Updated project website for HttpCore 5.2-alpha1 release
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/news.md b/src/site/markdown/news.md
index 1be5d1f..f04f24b 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/news.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/news.md
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@
 HttpComponents Project News
 ===========================
 
+###### 13 September 2021 - HttpComponents Client 5.2-alpha1 released
+
+This is the first ALPHA release in the 5.2 release series that upgrades minimal JRE level to version 1.8 (8u251 is
+required) and includes several protocol level and API improvements. It also includes all bug fixes from the 5.1 branch.
+
+Notable changes and features included in the 5.2 series:
+
+- Upgrade to Java 1.8.
+- Improved support for TLS upgrade and HTTP protocol upgrade (async).
+- Improved customization of HTTP listeners (async).
+- Improved parsing and formatting of URI components.
+
 ###### 12 May 2021 - HttpComponents Client 5.1 (GA) released
 
 This is the first GA release in the 5.1 release series.
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/status.md b/src/site/markdown/status.md
index 4af9883..eee6203 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/status.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/status.md
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@
 HttpCore 5.2.x branch is the current feature development branch. The 5.2.x release series is expected to support 
 Java 1.8 features and functionality. 
 
-HttpComponents HttpCore 5.2.x
------------------------------
-
-HttpCore 5.2.x branch is the current feature development branch. The 5.2.x release series is expected to support
-Java 1.8 features and functionality.
-
 HttpComponents HttpCore 5.1.x
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links b/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fac1e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# links property file for Ant's symlink task in pom.xml:
+# links to components in http://hc.apache.org/components/
+
+5.2-alpha1  ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-alpha1
+current     ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-alpha1
diff --git a/src/site/site.xml b/src/site/site.xml
index ea2272a..176b9df 100644
--- a/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/src/site/site.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@
         <item name="Related" href="httpcomponents-client-5.1.x/related-projects.html"/>
         <item name="Download" href="httpcomponents-client-5.1.x/download.html"/>
       </item>
+      <item name="HttpCore 5.2 ALPHA" collapse="true" href="httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/index.html">
+        <item name="Examples" href="httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/examples.html"/>
+        <item name="Related" href="httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/related-projects.html"/>
+        <item name="Download" href="httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/download.html"/>
+      </item>
       <item name="HttpCore 5.1" collapse="true" href="httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/index.html">
         <item name="Examples" href="httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/examples.html"/>
         <item name="Related" href="httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/related-projects.html"/>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml b/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
index 31bd624..cb99d6d 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,49 @@
     <p>Recent releases of HttpCore can be found <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore">here</a></p>
   </subsection>
 
-  <subsection name="HttpAsyncClient 4.1.4 (GA)">
+    <subsection name="HttpCore 5.2 ALPHA1">
+      <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/KEYS">KEYS</a>
+      <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/RELEASE_NOTES-5.2.x.txt">Release Notes</a>
+      <br/>
+      <p>Binary</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.tar.gz">5.2-alpha1.tar.gz</a>
+          [<a
+                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.tar.gz.sha512">
+          sha512</a>]
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.tar.gz.asc">
+          pgp</a>]
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.zip">5.2-alpha1.zip</a>
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.zip.sha512">
+          sha512</a>]
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-bin.zip.asc">
+          pgp</a>]
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+      <p>Source</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.tar.gz">5.2-alpha1.tar.gz</a>
+          [<a
+                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.tar.gz.sha512">
+          sha512</a>]
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.tar.gz.asc">
+          pgp</a>]
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.zip">5.2-alpha1.zip</a>
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.zip.sha512">
+          sha512</a>]
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-alpha1-src.zip.asc">
+          pgp</a>]
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </subsection>
+
+    <subsection name="HttpAsyncClient 4.1.4 (GA)">
     <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpasyncclient/KEYS">KEYS</a>
     <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpasyncclient/RELEASE_NOTES-4.1.x.txt">Release Notes</a>
     <br/>