Custom Theme not working at all

  • Hi,

    I setup a website about 5 years ago using WordPress. Not familiar with web desining, a colleague of mine helped me developed a custom theme. When I upgraded the WP to a higher version, my website just went plain blank with the theme color (black and red) after which nothing can be seen. So I had to revert to a normal theme to view the links and contents. Can somebody help me what I need to do to fix the theme issue. I still want to use the same theme cause it was custom made for my website.

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  • I setup a website about 5 years ago using WordPress.

    Woo!

    Can somebody help me what I need to do to fix the theme issue.

    For a custom theme that was developed 5 years ago, any number of WordPress changes may have broken the theme and caused it to not work again.

    It could be a single line of code that’s the culprit, but, unfortunately, there’s no magic bullet wand that can help find it. Every theme is different, and without having access to the theme files, there’s not much that anyone here can do to help.

    So, I’m afraid your options are:

    1. Get the original developer to test and fix any broken code for you
    2. Hire someone to do the same
    3. Move on, and switch to a new and actively supported theme

    In your wp-config.php file, please find this line:
    define('WP_DEBUG', false);
    And change it to:
    define('WP_DEBUG', true);
    and for good measure add:
    error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    and for good measure also:
    define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true);

    Then with your old theme active, see what your website displays now. Please post whatever it shows here.

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by RossMitchell.
    Thread Starter vomwesterwald

    (@vomwesterwald)

    Hi RossMitchell,

    I could not find the define(‘WP_DEBUG’, false); line in the wp-config.php. So I decided to insert the script you gave me into the file anyway. And the below is what it shows when I hit the homepage. Please advice.

    Regards,

    Selvam

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    Notice: wp_enqueue_script was called incorrectly. Scripts and styles should not be registered or enqueued until the wp_enqueue_scripts, admin_enqueue_scripts, or login_enqueue_scripts hooks. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 3.3.) in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3943

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: add_option was called with an argument that is deprecated since version 2.3 with no alternative available. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3890

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in CataBlogWidget is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3764

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in CataBlogCategoryWidget is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3764

    Notice: The called constructor method for WP_Widget in statistx_Widget is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use
    __construct()
    instead. in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 3764
    Westerwald Kennel Rss

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function obwp_get_meta() in /home/westerwa/public_html/wp-content/themes/redtime/header.php on line 3

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