Title: Website crashed/Parse error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Website crashed/Parse error

 *  Resolved [kitsin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitsin/)
 * (@kitsin)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/)
 * Hi
 * I was trying to remove the “posted by admin comment” so I added the code below
   to the bottom of the functions.php
 * .entry-meta { display: none; }
 * After updating I received the following message:
    Parse error: syntax error, 
   unexpected ‘.’ in /home/lkrjttwa/public_html/wp-content/themes/Gleam/functions.
   php on line 195
 * I went back into functions and removed the code I added but the error persisted.
   Now I can no longer access the wordpress admin page at all. The error just keeps
   on showing. I’d really appreciate some help with this one. The theme I was using
   was Gleam if that helps.
 * Thanks

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160867)
 * >  I added the code below to the bottom of the functions.php
 * Why were you adding CSS to the bottom of a .php file?
 * Switch to the default theme by renaming:
 * wp-content/themes/Gleam
 * to:
 * wp-content/themes/Gleam-old
 * using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides. Once you ghave access to your site again, delete
   the Gleam theme and re-upload it. Next time, do not edit the theme itself. Create
   [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) or install a [custom CSS plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css).
 *  Thread Starter [kitsin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitsin/)
 * (@kitsin)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160870)
 * Thanks for your reply. I’m new to wordpress and was following some advice I read
   about trying to get rid of the blog comments but I guess I did it wrong. Thank
   you for letting me know what to do in the future
 * I followed what you said and renamed to
    wp-content/themes/Gleam-old
 * It’s saying that the directory is now empty and when I try to relaunch the site
   the same error is appearing. Does it take some time to regain access after doing
   this?
 * Thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160873)
 * Re-upload a fresh, unpacked, copy of the Twenty Thirteen 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/twentythirteen](http://wordpress.org/themes/twentythirteen)
 *  Thread Starter [kitsin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitsin/)
 * (@kitsin)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160892)
 * I’ve downloaded the latest version of Twenty Thirteen but when I try to upload
   it to wp-content/themes using cPanel it won’t let me choose the Twenty Thirteen
   folder I’ve downloaded.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160900)
 * Did you unzip the download first?
 *  Thread Starter [kitsin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitsin/)
 * (@kitsin)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160908)
 * Thank you so much for your help. I got in touch with my web host and they managed
   to fix it for me from their end. I appreciate the advice you gave on how to make
   any future changes to my site.
 * Cheers.

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## Tags

 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [Site Crashed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/site-crashed/)

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 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [kitsin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitsin/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-crashedparse-error/#post-4160908)
 * Status: resolved

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