Title: Broken Theme – Template missing
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Broken Theme – Template missing

 *  Resolved [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/)
 * I’ve just installed the Zerif theme but it is warning me it is broken and that
   the template file is missing.
 * Please advise
    Cheers John

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 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/#post-6355965)
 * I’ve re-installed the theme which has fixed that problem, now I have this error
   when trying to activate it…
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION) in /home/grannymo/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/zerif-lite/inc/jetpack.php on line 1
 * Anyone have any idea?
 *  Thread Starter [John Greenwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-greenwood/)
 * (@john-greenwood)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/#post-6356022)
 * Looks like i’ve sorted it now.
 *  [Alexandra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrastan001/)
 * (@alexandrastan001)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/#post-6356079)
 * Awesome! Glad that you got it fixed!
    Also, if you like our theme you can consider
   leaving us a review 🙂
 * Best regards,
    Alexandra
 *  [Urooba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/urooba/)
 * (@urooba)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/#post-6356226)
 * Hi i am getting this error as well
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in /home/a8193849/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/zerif-lite/inc/jetpack.php on line 1
 * can somebody help here please?
 * Thanks
 *  [gouravwptech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gouravwptech/)
 * (@gouravwptech)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-theme-template-missing-2/#post-6356231)
 * Hello [@urooba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/urooba/),
 * Please avoid FTP installation and follow this tutorial to install the theme
    
   [http://docs.themeisle.com/article/4-how-to-install-wordpress-themes](http://docs.themeisle.com/article/4-how-to-install-wordpress-themes)
 * I hope it will solve your issue.
 * Thank You

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