In this Southern Fried DNN User Group Meeting:

Speaker: Jeremy Farrance
Topic: DNN 10 Upgrade Tips & Discussion

In this meetup, Jeremy Farrance shares tips and facilitates discussion on various DNN 10 upgrade scenarios.

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Community Topics and Updates

• 🎉 Major Announcement: DNN 10 released. Download, test, and explore this milestone version; prior preview talks still apply.
• 🧠 Agenda shift: Cloudflare topic postponed to focus on DNN 10 upgrade lessons; Jeremy leads a hands-on session.
• 👥 Tonight’s crew: Dean, Dave, Ryan Moore, Jeremy Farrance, Jim Peterson, Daniel Velas, Mark Bily.
• 🌐 Community site updates: SouthernFriedDNN.com continues to grow—blog posts, videos, and a History of DNN timeline updated through 2019; volunteers welcome to help add post-2019 milestones.
• 📝 Recent blog highlights: Timo’s post on the DNN 10 release; Will Stroll on Appendo & Gllanton module updates. Please leave durable feedback on the community site, not only in chat channels.
• 🧩 DNN Elements update (Daniel Velas): ESLint plugin provides warnings and auto-fixes for deprecated usage, easing migrations between versions.
• 🇪🇸 Upcoming: DNN Connect in Girona, Spain—registration and session proposals still open; relaxed, multilingual vibe with strong camaraderie.

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Community Topics and Updates

• 🎉 Major Announcement: DNN 10 released. Download, test, and explore this milestone version; prior preview talks still apply.
• 🧠 Agenda shift: Cloudflare topic postponed to focus on DNN 10 upgrade lessons; Jeremy leads a hands-on session.
• 👥 Tonight’s crew: Dean, Dave, Ryan Moore, Jeremy Farrance, Jim Peterson, Daniel Velas, Mark Bily.
• 🌐 Community site updates: SouthernFriedDNN.com continues to grow—blog posts, videos, and a History of DNN timeline updated through 2019; volunteers welcome to help add post-2019 milestones.
• 📝 Recent blog highlights: Timo’s post on the DNN 10 release; Will Stroll on Appendo & Gllanton module updates. Please leave durable feedback on the community site, not only in chat channels.
• 🧩 DNN Elements update (Daniel Velas): ESLint plugin provides warnings and auto-fixes for deprecated usage, easing migrations between versions.
• 🇪🇸 Upcoming: DNN Connect in Girona, Spain—registration and session proposals still open; relaxed, multilingual vibe with strong camaraderie.

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DNN 10 Upgrade Tips & Discussion

Jeremy walks through a full upgrade path and shares practical troubleshooting techniques to help you confidently move from DNN 9.10.x to DNN 10.

Recommendations and Presentation Notes:

• 🔧 Live upgrade walkthrough: 9.10.2 → 10 with key prep steps:
  • ✅ Verify 3rd-party module compatibility; remove unused extensions and modules.
  • 🧼 Clean out old install zips in /Install and unused DLLs; backup before and after each step.
  • 🔍 Check /bin versions via File Explorer’s “File Version” column.
• 🧑‍💻 Troubleshooting examples: fix UserController usage with .Instance; handle broken skins by falling back to Zinnia; remove old skin controls like leftmenu and nav; note TooSexy quirks (images, patron mode).
• 🧠 Pro tips & tooling: use ?mode=upgrade in the URL for verbose output; set autoUpgrade="true" temporarily in web.config; read installer logs and run SQL for deeper diagnosis; watch for outdated Newtonsoft.Json DLLs and add binding redirects if needed.
• 🧪 Safety first: always clone the site to a test server before touching production.
• 🎨 Branding & UI: Persona Bar customizations demoed; DNN 10’s new Styles module enables per-site branding via theme variables.
• ⚠️ Compatibility notes: if any module still uses Telerik, DNN 10 will remove it and may break that module—fully remove Telerik before upgrading.
• 💾 SQL Server caution: databases from SQL Server 2022 cannot be restored on 2019 without conversion.
• 📚 Reference site: Jeremy’s resources and nightly builds at acu4.com (upgrade logs and workarounds).
• 🗓️ Next SoFri: Thursday, May 15 — topic TBD (likely more DNN 10 experience-sharing and deep dives).

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