Title: getting parse error – 1st time theme
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# getting parse error – 1st time theme
* Resolved [hanzzsolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanzzsolo/)
* (@hanzzsolo)
* [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error/)
* Help I am getting a Parse error on this code. what am I doing wrong?
ERROR is**
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after the_post(); ?> and before **** **
ERROR ON THIS LINE**
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* [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
* (@frumph)
* [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error/#post-1172196)
* look at it in a more ..easier to read way.
* ```
if (have_posts():
while (have_posts()):
the_title(); "after the_posts(); ?> and before "
endwhile;
endwhile;
endif;
```
* What you have here is actually 2 errors.
* 1) You do not have a so it’s going to echo out after
the_post(); to your screen. I’m guessing your just trying to output the second
the_post(); as a string.
* 2) You have 2 endwhiles; with only 1 loop.
* ```
after the_post();
```
* Anytime you start ’s as text on your screen use < ; and > ; respectively.
* Thread Starter [hanzzsolo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hanzzsolo/)
* (@hanzzsolo)
* [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error/#post-1172220)
* Thanks for the help. Now I am getting when I view the page (this is a fresh install
of WP also)
* Hello world! after the_post(); ?>
* the tutorial I am using says it should be looping. the link is included: [http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/25/wp-theme-lesson-5-the-loop/](http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/02/25/wp-theme-lesson-5-the-loop/)
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