Title: Parse Error Coding HELP – Please
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse Error Coding HELP – Please

 *  [daleanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daleanne/)
 * (@daleanne)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/)
 * I was trying to delete the post dates on my blog posts in my Coraline theme nd
   accidentally took out another line of coding…..now this comes up:
    Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected ‘endif’ (T_ENDIF) in /home/dapotter/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/coraline/loop.php on line 84
 * What is the coding that should be there? PLEASE & THANK YOU!
 * Dale Anne

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837180)
 * Re-upload a fresh, unpacked, copy of the theme’s folder to wp-content/themes 
   using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
    [http://wordpress.org/themes/coraline](http://wordpress.org/themes/coraline)
 *  Thread Starter [daleanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daleanne/)
 * (@daleanne)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837199)
 * then I’d have to start all the changes over again though……
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837206)
 * You shouldn’t be editing the theme itself. [Create a child theme for your changes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
   Or install a [custom CSS plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css).
 *  Thread Starter [daleanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daleanne/)
 * (@daleanne)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837208)
 * I know that now….
 *  Thread Starter [daleanne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daleanne/)
 * (@daleanne)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837217)
 * Just need that line of coding and I’ll leave it alone then get someone to set
   up a child theme.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837241)
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please-1?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please-1?replies=1)
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837301)
 * I closed the other thread since this one already had replies. You can just re-
   download the original theme if you need to restore the file.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837305)
 * > then I’d have to start all the changes over again though……
 * First, set up a child theme. It’s really not hard, you can do it. 🙂
 * Here are some guides:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   
   [http://op111.net/53/](http://op111.net/53/) [http://vimeo.com/49770088](http://vimeo.com/49770088)
 * Once your child theme is set up, make a copy of loop.php from your parent theme
   and place it in the child theme folder.
 * Try adding back your changes to loop.php in small pieces, testing it in between
   each change to figure out where you made the syntax error.

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 * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-coding-help-please/#post-4837305)
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