afaik documentation is difficult due to a number of changes in each version. But there is light showing up at the end of the tunnel: DNN 4.5.0 will introduce a new installation wizard, that will lead through the installation process.

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Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

   

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN

DNn 4.5.0 has been published yesterday to the Benefactors and shall be released publically in two weeks.

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Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

   

Speed up your DNN Websites with TurboDNN

Ok, I did a complete re-install of DNN.

I changed the skins under site settings.

I then clicked update.

this happened.

An error has occurred. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type ---> System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String TypeName, String CacheKey, Boolean UseCache) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateObject(String ObjectProviderType, String ObjectProviderName, String ObjectNamespace, String ObjectAssemblyName, Boolean UseCache) at DotNetNuke.Modules.NavigationProvider.NavigationProvider.Instance(String FriendlyName) at DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.NavObjectBase.InitializeNavControl(Control objParent, String strDefaultProvider) at DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Controls.TreeViewMenu.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.AddedControl(Control control, Int32 index) at System.Web.UI.ControlCollection.Add(Control child) at DotNetNuke.Framework.DefaultPage.Page_Init(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Page.OnInit(EventArgs e) at DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase.OnInit(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

I'm not sure if this is the same code error. But, it's definitely has something to do with the skin change. The user side, where I kept the skin settings the same, is ok. But the admin side is not accessible.

I have no idea what to do next.