Revision as of 00:19, 1 January 2014

Upgrading DotNetNuke

This information is for upgrading the free Community Edition of DotNetNuke version 06.00.01 to version 07.00.00.

Preparing to Upgrade DotNetNuke 7.0

NOTE: It is advisable to backup all your site files and databases.

Downloading the Upgrade Package

1. Go to www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Downloads.aspx and sign in, creating an account if you don't have one.
2. Locate the different packages (around the middle of the page).
3. Download the "Upgrade Package".
4. Save to a location you will remember.

NOTE: If you haven't installed DotNetNuke on the server yet, then you can choose the "Install Package", but to upgrade you will choose to download the "Upgrade Package" link. The download will begin shortly after that.

Extracting the Files

After downloading, you will need to extract the files from the DotNetNuke_Community_07.00.00_Upgrade.zip to an empty folder.

1. Create a new folder called dnnupgrade
2. Extract the contents of the .zip file to dnnupgrade

Uploading the Files

After the extraction is done, you will want to upload the files to your server via FTP protocol.

1. Open your favorite FTP program and connect to your server
2. Navigate & Locate the folder dnnupgrade (usually done in the left window pane of your FTP program)
3. In the "remote site", i.e. server, making sure you are in your wwwroot folder
   1. or whichever folder the "root" is for your DotNetNuke installation is located (This is the same folder as the admin folder).
4. In the left "local site", i.e. your computer, select all the files in the folder dnnupgrade
5. Upload & Overwrite the folders and files on the server

NOTE: All your site's FTP user information is located in the original email we sent to you when the account was set up.

For more information on FTP clients and some setup assistance please visit these wiki's ''''https://wiki.hostek.com/FTP_Clients'''' and ''''https://wiki.hostek.com/Ftp'''' 

Installing DotNetNuke 7.0

After you have finished downloading, extracting, and uploading the new files to the server, you will simply navigate to your site. You will be redirected to an update wizard page. There you will find an installation button, once you click this installation button, the site will update including the database.

You will get conformation that the installation was successful and another button will appear saying visit website. Log-in as the root/admin (SuperUser) if you are not already and navigate the new interface.

Issues Installing the Upgrade

If you run into trouble or the installation fails, no worries, we have you covered. We keep backups of all site files and databases. Request a restore from support

Disable Logging

1. Log in as a Super User
2. (Optional) Clear the event log by going to Admin/Event and click "Clear Log." This will clear the current log entries.
3. Under the Admin Event viewer page, click the drop down menu, and find Edit Log Settings. Then for each event, you can edit whether the event gets logged and how many past events are kept.