comments abou
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these options within the file <i>myconfig.php</i></li>
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<li>3.3. Once the plugin has been activated, almost in all toolbars the corresponding button appears.
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If you need to edit some toolbars, see the configuration files (php) within the directory <i>dokeos/main/inc/lib/fckeditor/toolbars/</i> .
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Here is an example:
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<div class="code">$config['ToolbarSets']['Normal'] = array(<br />
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array('FitWindow','Bold','Image','Link','PasteWord','MP3',<b>'mimetex'</b>,'Table','Subscript','Superscript','ShowBlocks')<br />
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);</div>
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The item <b>'mimetex'</b> represents the button, you may add it to or remove it from any toolbar.<br /><br />
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li>4. To install mimetex executable file, make these changes:</li>
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<p>Add the corresponding cgi-bin directory to your Apache configuration could be done, in Apache 2, like this:
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</p>
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<div class="code">
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ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/<br />
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<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin"><br />
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AllowOverride None<br />
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Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch<br />
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Order allow,deny<br />
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Allow from all<br />
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</Directory><br />
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</div>
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<p>Adding a symbolic link can be done, under Windows, by creating a
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shortcut to the mimetex.exe file from the cgi-bin directory, or under
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Linux by issuing the following command:
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</p>
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<div class="code">
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<p>ln -s /var/www/dokeos/main/inc/lib/mimetex/mimetex.cgi /var/www/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi</p>
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</div>
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<p>If you are reluctant to modify your Apache configuration, alternately you may do at step 4 the following:
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copy mimetex.exe (for windows) or mimetex.cgi (for linux) from <i>dokeos/main/inc/lib/mimetex/</i> directory to your <i>cgi-bin/</i></p>
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<li>5. Make sure that the file mimetex.cgi (or mimetex.exe) has right to be executed by the web-server process. For example, on a Ubuntu Linux system you may write a command like the following:</li>
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<div class="code">
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<p>sudo chmod a+x mimetex.cgi</p>
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</div>
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</ul>
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<p>As a result of this procedure, a new button becomes available in your Dokeos online editor, that gives you possibility
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to insert mathematical formulas into your documents.<br />
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<br />
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<br />
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Contact address: Dokeos, Rue Victor Hugo, 201, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium<br />
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Mail: info@dokeos.com<br />
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Tel. +32 (0)2 669 69 55<br />
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