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persona bar error at 68% upgrade 9.1.1 to 9.3.2 Started By Michael Hamlett upgrading as indicated. i just have a few dnnsharp modules that i upgraded to 5.1 versions as indicated by dnnsharp. i removed the skin and used the gravity default skin to eliminate these potential errors. upgrade stops at 68 with persona bar error. 68 error occured - installin gPersonaBar - Dnn.personabar.extensions_09.06.00_instal.zip any thoughts	1	2023	1	5/9/2020 2:34 PM by Michael Hamlett
Upgraded from 7.04.00 to 9.6.1 Started By mitchew We've upgraded using the recommended path at https://dnndocs.com/conte...rade-path/index.html and https://dnndocs.com/conte.../upgrades/index.html now we're experiencing an issue with the login basic settings tab throwing a 'There was an error retrieving content'. How do I begin to troubleshoot this issue Is there a log file	6	2901	1	5/15/2020 12:00 PM by mitchew
Upgrade Wiki is dated 2015. 5 years ago? Started By DNNDude Hi Nukers, From the GitHub page, the links to the upgrade Wiki take you to https://www.dnnsoftware.c...upgrading-dotnetnuke This page is dated at 2015. Is this still current info If so, can we get a date update on it to inspire a bit more confidence The upgrade steps reference steps 2 and 3, but he doc is formatted in bullet points Can anyone upgrade this Thanks!	2	2007	1	5/17/2020 7:46 AM by DNNDude
istabpreview error on upgrade from 9.1.1 to 9.3.2 Started By mhamlett101 i see this on every module when i upgrade from 9.1.1 to 9.3.2 or directly to 9.5 Error: USER EXPERIENCE is currently unavailable. DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: h:\root\home\mhamlett-001\www\site1\DesktopModules\HTML\HtmlModule.ascx(109): error CS0117: 'DotNetNuke.Common.Globals' does not contain a definition for 'IsTabPreview' ---> System.Web.HttpCompileException: h:\root\home\mhamlett-001\www\site1\DesktopModules\HTML\HtmlModule.ascx(109): error CS0117: 'DotNetNuke...	7	2723	1	5/6/2020 9:24 AM by mhamlett101
Upgrade from DNN8 to DNN 9.? Started By Rob Mellinger We are somewhat new to DNN, having inherited a client site from another company, and need to upgrade our DNN 08.00.04 to some flavor of DNN 9. The 'recommended upgrade path' (https://dnndocs.com/conte...ade-path/index.html) ends at 09.05 (is that 9.5 in DNN point versioning, because I'm seeing a lot of language on here about upgrading to DNN 9.3.1 or 9.4, but none of those use the 09.05 I'm seeing on that upgrade page). I'm trying to determine what is the latest stable version that is still s...	5	3035	1	5/6/2020 12:24 PM by Rob Mellinger
What version of .NET framework is needed for DNN 9.3.2, and DNN 5? Started By Tom Melkonian Hi , I am running DNN 9.2.2 and need to upgrade to DNN 5. I believe I need to upgrade first to DNN 9.3.2, upgrade DNN Sharp Modules, and then upgrade to DNN 5.1.x. I am currently running on .NEt 4.6 . Will this work for upgrading to DNN 5 Thanks Tom	7	4188	0	5/1/2020 6:20 PM by Tom Melkonian
JQuery 3.5.0 DNN 9.6.0 Started By drcz JQuery 3.5.0 introduced few breaking changes https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/30553 https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/4665 How I can revert to JQuery 3.4.1 but keep DNN 9.6.0 util the 3.5.1 will be released	5	3815	1	5/2/2020 2:46 AM by drcz
VS Build error after upgrading to 9.5 Started By Jamie Baldasera Since upgrading to 9.5 from 9.0 I get these 4 errors and my project will no longer build. Any ideas Error Unknown server tag 'dnn:Label'. \webupload.ascx Error Unknown server tag 'dnn:DnnScriptBlock'. \filepickeruploader.ascx 32	3	2433	1	4/23/2020 11:14 AM by Jamie Baldasera
Menubar not showing when upgrade to 9.4.1 Started By [email protected] Hi all, Problem: when i trying to upgrade from 9.1.1 to 9.4.1 the Menu bar not Displaying My scanrio: - i have to environment (Test server,Live Server) -in webconfig Test i connect to Live DateBase(by mistake) -start Upgrading -now i have in souce Test v 9.4.1 and Database v 9.1.1, Live DB 9.4.1 Source 9.1.1 i need your help to downgrade to 9.1.1 only DateBase. i have already problems this days to Restore. Thanks	2	1979	0	4/21/2020 2:25 PM by [email protected]
Upgrade from DNN 9.03.02 to 9.05.00 personaBar gives 500 error on multiple admin sections Started By Andrei Coman After I upgraded my website from DNN 9.03.02 to 9.05.00 personaBar gives 500 internal server error on multiple admin sections: for example on Pages section. /API/PersonaBar/Pages/GetContentLocalizationEnabled error: Message: 'An error has occurred.' ExceptionMessage: 'An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'PagesController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.' ExceptionType: 'System.InvalidOperationException' InnerExce...	5	3786	2	4/10/2020 5:58 PM by Andrei Coman

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