Hi Lee

Thanks for the tutorial on site logs  (Issue 21) I found it very useful.

I have just upgraded two sites from DNN 4.4.1 to DNN 4.5.3 and decided to follow your tutorial to reduce log file size.

I noticed whilst one site had an  > Admin >>"Event Viewer" link, the other site had retained the  > Admin >> "Log Viewer" link.

It has not made any difference to me what this link is called, but I am wondering if when I upgraded the site, perhaps not everything upgraded or FTP'd  ( I did not watch all files FTP) as it should and as a consequence, may cause site errors or conflict.

Also, on both sites when in 'Scheduler' >> Edit Mode >> Update, the page does not return to the main 'schedule' page, am I being too fussy or is that a possible upgrade error?

I know they are only minor things, which is not an issue with me, but just in case of a future major problem, how can I check that I have the fully upgraded version?

Thanks

Lynn

Hi Lynn,

Glad to hear you found the tutorial useful, I created it for you after hearing about your problems with the log files and your hosting provider shutting you down.

To be honest I don't know how you can check if the upgrade is a fully upgraded version.  I think you are right to be cautious, the main check I would do is in the event logs and see if any errors are occurring.

I would also post in the main DotNetNuke.com forum as they may be able to provide an insight into this.

I suspect they may say to just FTP all of the upgrade installation files again, execute the install URL, and see if this solves the problem (of course backup everything before attempting this)

Thanks,

Hi Lee

I feel honoured that you created the tutorial for my benefit, how considerate of you, thank you.

Regarding the problem I was having with my log files, I later discovered that my (previous) hosting provider, used that as an excuse for removing my database, to hide the fact, that their server was causing 'torn pages'. So perhaps my log files was not as large as implied because the main problem was that the server was underpowered and oversubscribed.

Regards

Lynn

no problem ;-) - interesting info on the hosting provider. - Thanks,

Hi Lee,
My first time in this forum
I too have experienced very simmilar issues as Lynn... after upgrading to dnn4.5.3 and causing the site to crashed... (i did post issues in dnn forum here and here but did not get any reply yet )

Anyway, after purchasing your site membership, I found the videos have saved me alot of digging arround for the solutions. Now my site is backed online and I had gone thru all the tutorial with regards to configuring and maintennace the Site Log.. also taken your advice by carefully FTP all dnn4.5.3 upgrade files again and it seem to fix most of the errors in the Event Log accept for this one : 

AssemblyVersion: -1
PortalID: -1
PortalName:
UserID: -1
UserName:
ActiveTabID: -1
ActiveTabName:
RawURL:
AbsoluteURL:
AbsoluteURLReferrer:
UserAgent:
DefaultDataProvider:
ExceptionGUID:
InnerException: Could not load type ''.
FileName:
FileLineNumber: -1
FileColumnNumber: -1
Method:
StackTrace:
Message: System.Web.HttpException: Could not load type ''. ---> System.ArgumentException: String cannot have zero length. at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) at DotNetNuke.Framework.Reflection.CreateType(String TypeName, String CacheKey, Boolean UseCache, Boolean IgnoreErrors)
Source:
Server Name: FDC-W7YZH5TW9QY
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One other issue since after the upgrade.. I have 2 portals running on one dnn installation on the same server but the website loading speedtest for portal0 (parent portal) is now  much slower  than portal1(sub portal)... this is unussual as they used to have all the same speedtest result !  you think the error above causing this ?

BTW similar to Lynn, I also noticed the site log viewer is labelled 'Event Viewer' in portal 0 vs Log Viewer in portal 1  ???

Hello,

Welcome to the forum! - I'm not sure what is causing the problem. - Whenever I have come across a problem in the EventLogs I have deleted the content from the table using truncate and it's always fixed the problem. - The details are mentioned in the video. If this doesn't work, I don't know what else to test. - The speed test could be related to upgrade error problems / logs.

Good luck, thanks,