Upon upgrading to 4.8.2, most of my modules on the homepage show "Module Load Warning." Some are loading however, which indicates that the db connection and permissions are still good. Most of the menu links including the "LOGIN" link seem to be "dead links," redirecting me back to the home page.
This is how I upgraded: 1) I used the upgrade documentation, and being a professional web developer, decided to err on the side of caution by backing up everything first, as recommended and install a new folder for the new instance of dnn. 2) I edited the new web config to reflect the key values, connection string values, smtp settings blah blah blah, 3) I copied the portals directories to the new site, 4) I copied DLL's, being sure not to overwrite any existing DLL's in the new BIN folder. 5) I copied over custom images in the IMAGES directory relating to the portal LOGO(s). 5) I set the appropriate permissions on the website folder, shared the folder and pointed IIS to the new directory.
When I initially launched the new website in IE, it indicated that it was upgrading and did so successfully. So, I feel good about the database side.
Question #1 -- Are there additional files other than those in the /BIN, /Portals, /Images folders that I need to copy over?
Question #2 -- I downloaded and extracted the Upgrade version of the new DNN. Is this the correct version? Are there issues with the ZIP file. I've read some other postings about ZIP files sometimes not extracting properly.
Thanks in advance.