Title: parse error – please help me
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# parse error – please help me

 *  [sorrellereed21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sorrellereed21/)
 * (@sorrellereed21)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-please-help-me/)
 * Hi
    Im a complete newbie to wordpress and am still building my site. After a 
   day or so of trying to solve the problem of a second homepage I deleted what 
   I thought was the correct text in the header php. But Ive obviously made a mess
   of it an deleted the wrong thing and now I get the below message when I try to
   access the site through the dashboard.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /websites/123reg/LinuxPackage21/
   my/go/lf/mygolfingfriend.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/themes/thatgolf-theme/header.
   php on line 37
 * There wasnt much on the site so I thought I would try and install the theme again
   but it just keeps saying the same message. This is my first website and im getting
   a bit lost with all the terminology.
 * Please can anyone help me – I appear to me making a bit of a mess of it at the
   moment.
 * thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-please-help-me/#post-4930779)
 * Try switching to the default theme automatically by renaming:
 * wp-content/themes/thatgolf-theme
 * to:
 * wp-content/themes/thatgolf-theme-old
 * using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
 *  Thread Starter [sorrellereed21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sorrellereed21/)
 * (@sorrellereed21)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-please-help-me/#post-4930888)
 * thanks for your reply.
 * Im just wondering if you could point me in the right direction of where I would
   go to rename the wp-content. Is it on the WP dashboard or my hosts control panel..
   
   Im sorry Im a bit new to all this.
 * thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-please-help-me/#post-4930890)
 * This would be on your server – not via WordPress.

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