How to upgrade DotNetNuke® from v3.x to v3.2 on a live website

• Backup your installation
  
• Backup the web.config file
  
• Backup any other files you may have changed such as the fav.ico file, custom 404 pages, etc.
  
• Edit the web.config file
  <add key="AutoUpgrade" value="true" />
  to
  <add key="AutoUpgrade" value="false" />
  
  
• Upload this change to the server
  
  
• Transfer from your server web.config file the settings to the release.config file, covering:
  • <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=7.8.2.1,23;Database=audio32xT;uid=Myuid;pwd=usm38fTJ;" />
  • <add key="MachineValidationKey" value="DB02CB97BAE1814E49F1310895EC33B22FC70014" />
  • <add key="MachineDecryptionKey" value="6E324A6FF2B87D590B71D61FDD95C82A137C980893117CF0"/>
  • <add key="InstallationDate" value="11/19/2005" />
    
    
• If you have made any further changes to your web.config file for third party modules,  HTTP compression, or database object qualifiers, copy these changes across to the release.config file
  
  
• If you have enabled HTTP compression, disable it until you have completed the upgrade
  
  
• Tip: - When you make changes to your web.config file, surround the changes with comments so that it easy to spot at a later date any changes that you have made
  
  
• Save the changes to the release.config file and rename it to web.config
  
  
• The first file to upload is the dotnetnuke.dll file from the bin folder
  
  
• This informs DotNetNuke that you are upgrading the website and it will now display an under construction page
  • (You can view the under construction page in the Install folder)
    
    
• Upload all of the DotNetNuke 3.2 installation files over the top of the current installation
  
  
• Open your browser and enter the following URL:
  • http://www.yourwebsiteaddress.com/Install/Install.aspx?mode=Install
    
    
• This will trigger the installation process
  
  
• Check that your website is operating correctly and that you can still login
  

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