Upgraded to latest version of Concrete5, now site is down

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I recently updated a site to the newest version of concrete 5. The site was only one version behind.

I made a backup of the site before downloading the upgrade, but once I ran the upgrade, I get the following message:

An unexpected error occurred.
An error occurred while processing this request.

Nothing works, I can't even get to the dashboard to restore my backup. How do I fix this?


EDIT:
In an attempt to see what the error message was, I edited the exceptions.php and forced the site to display the message by changing this line

View::renderError(t('An unexpected error occurred.'), t('An error occurred while processing this request.'), $e);

with this one
View::renderError(t('An unexpected error occurred.'), $e->getMessage(), $e);


The message now reads:
An unexpected error occurred.
Unable to get category for permission view_page

Any suggestions on getting this fixed and the site back up?

CQWeb
 
Steevb replied on at Permalink Reply
Steevb
What version of C5 were you using before upgrading?
CQWeb replied on at Permalink Reply
CQWeb
I believe it was 5.5.2.1

When I look in my updates folder (I still can see the tree via FTP) this is the last folder I can see before 5.6.3.2
Steevb replied on at Permalink Reply
Steevb
You can't jump to 5.6.3.2, you'll have to do it stages. Try 5.6 first, then 5.6.3, then 5.6..3.2.
andrewjaff replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
andrewjaff
Hi ,

just comment last line if your site.php I.e define('DIR_UPDATED_PATTh, 'Concrete5.5.2.1)

After that your site will work.
you can't upgrate directly to 5.6.3.2