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8/1/2009 2:07 PM
 
Tony Henrich


Joined: 12/15/2008
Posts: 838

Today I decided to upgrade my DNN 5.1.0 to DNN 5.1.1. To tell you the truth, I have never done a DNN upgrade before. I always just installed a new version and reinstalled everything. This is is not a production setup. Being a careful user, I decided to have backups. I zipped the whole DNN folder and backed the database.

I looked for instructions on how to upgrade so my first try was to open the zip file. Sorted by file type. Checked all files by what could have any kind of instructions. Nothing by file .doc, .rtf, .html or .txt. OK the zip has nothing useful. I go to the download section and look for documentation for DNN 5.1.1. Looked down for the older versions. Found 'DotNetNuke 4.9.4 Docs'. I tried to download it and went to CodePlex page for 4.9.1. OK 4.9.4 is not 4.9.1.

I download and look at the zip file. I open the installation pdf. The information is old. There isn't anything about upgrading from 4.x to 5.x which is still not what I want. Looking for 5.1.0 to 5.1.1.

I got to dotnetnuke.com and search for 'upgrade'. A document says to modify web.config to use the original connection string. I am not sure why. Maybe this triggers the upgrade process? Another page mentions to go to http://[yourdomain]/install/install.aspx?mode=install.

I guess I will just unzip the upgrade on top of the installation and try.

My question is.. is there a reason why there aren't any clear steps or instuctions on how to do any upgrade? Why can't someone from the corp take 10 minutes and jot down quick instrucstions and include it in the zip? This is just sloppy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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8/1/2009 4:25 PM
 
Mark Breen


www.margin.ie
Joined: 11/19/2008
Posts: 142

 Hello Salama,

 

I also did an upgrade last night, and I also had never done one previously.  My steps were

1) type into Google "upgrade DotNetNuke"

2) I noticed the few hits for DNNCreative and then I noticed Mitch Sellers also mentions upgrades

3) clicked on his link, 

4) read on first page and noticed that he has a special article on how to upgrade from 4.x to 5.x

5) Read second article in 2 minutes where is basically says back up first then extract over the existing installation.

6) I then read his guide about how to do a backup (zip the wwwroot/dnn folder and back up the db completely)

7) I then xcopy-ed the entire app folders to a test machine and restored the db and in another 15 minutes I had a working UAT environment.

8) I then extract the new 5.1.1 over my existing 5.0.0

 ****************** FINAL STEP  ******************

9) You must then navigate to a URL that Mitch provides which is 

http://www.mysite.com/install/install.aspx?mode=install

 

 

For me on my UAT that all seemed to work, all modules look OK, even my ultra Media and Ultra Video TP modules.

 

Here is the first link on Mitch Sellers site.

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/55/dotnetnuke-upgrade-tips-lessons-learned.aspx

Here is the second where is outlines how to upgrade

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/categoryview/categoryid/21/dnn-installupgrade.aspx

Here is where he describes going from 4.6 to 5.x

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/278/upgrade-to-dotnetnuke-500-from-462-or-later.aspx

Here is where he outlines how to backup properly

http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/164/how-to-backup-a-dnn-installation.aspx

 

 

I hope that is useful to you, and I thank Mitchel Sellers for his efforts

 

Mark Breen

Ireland

 
 

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8/1/2009 4:49 PM
 
Alex Shirley


Joined: 1/30/2006
Posts: 5038

Nowadays you generally don't need to modify web.config:

Google: DOTNETNUKE UPGRADE XML MERGE

Hope this helps...

Alex Shirley
 
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8/1/2009 7:27 PM
 
Tony Henrich


Joined: 12/15/2008
Posts: 838

Alex Shirley wrote

Nowadays you generally don't need to modify web.config:

Google: DOTNETNUKE UPGRADE XML MERGE

Hope this helps...

 

I did and this post was second! hehe. That was fast indexing.

Anyways it's ironic that the most relevant information is NOT on dotnetnuke.com. I guess before checking local documentaion or the vendor's site, it's best to Google first.
 
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8/1/2009 7:37 PM
 
Tony Henrich


Joined: 12/15/2008
Posts: 838

Alex Shirley wrote

Nowadays you generally don't need to modify web.config:

Google: DOTNETNUKE UPGRADE XML MERGE

Hope this helps...

Thanks. It doesn't take much to include a simple text file in the zip file with two lines:

1- unzip the file on top pf the DNN installation.

2- Go to : http://www.mysite.com/install/install.aspx?mode=install

An Internet connection is not always available.

 
 
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