Title: theme development issue with index.php
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# theme development issue with index.php

 *  Resolved [carlstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlstep/)
 * (@carlstep)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/)
 * hi, i’m giving a shot at developing my first theme. I’m pretty much following
   a script for each of the template files but i’ve hit a snag. I’ve completed the
   theme and set it as active in wp admin, but i now get the following message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/thisnoma/public_html/hereismysite.
   com/wp-content/themes/first_theme/index.php on line 51
 * the thing is there is no line 51 in the index file.
 * Any thoughts!
 * thanks
    Cal

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 *  [bythegram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bythegram/)
 * (@bythegram)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078382)
 * I’d suggest using [pastebin](http://pastebin.com/) and post your whole index.
   php then reply with think so I/others can have a look.
 *  Thread Starter [carlstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlstep/)
 * (@carlstep)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078451)
 * Here is the index.php file
    [http://pastebin.com/UJ6CnkXc](http://pastebin.com/UJ6CnkXc)
 *  Thread Starter [carlstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlstep/)
 * (@carlstep)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078452)
 * Or here:
 * _[code moderated - simply post the pastebin url -
    or for shorter codes, follow
   the forum guidelines [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum\_Welcome#Posting\_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)]
 *  [OurWebSupport](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ourwebsupport/)
 * (@ourwebsupport)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078453)
 * I,m not an expert by any means however I have built site using my own templates
   in wordpress. An easy to use template starter is starkers. Which is basically
   a stripped down, no frills theme template for starting to make your own template.
   I used this many times and the instructions are very clear. Oh and it’s free…
   why invent the wheel when you can learn from experts such as starkers. Hope this
   helps you get going, it helped me..
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078455)
 * add the missing `<?php endif; ?>` of the loop into line 44, **before **`</section
   > <!-- #main-container ends -->`
 *  Thread Starter [carlstep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlstep/)
 * (@carlstep)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-development-issue-with-indexphp/#post-3078509)
 * thanks alchymyth for your input, your suggestion has had helped to resolve the
   issue. Although, other issues are no popping up, all but one I have been able
   to resolve myself. The one remaining problem is the warning below.
 * Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function‘
   simpleblog_load_script’ not found or invalid function name in /home/my_name/public_html/
   my_site/wp-includes/plugin.php on line 403
 * from my un-educated eye, i think this may be some typo issue in one of the theme
   files I have created. I’ll get to the bottom of it!
 * to OurWebSupport… i’m not attempting to re-invent the wheel but i am trying to
   understand better how the wheel works! Starkers, and many others, are great starter
   themes (i have starkers already installed!), but for me, i find working through
   creating a theme from scratch is a great way to learn and understand how the 
   templates and code fit together. Whilst the learning process I have chosen has
   created problems for me I choose to see these problems as opportunities to learn
   more about the wordpress environment.
 * Anyway, thanks both for your input.
 * Regards,
    Cal

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