I just upgraded a 5.1 site to 5.2.1 using the upgrade method in control panel extend - and it overwrote most of the content with the default content.
I downloaded the entire site and saved it locally before the upgrade. I have now had to delete all the new site from server and am in process of uploading all the old files.
This is a bit of a worry - on a live site.
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Site is now restored. I realise now that I should have saved the logs before I nuked and paved. And that also I could have probably just uploaded content and template folders, but it was a bit of a panic.
Here are things to bear in mind good Pulse friends…
- the in place upgrade process seems to have failed in this case.
- If you reinstate a site from local backups, you cannot just place the files back on the server. Pulse has got more complicated over the years and you will have to reinstall it.
- At which point you will realise that you cannot log in anymore, using either the default password, or you old one.
- Which is very worrying as I have never successfully managed to get Pulse to resend my password by email.
- So you need to make sure that you upload your old pulsecore/storage folder as it contains important stuff including ability to log in.
Will use the old FTP method in future.
On a plus note though, I am delighted that the Pulse social tagging now works inthe Blog. Previously if you hit a button, FB, mail or whatever it would target the site or blog page, now it targets the actual blog post which is what was required.
Thanks 
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