Title: Admin Login Disabled. See Parse Error: Syntax Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Admin Login Disabled. See Parse Error: Syntax Error

 *  [kreopelle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kreopelle/)
 * (@kreopelle)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-disabled-see-parse-error-syntax-error/)
 * I work for The Manhattan Front, a World War I Centennial project that uses hosting
   with Network Solutions: [http://www.themanhattanfront.com](http://www.themanhattanfront.com)
 * On Saturday, when I tried to log in to the admin, I noticed the site seemed to
   be down. When I put in the URL, all I saw was a white screen.
 * When I tried to log in, I saw this error message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘Menu’’ (T_STRING) in /data/23/3/0/43/
   3652695/user/4063268/htdocs/WordPress/wp-content/themes/german-newspaper/functions.
   php on line 8
 * These conditions remain unchanged. We have scoured the forums, tested out multiple
   FTP solutions, but have not had any luck. Our profile is entirely disabled so
   I created a personal profile to have a way to post this topic.
 * I have spoken with Network Solutions, thinking it was a problem with our FTP 
   Client, but after troubleshooting with them multiple times, they continue to 
   say the problem seems to be on the WordPress end.
 * What can we do to get the website back up and running as soon as possible?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-disabled-see-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-5562931)
 * Access your server via [FTP or SFTP](https://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients),
   navigate to `/wp-content/themes/` and rename the directory of your currently 
   active theme. This will force the default theme to activate so you can access
   your site again.
 * Then, post over at [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/german-newspaper](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/german-newspaper)
   for assistance with the theme, but please note that it hasn’t been updated in
   over four years.

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 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)
 * [white screen](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/white-screen/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-login-disabled-see-parse-error-syntax-error/#post-5562931)
 * Status: not resolved

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