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DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

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DNN Platform is the open-source core that's been wildly popular and adopted for over 20 years. Evoq is a commercial offering maintained by DNN Software (IgniteTech) that builds on DNN.

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Forum: Upgrading DNN Platform

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EventLog getting millions of entries since upgrade Started By Ron We upgraded our system recently from 9.3.1 to 9.10.1 and I am now seeing millions of entries in the event log. We only have a few non DNN extensions installed: DNNSmart.SuperFAQ 2.4.0 DNNStuff - SQLViewPro 4.1.1 (upgrade to 5 is planned) EasyDNNstyleWizard 4.1.0 Live Forms 6.1.4 Feedback 6.5.1 The errors are:SCHEDULER_EVENT_FAILURE and SCHEDULER_EXCEPTION THREAD ID 35 TYPE DotNetNuke.Services.Social.Messaging.Scheduler.CoreMessagingSchedu...	8	2205	2	11/15/2021 12:14 PM by Ron
Unable to Complete Recommended Telerik Removal Process after 9.10.2 Upgrade Started By John Kanost We upgraded our DNN site to 9.10.2. The upgrade completed without a problem in both test and then production environments, and the Telerik removal process outlined here also went smoothly on test. But, when I attempted to repeat the same process in production, Step 10 broke our site, generating a server error complaining that the Telerik control were missing and rendering further action through the CMS impossible. Had to roll back to our backup and try again, but the same thing happened. I f...	2	2070	2	12/8/2021 3:24 PM by John Kanost
Upgraded from DNN 8.1 to 9.1.1 - Siteconfig file is autobacking up? Started By Karthik D We just upgraded our site from DNN 8.1 to 9.1.1 recently. We are seeing an issue, 1. Siteanalytics.config file is backing up automatically to the folder siteroot/config with the name Backup_202112240921SiteAnalytics.config. Is there a way to stop this backing up automatically Thanks in advance	1	1325	0	12/24/2021 11:52 AM by Karthik D
DNN admin panel functionalities not working after DNN 9.10.02 upgrade Started By Jini Joy DNN admin panel functionalities not working after DNN 9.10.02 upgrade After upgrading DNN 8 to 9.10.02 the admin panel functionalities & content edit not working. I didn't follow the Upgrade path. Now my App's dnn version is 9.10.02 What I need to do for proper working of dnnApp Do I need to follow the upgrade path again like:- 08.00.04 09.01.01 09.01.01 09.03.02 09.03.02 09.10.01	7	3378	2	11/28/2021 8:08 AM by Jini Joy
Removing all traces of Telerik Started By Deleted User Having recently upgraded to 9.1.1 (on my way to 9.3.2) I switched the editor to the DNN Connect CKE Editor, and removed the old telerik editor from the web.config, but I still see MANY entries scattered about that refer to the Telerik assemblies - e,g, In Modules, there is an entry for the RADUploadModule In handlers, there is the RADProgressHandler, Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource and Telerik.Web.UI.ChartHttpHandler, and there are also many duplicate entries (9 in fact) looking like this: ...	4	4306	1	6/13/2019 5:13 AM by Deleted User
Upgrading DNN 9.1.1 to DNN 9.2.2 Adds 2nd Connectors inside Persona bar Started By Davidwebdev Hello, I'm seeing an error when I upgrade DNN 9.1.1 to 9.2.0. Basically what I'm seeing is that a 2nd Connectors is being added inside the 'settings' section. Here's a screen shot of what I'm seeing. I'm also seeing an empty drop down link inside 'installed extensions' When I click on that empty dropdown link it shows Connector items ..i.e EVOQ UNC Connector, EVOQ Google Analytics Connector etc Does anybody know why I'm seeing these issues Thanks.	2	1583	2	11/4/2021 9:44 PM by Davidwebdev
What is Brainf**k and why is it in DNN? Started By Deleted User in Resources/Shared/Components/CodeEditor/mode/brainfuck Contains brainfuck.js and an html file. I'm kinda curious, what this is and if it is someone's joke Thanks	5	2117	1	11/4/2021 12:59 PM by Deleted User
Upgrading from DNN 9.3.2 to 9.9.1 Started By Stefano Hi, I have recently upgraded my web site from DNN 9.3.2 to 9.9.1. I can reach the home page, but when I try to reach the CMS section I get the following errors: 2021-11-08 11:47:53,600 [HP-SMARI][ERROR] DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions - DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Unhandled Error While Adding Module to ContentPane. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Reference to an object not set to an object instance. in DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.Authenticati...	1	1794	0	11/8/2021 6:12 AM by Stefano
Upgrade 9.2 - 9.10 errors with Persona Bar Started By Deleted User Had to manually update the personabar dll files and content of the Desktopmodule/Admin/persona.bar directory. Firefox scheme https host redacted.webaddress.com filename /API/personaBar/localization/gettable culture en Address redacted.xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443 Status 500 Internal Server Error VersionHTTP/1.1 Transferred515 B (36 B size) Referrer Policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin Chrome Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (...	5	3411	2	11/4/2021 2:33 PM by Deleted User
Could not load file or assembly 'DotNetNuke.HttpModules' or one of its dependencies. Started By justins123 Hello, I'm new to DNN and upgrading our platform ultimately to 9.10. But I am recieving thebelow error when upgrading from 9.7.0 to 9.8.0 or 9.9.1. The binding in IIS seems to be poitning to the correct place, and I made previous upgrades from 9.2 to 9.7 without issue. It seems the upgrade from 9.7 to 9.8.0 or 9.9.1 (I've tried both) cause this error. Any thoughts on what it might be Server Error in '/DesktopModules/CompanyName/API-Storefront' Application. Could not load file or assembly...	7	4215	3	10/29/2021 12:28 PM by justins123

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