By Ron Miles on
6/5/2010 8:59 PM
Over the past few weeks I have upgraded more than a dozen DotNetNuke websites to the current latest version, v5.4.2. For some of those sites it was a trivial upgrade coming from a very recent version, but for many of them it was a long trip from as far back as v4.6.2 released in October of 2007. Happily, most of the updates went flawlessly. Some of them, however, hit a few bumps in the road along the way. After finishing my last update, I thought it would be worthwhile to write about some of the common pitfalls in performing a DNN upgrade, and how to deal with them when they come up.
Rule #1 – Backup, backup, backup The first and most important thing to do before starting any upgrade is to back up both your database and your file system. Backing up the file system should be simple enough for anyone performing the upgrade – if you have access to be able to upload the DNN upgrade files, then you have access to back up the existing files. Do not skip this step, it is not optional. Depending on how your website...