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Forum: Upgrading DNN Platform

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Error while upgrading from 8.0.4 to 9.1.1 Started By Nicolas Hello, We're trying to upgrade our instance from DNN 7.4.2 to DNN 9.8, so i'm following the Suggested Upgrade Path. After doing a first update to DNN 8.0.4 without encountering any problems, I try to update to DNN 9.1.1. I then get this error during the process: 00:01:23.038 - Installing Package File Dnn.PersonaBar.AdminLogs_02.00.01_Install: Server Error in '/' Application. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type Description: An unhandled exception occurre...	4	2830	2	11/23/2020 12:54 PM by Nicolas
Upgrading DNN to 9.7.2 Started By Alexandru Ionescu Hi everybody, I am trying to upgrade from 7.3.3 to 9.7.2, and in order to achieve that i have started with the first step: upgrading to 7.4.2. After the installation ended, the only error apeared in the final install report was this: 'Installing Package File Telerik_07.03.04_Install: Error!' What should I do next Thank you,	7	2794	1	10/29/2020 8:47 AM by Alexandru Ionescu
Error DNNSharp AF after upgrade to DNN971 Started By willem We upgraded our DNN website to DNN 9.7.1. (with AF version 5.7.16) and now we get this error: DnnSharp.Common.InitCommonDlls.Utils.WebConfig..ctor() 155 DnnSharp.Common.InitCommonDlls.AppStartup.ExecuteStartupTasks() 296 DnnSharp.Common.InitCommonDlls.AppStartup.Initialize() 8 InvalidOperationException: The pre-application start initialization method Initialize on type DnnSharp.Common.InitCommon...	7	3744	3	9/10/2020 8:28 AM by willem
Upgrading HTML Module Started By MaxxToad I upgraded DNN to 9.8 but I have several core modules that show newer versions. Where can I find the module upgrades at Thanks,	3	1908	1	11/13/2020 10:18 PM by MaxxToad
DeleteTab Stored Procedure Started By jamese77 Hello, I am hoping you can help or point me into the right direction. We recently upgraded out DNN framework from v5.5.1 to V7.3.4. After the upgrade was complete, we noticed our Tab menu reordering was rearranged. We traced it down to the stored procedure of 'DeleteTab'. In V5.5.1 we have the following code in proc 'DeleteTab' SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO ALTER procedure [dbo].[DeleteTab] TabId int as delete from dbo.Tabs where ...	1	2222	0	5/18/2020 1:47 PM by jamese77
How to remove TabID methode. Sometimes SEO-Friendly change to TabID by Click on product list filter! Started By Armin Rahimian Hi All pages of my website are using SEO-humane-friendly URL. But sometimes, for example when I click on Manufacturue Filters on my online store product list, The URL change to TabID URL method!!! This DNN was 8 in 5 years ago and 2 years ago upgraded to 9.1.1 and now we upgrade version by version to 9.7.0. Our online store working as well on New DNN 9.7.0 when we click on Manufacturer filter in product list page. but in this old DNN upgraded to 9.7.0, only in this area URL change to...	13	5820	3	10/8/2020 2:34 AM by Armin Rahimian
Friendly URLs Not Working in 8.0.4 Started By Terry Hi I am trying to upgrade a website from 6.2.9 to 9.7.* I have upgraded to 7.0.0 and then to 7.4.2 fine and the website works just as it did. I had all sorts of issues trying to upgrade to 8.0.4 with lots of error including: Could not load type DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Config.RewriterRule Collection' from assembly 'DotNetNuke.HttpModules, Version=8.0.4.226, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null. So in version 7.4.2 I removed TanLD rewriter completely and got the site working without ...	3	2059	1	10/15/2020 1:45 PM by Terry
How to Reset All Upgraded DNN to 9.7+ settings as an installing New DNN 9.7+ Started By Armin Rahimian Hi Thank you in advance for your support. It has happened to me many times that after upgrading DNN from 8. to 9. several errors and bugs. for example in this case http://2020.shaghayegh2.com/فروشگاه/عطر-ادکلن when you click on the brand name of perfume the URL will change from SEO-friendly to TabID method. but all settings look like is good and I never set to this changing happens. I looking for a clear upgrade way exactly sam as a new instalation dnn settings. without any errors and...	1	1613	1	10/8/2020 5:41 AM by Armin Rahimian
Cant login to admin after upgrade Started By sypa I've just upgraded from DNN 7.4.2 to DNN 8.0.4 I can no longer login to the admin area. I get this error: Module Load Warning One or more of the modules on this page did not load. This may be temporary. Please refresh the page (click F5 in most browsers). If the problem persists, please let the Site Administrator know. On the upgrade status report - everything was uploaded successfully. However underneath there was this error: ---------------------------------...	9	3989	1	9/15/2020 5:58 AM by sypa
Error loading site settings after updating to version 9.6 Started By Fiyori After the update from version 9.4 to version 9.6, unfortunately, the following problems occurred 1- The site settings section does not load and displays the following error Uncaught ReferenceError: interval is not defined at countdown_proc (comingsoon.js:4) at s.fn.init.$.fn.countdown (comingsoon.js:11) at HTMLDocument. ((index):1987) at e (js:11) at t (js:11) SiteSettings.css:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 416 () /AP...	1	2083	0	9/24/2020 4:31 AM by Fiyori

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