Title: Error when activating Matala theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error when activating Matala theme

 *  Resolved [razzaghmanesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/razzaghmanesh/)
 * (@razzaghmanesh)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-matala-theme/)
 * Hi,
 * I am pretty new to WP, and now I got stuck…
    I hope you guys can help me with
   this one. I searched wherever I could, but was not able to find a solution for
   my problem.
 * I installed wordpress on my website, but when trying to activate the MATALA theme,
   I get a couple of errors:
    ***************************************************
   Notice: add_custom_background is deprecated since version 3.4! Use add_theme_support(‘
   custom-background’, $args ) instead. in /var/www/g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/
   functions.php on line 2839
 * Notice: add_custom_image_header is deprecated since version 3.4! Use add_theme_support(‘
   custom-header’, $args ) instead. in /var/www/g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/
   functions.php on line 2839
 * Notice: add_contextual_help is deprecated since version 3.3! Use get_current_screen()-
   >add_help_tab() instead. in /var/www/g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/functions.
   php on line 2839
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /var/www/g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/functions.php:2839) in /var/www/
   g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/option.php on line 568
 * Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started
   at /var/www/g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/functions.php:2839) in /var/www/
   g40169/ikigai.nl/HTML/wp-includes/option.php on line 569
    ***************************************************
   When I look in the file mentioned (functions.php) I cannot find the mentioned
   functions ( ( e.g. add_custom_background ).
 * Should I use a lower version of WP, or can this be fixed?
 * Your help would be highly appreciated.
 * Regards,
 * Cyrus

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-matala-theme/#post-3581135)
 * I’d suggest that you consider using another theme.
 *  Thread Starter [razzaghmanesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/razzaghmanesh/)
 * (@razzaghmanesh)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-matala-theme/#post-3581225)
 * The person I am creating the site for, really wants this theme, so no choice 
   there.
 * I downloaded WP 3.2.1 and re-installed.
    When activating the Matala theme, everything
   worked just fine.
 * But I still wonder why it is giving these messages, even though the specified
   strings are NOT in the functions.php file…
 * C

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## Tags

 * [add_custom_background](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add_custom_background/)
 * [add_theme_support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add_theme_support/)
 * [deprecated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/deprecated/)

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 * Last reply from: [razzaghmanesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/razzaghmanesh/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-activating-matala-theme/#post-3581225)
 * Status: resolved