Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}'
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}'

 *  Resolved [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/)
 * I am inexperienced in editing websites, however, I have manually tried getting
   rid of dummy text box on header (frontpage) of theme Cloriato.
 * What I did was deleting some text from
    [http://sunset-comfort.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=front-page.php&theme=cloriato-lite&scrollto=807&updated=true](http://sunset-comfort.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php?file=front-page.php&theme=cloriato-lite&scrollto=807&updated=true),
   which I tought would do, but it gave me an error on live 37, so I pasted the 
   text back (I had kept it on a notepad just in case.) Now I am getting error: 
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/sunsetco/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/cloriato-lite/front-page.php on line 32
 * my site:
    [http://sunset-comfort.com/](http://sunset-comfort.com/)
 * please help 🙂

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 *  [kjodle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kjodle/)
 * (@kjodle)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234710)
 * The first link you provided asks us to login. We can’t see that code from your
   theme editor. You’ll need to paste small sections here (between backticks, please)
   or larger portions in pastebin.
 * Your problem is most likely that you simply have an extra “}” or you are missing
   an opening “{“.
 * You can just replace the file in question via ftp.
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234714)
 * in that case, the the issue could lie in the following paragraphs, because without
   them, my site can actually be seen, but with a broken design—>
 * _[ Moderator Note: Please post code or markup snippets between backticks or use
   the code button. As it stands, your code may now have been permanently damaged/
   corrupted by the forum’s parser. [Or use pastebin.com instead](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code).]_
 *     ```
       <?php }  else {  ?>
                 <h2><a href="#"><?php _e(  'Single Click Install WordPress Theme', 'cloriato'); ?></a></h2>
             <?php } ?>
             <?php if ( inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slidedescription1') !='' ) {  ?>
             <p><?php echo stripslashes( inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slidedescription1')); ?></p>
             <?php }  else {  ?>
             <p><?php _e( 'Get Your Whole Site ready in an Instant. Just Upload the Theme and Press the Activate Button, Your whole site would be loaded with all the Dummy Content and all.', 'cloriato'); ?></p>
             <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234717)
 *     ```
       <?php }  else {  ?>
                 <h2><a href="#"><?php _e( 'Single Click Install WordPress Theme', 'cloriato'); ?></a></h2>
             <?php } ?>
             <?php if ( inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slidedescription1') !='' ) {  ?>
             <p><?php echo stripslashes(inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slidedescription1')); ?></p>
             <?php }  else {  ?>
                 <p><?php _e( 'Get Your Whole Site ready in an Instant. Just Upload the Theme and Press the Activate Button, Your whole site would be loaded with all the Dummy Content and all.', 'cloriato'); ?></p>
             <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234718)
 * I need to get rid of the dummy text and the box it is in, without messing with
   the header pic, can it be done?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234719)
 * Which code is line 32?
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234723)
 * my page:
    [http://sunset-comfort.com/](http://sunset-comfort.com/)
 * the current error message:
    “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/
   sunsetco/public_html/wp-content/themes/cloriato-lite/front-page.php on line 31”
 * … where ‘line 31’ is where `</h2>` is :
 *     ```
       <h2><a>"><?php echo stripslashes(inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slideheading1')); ?></a></h2>
       ```
   
 * …does it make any sense? Please advise.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234724)
 * Can you re-post that using backslashes surrounding your code?
    E.g
 *     ```
       This is your code
       ```
   
 * Alternatively, use the `(code)` button above your post.
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234727)
 * my page:
    [http://sunset-comfort.com/](http://sunset-comfort.com/)
 * the current error message:
    “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/
   sunsetco/public_html/wp-content/themes/cloriato-lite/front-page.php on line 31”
 * … where ‘line 31’ is where `</h2>` is :
 *     ```
       <h2>"><?php echo stripslashes(inkthemes_get_option('inkthemes_slideheading1')); ?></h2>
       ```
   
 * …does it make any sense? Please advise.
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234740)
 * issue not resolved yet, please help!
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234743)
 * Clearly, your theme was created by InkThemes. Have you tried asking on their 
   support forums? They’d be best equipped to help you with their non-free theme.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234744)
 * sunsetco – Please stop bumping.
 * As Otto mentioned, that theme was created by InkThemes. It happens to be a premium
   theme (i.e. one you purchased) – [http://www.inkthemes.com/wp-themes/cloriato-wordpress-theme/](http://www.inkthemes.com/wp-themes/cloriato-wordpress-theme/)–
   which comes with “Lifetime support”
 * Please go ask them 🙂 We encourage you to utilize the services you purchase, 
   in part because they’re the best resource, but also in order to allow them to
   keep working! Taking away their money by undercutting with free support is a 
   little rude of us, and we don’t support purchased themes/plugins here because
   of that.
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234756)
 * Please do not consider this as bumping, but I do have to tell you that I actually
   was not aware that Cloriato “Lite” was a paid for theme, since I just installed
   it and activated it without having to pay any prior fee of any kind. I think 
   that Cloriato (bear) is the premium one, so I am not getting support for my Lite
   version from InkThemes… coukd you help me please?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234757)
 * The wordpress.org support forums are meant for the core application, themes and
   plugins that are distributed on wordpress.org.
 *  Thread Starter [sunsetco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunsetco/)
 * (@sunsetco)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234758)
 * OK my bad then… I started looking at the WordPress themes, but since I am looking
   for a static website format not so bloggish, odds are that I got drifted away.
   Could you advise how can I get a static looking theme from WordPress and replace
   the current one, please?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-65/#post-3234759)
 * Most recent themes in [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/)
   should work with a [static front page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page).

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