You can usually work out what the folder is called by the URL your students have to type in to load your Moodle site. TIP : If you do not see your Moodle files/folders then you may have installed Moodle into a sub folder.

If you do, you can continue to the next step. These folders / files include (but are not limited to):ĭepending on where you installed Moodle to, you may already see these folders (and others) in the right hand pane. You now need to find your Moodle files/folders. Once connected, look for your public folder (usually called public_html or htdocs) on the right pane and double click on it to open it. Once you have downloaded and installed FileZilla, open it up and enter your current host's FTP details across the top, then click 'Quickconnect'. In this guide, we will create a folder called ' moodle3backup'. You will also need to create a folder on your computer where you can store your Moodle 3 backup. At Website Migration Guides, we prefer to use FileZilla (it's free and works without any issues). The first thing you will need to do is get yourself a copy of a FTP client. The reason for this is two fold:Ģ) We only need to backup the moodle data (most 1 click backups will backup everything on the host including non moodle data which is not what is required). Whilst some hosting companies provide a 1 click backup feature or automatic backup feature, in this guide we will use FTP instead. The next step is to backup the Moodle 3 files / folders that are stored on your server. If you would like to display a message to your visitors, enter this in the 'Optional maintenance message' box.įinally, click the 'Save changes' button. This is to stop visitors adding data to the server (which in turn could be lost when the moodle site is copied over to the new server).įrom the Maintenance mode dropdown, click 'Enable'. The first step is to stop anyone else using the website. The below guide was completed using moodle 3.6 but the steps would be the same for all 3.X versions (although the admin may look slightly different in style).

So you're looking to move Moodle to a new hosting company? Well you're in the right place.

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