Error Help

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Common_Installation_Problems
try the top solution ?

I looked at that and it didn’t help. I had WP installed through Fantastico if that makes a difference.

Thanks for your help!

What was the last thing you did to the blog before it went wrong?
Install a plugin ?
Install a theme ?

I had changed the menu.php according to this thread: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic.php?id=24340

I only changed the numbers in the top section there, and I had taken a screen shot of the original values, “just incase” and changed them back when the error started, but the error didn’t go away.

What did you edit the file with ?
Are you certain that the very very last thing in that file is

?>

and that there is no whitespace after that ? (Did you do the Delete key thing mentioned in the above link ?)

I edited the file through my control panel.

I did the delete thing at the end. There is nothing left after the ?>

It is preferable to download the file and edit it with a program such as Notepad++ ( https://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/about.php )
and then reupload the changed file. That may be worth doing.

if the file is already screwed up, do I just have to reinstall?

No – you could redownload WP (from the link at the top here), unzip it, then just upload the (now new) menu.php
Check your blog works okay, then edit it as you need to.

Do get it working first though – makes it easier to find errors should they occur.

< gasp > that seems to have done it!!! Thank you so VERY much!!!

Good stuff ??