Title: Problem re-installing a theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problem re-installing a theme

 *  [bingman67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingman67/)
 * (@bingman67)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/)
 * I had a problem with the Hipster theme and deleted it and am trying to install
   the theme zip file again. The theme install stalls for a while and then I get
   an error page with a Error code: ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE message. I’ve tried several
   times and can’t get ti to work. Any suggestions?
 * Thanks…

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 *  Thread Starter [bingman67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingman67/)
 * (@bingman67)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/#post-3972076)
 * I uploaded the theme files by FTP and it seemed to activate ok, but when I go
   to the site I ge this error message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/content/47/11497047/html/
   wp-content/themes/hipster/settings.php on line 1
 * Help!
 *  [gracebie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gracebie/)
 * (@gracebie)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/#post-3972151)
 * If you facing error 324 then i will suggest you to follow these steps
    – Refresh
   page and restart browser – Clean your cache and browser cookies – Check internet
   connection – Update Google Chrome – Check router I am also sharing solutions 
   are given in the presentation tutorial where you will able to resolve your problem
 * [http://www.slideshare.net/JessicaNokk/how-to-fix-error-324-neterremptyresponse](http://www.slideshare.net/JessicaNokk/how-to-fix-error-324-neterremptyresponse)
 * best of luck
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/#post-3972154)
 * **[@bingman67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingman67/)** – these forums
   don’t support commercial themes, so you should contact the developer for help:
 * [http://themeforest.net/item/hipster-retro-responsive-wordpress-theme/3867290](http://themeforest.net/item/hipster-retro-responsive-wordpress-theme/3867290)
 *  Thread Starter [bingman67](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingman67/)
 * (@bingman67)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/#post-3972184)
 * gracebie, thanks for trying to help. I uploaded the unzipped theme files by FTP
   and am able to see the new theme from the theme panel. But when I activate it,
   I see a parsing error message for the first line of code in the theme setting.
   php file which looks like a problem with the global path. I re-installed WordPress
   after deleting the theme except for the wp-content folder, the wp-config.php 
   file and the .htaccess file
 * Any ideas?
 * WPyogi, I understand that this forum doesn’t support themes, but the author’s
   support forum is inactive until he gets back from vacation in a few days and 
   i’m in a jam. So, thanks for letting me post about this temporarily. If this 
   is not ok, I will stop and I apologize for this post.
 * Thanks, all.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-re-installing-a-theme/#post-3972184)
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