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2/6/2009 2:20 AM
 
slen

Joined: 2/1/2009
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I am new to the DotNetNuke. I am following an installation guide. I do not quite understand the part of doing an upgrade. Over the guide, it mentions that "you can extract the new version of DotNetNuke over your existing version". I wonder what is the new version of DotNetNuke means there. Is it the upgrade version? I downloaded the 5.0 version and had installed it. From the above bolded sentence, does it mean the new version is the upgrade version of the DotNetNuke 5.0?

 

Also, how do I extract the new version over the existing version? Do I open a new website for it? What I mean is how are the steps being done in the Visual Studio 2008 to satisfy the sentence.

 

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2/6/2009 2:39 AM
 
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download upgrade package of DotNetNuke 4.9.1 (upgrade to 5.0 is currently not suggested, please wait for 5.0.1).

unzip files, overwriting existing ones on your web site.

browse to your site and the upgrade will start automatically. if you set autoupgrade to off in your web.config file, you need to browse to /install/install.aspx?mode=upgrade. 

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2/6/2009 10:59 AM
 
Alex Shirley


Joined: 1/30/2006
Posts: 5038

Wait for 5.0.1 as Sebastain suggests, you do not need Visual Studio. Ideally test an upgrade on your localmachine.

and....

backup your site and database.

backup your site and database.

backup your site and database.

backup your site and database.

Oh and...

backup your site and database....

... that about covers it :)

Alex Shirley
 
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2/8/2009 12:40 AM
 
Nigel Higgs


www.intertech.net.au
Joined: 4/25/2007
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Any ideas on how long before 5.0.1 will be available??  Im waiting on this before upgrading my site

Nigel
 
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2/8/2009 7:54 AM
 
Alex Shirley


Joined: 1/30/2006
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Not long we hope.

Alex Shirley
 
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