System Requirements
All customers will need the following :
A Domain Name:
If you have a domain name, we'll ask you to point it at our nameservers. If
you don't already have a domain name, we'll ask you to register one. If necessary,
we can register a domain name for you - but we try to keep away from this as
we find it easier if the customer is in control of the name themselves.
Moodle:
You'll need a Moodle 1.8.x installation or later. You need admin access to this
and you need to be able to enter external database information into the Users
- Authentication area and the Courses - Enrolments area. If you don't have a
Moodle installation, we can set one up for you (additional cost will apply).
Visit The Moodle Website
Mals-e Account:
Course Merchant is a shopping catalogue solution. It connects to the very popular
and powerful Mals-e cart for its checkout capabilities. For certain payment
types, a free Mals-e account can be used. For the full range of payment processors,
a premium Mals-e account will be required. This costs just $8 per month (about
£6) - discounts are available for annual payments. We will create a free
Mals-e account for you and connect it to Course Merchant at the time of your
order. You will need to upgrade from Free to Premium depending upon the payment
processor you choose to use.
Visit the Mals ecommerce website
Hosted customers will additionally need:
To be able to enter some straightforward information into the admin area of their Moodle installation.
Self-hosted customers will additionally need:
A web host that gives PHP 4.0 access or higher with register_globals enabled, and MySQL 5.0 or higher for the back-end database (current versions recommended), and phpMyAdmin for database uploads.
Course Merchant works on both Windows servers and Linux/Unix servers, provided they have PHP 4.0+ and MySQL 5.0+ installed. The exception is GoDaddy hosting; we do not support the use of the system on their Windows servers (the Linux/Unix servers are fine).
Please note: We perform the installation for you. You will need to be able to give us access to your server via FTP plus access to your MySQL 5 database via phpMyAdmin.