Hi Dave

1: When you're logged in to the umbraco backend you can see the version by clicking the "About" button in the upper right corner

2: Have you copied only the files or do you have a dump of the database as well? You need to be aware that the network service probably needs full permissions (as long as it's not a live site your're testing I think this should be okay, but otherwise some of the brighter minds in here can probably tell you how to setup permissions most securely). But this part is hard to answer more specifically before you know, which versions you're running. If it's umbraco 4 the app pool should run ASP.NET 2 and should be set to either classic or integrated...can't remember it from the top of my head.

If it's running 4.5.2 on ASP.NET 4 the application pool should be set to ASP.NET 4 and integrated mode.

Just keep posting in here and we'll soon get you up and running :-)

/Jan

Hi Jan

Just back from my xmas break (for a rest....)

There is no About button and the consensus of opinion here is that its not 4, more probably 3 (but really nobody has a clue!).

I have now moved the live copy to an old demo Umbraco server that I found hoping that it would work!

IIS path : Servername/Web Sites/xxDemo/(all the files from the live site here) (with xxDemo being a virtual directory)

and get a different error which is 'The virtual path '/default.aspx' maps to another application, which is not allowed.'

Hopefully somebody can help

Best regards

Dave

Hi Dave

Welcome back :-)

Is it possible for you to post a screendump of the content section in your umbraco installation? Then we can quickly determine the version I think and then it will be much more easy to give you advise.

I'm not quite sure about the virtual directory thing...I'm not sure you can use virtual directories with Umbraco.

/Jan

Hi Jan

You're on the ball this morning........!

Here is an image of the content section of the live site - does it help?

Dave

You're using a pre v4 version of umbraco which does not support virtual directories, your website must be running at the root of the website (configured through iis).

Cheers,

/Dirk

Another way to find the umbraco version is to have a look at the web.config file which has a umbracoConfigurationStatus key in the appSettings section, the value for that key is the exact umbraco version you're running. About button will only reveal the major version.

Cheers,

/Dirk 

It's definately not a version 4 installation. But since the "about" is missing it's hard to tell if it's v3 or in fact an even earlier version. I'm thinking it could possibly also be a version 2.1.x

I must admit that it's not much I can remember about the previous versions and what you need to be aware of when doing copies of sites on test-servers etc.

Have you considered doing an upgrade or do you need to get he old Umbraco versions to know and then administer them as is?

/Jan

Hi Dirk/Jan

Thanks for the replies.

I'm not sure I'd like to attempt a pre-4 to 4 upgrade at the same time as modifying the site!

Maybe when I get the site changes installed and up successfully, we'll think about upgrading.

There is no umbracoConfigurationStatuskey in the web.config so it is probably an old version.

I have requested an IP address on the server from our admins and I'll set it up in the root, hopefully that should work.

Regards

Dave

Thanks guys - its up and running :>)

For the record, what are the pitfalls and problems associated with upgrading to the latest Umbraco version, is there a good 'how to' anywhere that you would recommend.

Dave

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