Title: parse errors Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # parse errors * [giselcaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giselcaton/) * (@giselcaton) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-errors/) * I am using wp 1.5.2 My site is [http://gisel.us](http://gisel.us) * My page is not validating an not diplaying either. I am getting the following errors along with various T_ELSE & STRING errors. My old themes are still working, but anything new I upload gives these errors even though the new theme is the same as the old but with different colors, etc. * Error Line 1 column 0: no document type declaration; will parse without validation. * Error Line 2 column 59: character data is not allowed here. …arse error, unexpected T_ELSE in /home/giselus/public_html/wp-content/them * However, I do have a document declaration it is: * Why is it not being read? any ideas? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Thread Starter [giselcaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giselcaton/) * (@giselcaton) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-errors/#post-318614) * Never mind I think the problem was somehow with the theme itself. I downloaded another theme from Dilip and that one works like a charm. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘parse errors’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 1 reply * 1 participant * Last reply from: [giselcaton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giselcaton/) * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-errors/#post-318614) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics