change umbraco version from 8 to 12 latest

[peak berry]

I think you can edit your project file to reference a newer version of Umbraco ?

Alot has changed though in Umbraco from v8 to v12

[shrewd dew]

You have to migrate your code and content into a new installation of Umbraco 12. There is a guide in the docs somewhere.

[austere silo]

https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/setup/upgrading/version-specific/upgrade-from-8-to-latest

[worldly crown]

lol, ia sked to update the template version , when i create a new project from vs 2022 (asp.net) and i install umbracoCms package (Install-Package UmbracoCms) and run the project it loads versio 8 umbraco instead of 12.

[worldly crown]

i have not mentioned to migrate my code , i only asked for updating. its something done using terminal or i dont remember

[shrewd dew]

you can't upgrade Umbraco 8 to 9+. You can only migrate.

[worldly crown]

i just want to update the umbraco cms version

[shrewd dew]

you can upgrade to the latest v8, which is 8.18 or so. But not any further than that

[worldly crown]

hmm , i think im not being able to explain 🙂

[worldly crown]

the lates is 12?

[shrewd dew]

Yes, the latest major version of Umbraco is 12. But it's incompatible with the .net framework, that Umbraco 8 is built on. Which is why you can only migrate from Umbraco 8 to one of the later majors.

[worldly crown]

ohhhh , thanks sir

[shrewd dew]

The link posted by Sebastiaan describes how you can migrate. It's kind of the same process as 7 to 8 was, although you'll probably need do some more code changing.

[worldly crown]

hmm , heres the thing , I created a new project just now (ASP.NET WEB Application (Framework) and i installed umrbacoCms package and ran it loads up 8.18 instead of 12 so im not asking to migrate , if i need to make the update in somewhere id.

[shrewd dew]

Okay, so you want to create a NEW Umbraco project based on the latest version? Heres what to do https://docs.umbraco.com/umbraco-cms/fundamentals/setup/install