I used dnn4.5 to create my company website, now things has changed a lot in the dnn world. my first mistake was I created the skin for the site by changing one of the skins that comes with dnn (I think it was the gray one). I know if I upgrade I can just replace the folder with the one I have, but would it work with all the changes, is it still the same with how the skins work? I want to upgrade to get the full benefit of dnn and most modules now are targeting 4.6 and higher...I am just struggling should I upgrade or not? I don't want make a mistake and bring the side down and not be able to fix it. Any feed back would be much appreciated. I read most of how to upgrade and it seems a little bet over my head, any other suggestions ? thanks

<p>You should be fine from a will it work perspective.&#160; Just be sure to back it up first, then you can do your upgrade.&#160; You might want to branch off your custom skin into its own folder, which will prevent it from being overwritten in future upgrades.</p> <p>I have a detailed upgrade tutorial available on my website <a href="http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs.aspx">http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs.aspx</a>, the process isn't that hard, you just have to be careful!</p>

To branch the skin, the best way if you are working directly on the server, is just to copy the folder, paste it in, then rename it.