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5/20/2012 6:52 AM
 
Arctica


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I am about to start building my first DNN site.

It should not really need to be live and public before sometime in June 2012, but as a beginner I thought I ask what would be the best to use for starting to build it up - 6.2 beta or 6.1.5? As soon as 6.2 it available I will of course upgrade. The thing is that I have never done an upgrade of a DNN site, so which one of the 2 above options would be most bulletproof to work when upgrading to stable 6.2? Or will both work just as fine, so it wouldn't matter if I build it on 6.2 beta or 6.1.5 if the goal is to anyway upgrade to 6.2 in beginning of June, before I go public with the site?

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5/20/2012 1:17 PM
 
Sebastian Leupold


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you should start with DNN 6.1.5, because beta software is for testing only and does not necessarily support upgrades to the final version. Upgrading 6.1.5 should not be a real problem, essentially it is just copying over the new files into your existing web site (after performing a backup of all files and the database.
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5/20/2012 2:34 PM
 
Arctica


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Sebastian Leupold wrote:
you should start with DNN 6.1.5

 Thanks Sebastian,

I will start having fun with 6.1.5 then, and then having even more fun with 6.2 in June :-)
 
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5/21/2012 7:14 AM
 
Mark Eckeard


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Just make sure you have a local installation of 6.1.5 and walk through the upgrade process to become familiar with it. Once your comfortable with it, get a complete back-up of your current website and upgrade. The back-up is just in case something happens that you cannot correct.

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5/21/2012 8:40 AM
 
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As cool as 6.2 looks to be, I would wait till it officially comes out. This way you familiarize yourself with the basics of DNN. Once it comes out you can upgrade, which is a pretty easy process. And if you ever need help along the way, these forums are a great place to turn to. 

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