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Upgrading DotNetNuke

howtoIt’s important to keep your web applications up-to-date. This prevents known vulnerabilities from being exploited and wreaking havoc on your site. That goes for any third-party software you might use on your site, but today we’re going to talk about updating DotNetNuke.

The most important thing before upgrading is to back up your current DotNetNuke site. Also, if you are using any third-party themes or modules, please contact the author(s) before upgrading to make sure they are still supported in the latest version of DNN.

Backing up the MS SQL database

This will place the backup of your MS SQL database within the App_Data directory with the file extension “.bak.”

Backing up your web site files via FTP

Downloading the upgrade files and Extracting

Important: you must know your SuperUser account login in order to upgrade.

You can download the Upgrade files through DNN’s download page.

Uploading the updated files

Upgrading


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