Title: Getting Parse Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Getting Parse Error

 *  [snowwatchGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowwatchgb/)
 * (@snowwatchgb)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error-3/)
 * I’m getting the following error when pasting Direct Function code into my functions.
   php folder. Please help. I want to display the ticker on every page and post.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home4/causewa4/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/Newspaper/functions.php on line 1554
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/)

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 *  Thread Starter [snowwatchGB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowwatchgb/)
 * (@snowwatchgb)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error-3/#post-5499926)
 * Ok, I have fixed the above issue but have another one…
 * It’s broken my layout and style… see: [http://take.ms/UYeoO](http://take.ms/UYeoO)
 * I want it to be like your website with the box around it etc [http://dittynewsticker.com/ticker-modes/](http://dittynewsticker.com/ticker-modes/)
 *  Plugin Author [metaphorcreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metaphorcreations/)
 * (@metaphorcreations)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-parse-error-3/#post-5499986)
 * Check out this FAQ about the styling the ticker like the demo site: [http://metaphorcreations.ticksy.com/faq/1749](http://metaphorcreations.ticksy.com/faq/1749)
 * It also looks like you need to wrap the ticker in a container div (appropriate
   to the coding/css of your theme), if you don’t want it to stretch 100% width 
   of your site.

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