Title: Parse Error
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Parse Error

 *  Resolved [shenelks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shenelks/)
 * (@shenelks)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-311/)
 * I am receiving the following error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /hermes/bosweb25b/b854/ipw.shenelks/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/smartline-lite/inc/featured-content.php on line
   549
 * I can not access my console or the webpage.
 * My webpage is: [http://www.shenelks.org](http://www.shenelks.org)
 * Thank you for you assistance in this matter.
 * Regards,
 * Bob
    Robert F. Iske, Sr.

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-311/#post-5868392)
 * Someone has been editing that file. and added something to it that’s not meant
   to be there.
 * To fix it, download a new copy of that theme and use FTP to upload the new copy
   of that file to your server. That will give you a clean copy and fix that error.
 * Now, after that I’d also suggest that you do a scan of the site using this:
 * [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/)
 * The reason for this is that the line that’s got the issue is after the end of
   the standard file, and that’s normally one of the places that hackers like to
   hide their code.
 * Of course, if you or someone you kno whas bene playing around with this file 
   that won’t be the case, but I always prefer to be safe then sorry. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [shenelks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shenelks/)
 * (@shenelks)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-311/#post-5868552)
 * cat,
 * Thank you for your assistance in this matter. I did in fact try to edit some 
   code to try and include a “personal” Facebook feed in our website. I contacted
   my webhost twice and they finally repaird it for me in a matter of minutes. They
   initially directed me to WordPress. I was in a panic, as I did not want to have
   the website down for an extended period. This site is for a fraternal/charitable
   organization and not afford to pay big bucks for managing the site. I do all 
   that I can, even messing up, for free.
 * Again, thank you for your response! I will refrain from modifying code, at least
   without proper direction.
 * Regards,
 * Bob

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 * Last reply from: [shenelks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shenelks/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-311/#post-5868552)
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