Please help! index.php fatal error

  • Ana32

    (@ana32)


    14 years, 9 months ago

    Hello everyone,

    I am in a big trouble here. I have created a twenty eleven child theme, everything was running good. I wanted to change the size of my header image, make it not as wide as it is by default. Anyways, I came across this article by voodoo: http://voodoopress.com/2011/07/customizing-twentyeleven-lets-start-with-width-and-smaller-header/

    Tried to add this to my functions.php in my child theme:
    //CUSTOM HEADER SIZE
    add_filter( ‘twentyeleven_header_image_height’, ‘voodoo_header_height’);
    function voodoo_header_height($param) {
    return 175;
    }
    add_filter( ‘twentyeleven_header_image_width’, ‘voodoo_header_width’);
    function voodoo_header_width($param) {
    return 1050;
    }

    I did change “voodoo_header_height” into “my_website_name_header_height”.

    It didn’t work out. So I tried to start a new functions.php with this piece of code in it instead of the old one.
    It messed up (somehow) with my index.php which I even didn’t touch. Sorry, I am very new to all this stuff…

    Anyways, I cannot load my website now. All I get is this:
    Fatal error: Call to undefined function twentyeleven_content_nav() in /home/content/../…./html/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven-child/index.php on line 20

    As I understand, this is the line 20:
    <?php twentyeleven_content_nav( ‘nav-above’ ); ?>

    My question is what do I need to do to get back to normal?? Please, help!

    Thank you in advance for your comments and advices!
    Ana

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  • kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Using ftp or by logging into your hosted account rename twentyeleven-child to xtwentyeleven-child. This will force wp to open with the default theme.

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks for such a prompt reply, kmessinger! What should I be able to see after I follow your recommendation? Will I lose whatever was stored in my child theme folders, like plugins and custom changes different from a parent theme? sorry, I have never been in such a situation before.

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    No the folders will be there. Actually everthing will be there. This just lets you get back to the dashboard where you can correct the problem.

    mcconnelljh

    (@mcconnelljh)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    I’m guessing you removed the changes you made to functions.php? That would be my first suggestion. That will get you back to a solid starting point if it doesn’t completely fix the problem.

    That line that you’re bombing on looks like it’s calling a function that’s inside your functions.php file and the call is inside index.php so that’s why that file is tanking on you.

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Okay…. if I understand it right, I need to recreate a functions.php like the one I had right before I made changes in it?

    mcconneljh, I did try to bring my functions.php file to its previous shape, but it just didn’t do anything. Not sure what happened :((

    kmessinger, I do have my dashboard open ’cause I had two windows open at once: one with my main page, and another one with the editor open. How can I fix my problem from there? (Sorry, if my questions seem to be stupid. I am just soooo inexperienced here!)

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    See if you can change to the twentyeleven theme.

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    I did activate twenty eleven from my dashboard. It said that it was successfully activated, but when I tried to go to my home page in a different window, it was just all blank, no nothing :((

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    In the dashboard click on your sites name in the upper left. That should take you to the site as it is. The other window may or may not be correct because of cache or other.

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Well, with twenty eleven activated, when I hit the name of my site in the left upper corner in the dashboard, the webpage looks empty. Just blank. If I activate my child theme, it gives me the previous fatal error sign. (Is it the right time to start crying now? :))

    mcconnelljh

    (@mcconnelljh)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Once TwentyEleven is activated are all the files loaded correctly? Can you click the “Editor” link and see them all listed out?

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Looks like they are all listed the way they supposed to. I just opened a parent theme’s main index .php file, it only has this:

    <?php
    // Silence is golden.
    ?>

    Is it the way it’s supposed to be? So short? That’s in twenty eleven.

    I feel really lost now. Can a child theme live without an index.php file at all? Should I just remove both functions.php and index.php from my child theme since the problem is between these two files?

    Thread Starter Ana32

    (@ana32)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Would it help if I followed these steps and overrode my functions.php in the child them at all? http://venutip.com/content/right-way-override-theme-functions

    kmessinger

    (@kmessinger)

    14 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, that is how the index.php file is supposed to look.

    Under themes, did you preview the theme? How about twenty 11 ver. 1.2?

    suzyo

    (@suzyo)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    @ana32: did you find a resolution? I’m having the same problem; I discovered that ANY functions.php file in the child directory causes the fatal error. I’m using the twenty eleven theme. (If you delete the functions.php file from the directory in your child theme, then you should be able to get back to your dashboard and site.)

    I tried renaming the file to child_functions.php, but then the new functions didn’t load. Does anyone know a solution?

    Thanks!

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