I can't access my website after trying to edit php with this theme

  • Resolved jeawhelan

    (@jeawhelan)


    8 years, 11 months ago

    I am building this website as a final project for a college class. I attempted to edit the php and css to change the header dimensions and I reaqlly messed up!

    This is what my site says now – I can’t even log in. PLEASE HELP!

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/harperto/public_html/mysite/wp-content/themes/fortunato-child/functions.php on line 16

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Do you have the Twenty Fifteen/ Fourteen/ any standard WordPress theme inside your installation? These themes come with WordPress itself so unless you knowingly deleted them the answer should be “yes”. If so and you rename your active theme folder then WordPress will automatically deactivate your theme and activate one of the default WordPress themes. That will at least get your website back online.

    FTP is just a name of the thing that lets you manage the files and folders of your website. This is not the WordPress dashboard, this is something that your hosting providers give you. It can just be a simple file manager that lets you edit files, upload new ones and rename folders.

    Your theme’s folder can be found inside the “wp-content/themes/” folder.

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Can you post lines 13 to 19 of your Child Theme functions.php file?

    Thread Starter jeawhelan

    (@jeawhelan)

    Hi,

    Thank you for your reply. I was able to get a hold of the hosting company and they got me back online!

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