Breaking Changes (from 8.0.0)

The following are breaking changes that can impact upgrades as well as third party extensions:

.NET 4.5.1 or higher is now required
Removed the following administration modules from the product: Site Log, Newsletters, Vendors & Banners
- Although no longer supported, these can be downloaded from (https://github.com/DNNCommunity)
Removed the following navigation providers: ASP2Menu, DNNDropDown, DNNMenu, DNNTree, Solpart
Removed the following functionality/modules: What’s New, Feed Browser, Widget Framework, Getting Started, Content List
Removed the legacy appSetting connection string (modules that have not updated for this in the past years will now break as a result)
Moved Telerik controls to a new assembly, requiring third party extension to recompile to continue to work (this is so phase them out completely in the next series of releases)
Removed support for Internet Explorer 8
Third Party Modules (formerly core modules that shipped with the Platform) known to break on this upgrade and require new versions to be installed:
- FAQ
- Feedback
- Iframe
- Events
- Form and List

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