Title: ERROR: "Cannot load theme-settings"
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# ERROR: "Cannot load theme-settings"

 *  [phileggen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phileggen/)
 * (@phileggen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/)
 * Hello,
 * When I click on “theme settings” (theme: “Hatch”), the following error message
   is given: “Cannot load theme-settings”.
    It’s not only in this theme, it’s in
   every theme i tried.
 * To solve the problem i’ve deleted every plugin but still no cigar.
 * WordPress version 3.9.2
    Theme: Hatch No plugins installed
 * I already did some research about this, but couldn’t find the right topic. Can
   anyone help me please?
 * Much appreciated!
    Phil.

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 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226756)
 * Can you install the 2014 theme and post a link to your site?
 *  Thread Starter [phileggen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phileggen/)
 * (@phileggen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226758)
 * I did something stupid and tried to change a line in the CSS sheet and now i 
   can’t get onto my dashboard anymore :-/
 * is there an easy way to get it back working so we can address the previous error?
 * Thanks!
    P.
 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226760)
 * your theme’s css?
 *  Thread Starter [phileggen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phileggen/)
 * (@phileggen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226762)
 * i went to “Appearance” -> “Editor” and changed a line in that CSS. Very stupid,
   i know :-/ so now i can’t even access my dashboard via phileggen.com/wp-admin
 * Shall i reinstall wordpress? (i just started so i don’t really lose that much
   content)
 * thanks,
    P
 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226763)
 * You can access your theme folder via ftp and remove the theme Hatch.
 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226764)
 * css wouldn’t have caused that.
 * What were you changing exactly?
 *  Thread Starter [phileggen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phileggen/)
 * (@phileggen)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226776)
 * so in “Appearance” -> “Editor” and then in CSS I changed this:
 * _if ( is\_admin() )
    require\_once( trailingslashit( get\_template\_directory()).‘
   admin/functions-admin.php’
 * changed it with something i found on a forum, that would solve this error, but
   it was clearly false.
 * P.
 *  [katrinahx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinahx/)
 * (@katrinahx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226779)
 * Hi Phil, I just checked your site and it appears the wp-content folder is inside
   the wp-admin folder. The wp-content folder should be in the root folder called“
   public_html”, not inside the wp-admin folder. I would move the wp-content folder
   to the root folder and/or contact your web host to guide you through this process.
 * Here is the error message I see on your site:
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘)’
   in /home2/boddah27/public_html/wp-admin/wp-content/themes/hatch/functions.php
   on line 89
 * Here is what the directories should look like:
    /home2/boddah27/public_html/wp-
   admin /home2/boddah27/public_html/wp-content
 *  [katrinahx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katrinahx/)
 * (@katrinahx)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-cannot-load-theme-settings/#post-5226785)
 * _so in “Appearance” -> “Editor” and then in CSS I changed this:_
 * if ( is_admin() )
    require_once( trailingslashit( get_template_directory() ) .‘
   admin/functions-admin.php’
 * Also, one more thing — the code you used above is not CSS code, this code is 
   related to functions so would need to be added to the functions.php file, not
   the CSS file. CSS code includes things like font styles, border styles, colors,
   font sizes, appearance related styling changes.
 * Some tips on making changes to the functions.php file (since In my experience,
   making changes to the functions.php file can be tricky):
    1) It’s always best
   to make a copy of the orginal functions.php file before changing it. 2) Sometimes,
   when making functions customizations within the WordPress dashboard, errors can
   occur. It’s best to use a text editor outside of WordPress and make the change
   to the functions.php file there, then upload that file to your site via your 
   web host cpanel (your web host can guide you in this process) or via FTP.
 * Hope this helps!

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