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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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Upgrading from 9.4.4 to 9.5.0 - Errors in FileManager Started By abartholomew I just previously upgraded my DNN site from 7.3.3 up to 9.4.4 following the suggested upgrade path. I had originall tried to upgrade to version 9.7.2, but I am running a site that is utilizing VB.net and 9.7.2 had a known breaking change addressed in issue https://github.com/dnnsof...latform/issues/4138. So I had tried to upgrade to the latest full release of 9.7.0 that did not include that breaking change. The site upgraded and I was able to browse the site normally, but the errors came once I ...	7	4567	2	11/25/2020 5:11 PM by abartholomew
DNN 4.09.05 Started By Bargra Hey All .. I have a legacy version of DNN (4.09.05) that is currently running on Windows Server 2008. I know .. OLD .. and i should upgrade it but it does what it needs to do so all is good. My host (DiscountASP) is needing me to upgrade to Windows 2012 or 2016 for end of life reasons with 2008 Does anyone know of any gotcha's that I should be aware of with this migration 3.5 Framework will exist.	4	2974	0	12/10/2020 11:21 AM by Bargra
Upgrade 9.0.2 to 9.1.0 Dies RESX:PersonaBarMenu.Text Not Found During Persona Started By Paul Johnson I am trying to upgrade a 9.0.2 DNN Platform to 9.1.0 and it dies with a missing resx. I have tried everything. I have downloaded the source looking for 'RESX:PersonaBarMenu.Text' and it is not in the source. I have done full file scans (including into DLLs) of a clean 9.0.2 and my 9.0.2 with no success. I have added this text to every reasonable resx file. I have overlaid the files in my 9.0.2 for all of persona directories, and made every single database entry the same as the clean 9.0.2. I...	5	3486	1	9/13/2019 4:26 PM by Paul Johnson
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	2931	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	2934	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	3887	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	2005	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	2337	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	6033	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	2156	1	10/15/2020 1:45 PM by Terry

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