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jncraig
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31 May 2008 11:37 AM  
This process has been in place since Version 4.6.2, but it's not gotten a lot of attention until this week.

One of the more tedious parts of a DotNetNuke upgrade has been the requirement to upgrade the web.config file manually.  Here's the good news:  YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ANYMORE (if you are upgrading from a 4.6.2 or later site.)

Just USE THE UPGRADE package, unzip it over your existing installation, and then browse to the site to upgrade.  In my case, I always set autoupgrade=false in web.config.  So, I have to browse to /Install/install.aspx to force the upgrade to trigger.

I just upgraded a 4.7.0 site to 4.8.3 this way and things went well.

And, always back up your database and web directory before upgrading ... just in case something fails.

Joe Craig
DNN Creative Support
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