Title: Serious problem here folks
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Serious problem here folks

 *  [thenotsonewguyontheblock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenotsonewguyontheblock/)
 * (@thenotsonewguyontheblock)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/)
 * I was an idiot I will be the first to admit that and was playing around with 
   the html code in my carrington theme. And now I have screwed everything up. I
   can not even log into my account. I have lost my blog.
    I hope someone out there
   can help me. I have contacted my hosting provider and they told me there is nothing
   they can do for me. I get the following message when I try to access my blog 
   or even try to log in.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’ in D:\Hosting\4536131\html\blog\wp-
   content\themes\carrington-blog\functions\sidebars.php on line 31
 * I should point out just in case it is not obvious I am what you would call a 
   low tech type person. In other words as a result of my stupidity trying to manipulate
   the html code I think I have screwed everything up. Thank you

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 *  [Hax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hax/)
 * (@hax)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/#post-1286077)
 * since you don’t really know php. the easiest thing to do is if you hosting has
   a backup feature restore your site to the last date it was working.
 * if not as the error tells you, there is a problem in the file “wp-content\themes\
   carrington-blog\functions\sidebars.php” in line 31 you probably deleted a coma,
   word, dot or something you can upload you theme again through FTP and this should
   fix it.
 * your are not going to be able to upload the theme with wordpress.
 *  Thread Starter [thenotsonewguyontheblock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenotsonewguyontheblock/)
 * (@thenotsonewguyontheblock)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/#post-1286082)
 * Thank you. I have contacted Godaddy and hope that they can restore my site to
   when it was working. I have learned a very valuable lesson the first being don’t
   tamper with things you don’t know about and always always always make back up
   of your info. Since if Godaddy is not able to restore my site I will have lost
   all of my blog posts.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/#post-1286085)
 * Not necessarily. Your posts are in your database and that doesn’t normally go
   away if your WordPress installation does.
 *  [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/)
 * (@offspring)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/#post-1286101)
 * You may also try to access your WP admin by going directly to `http://your_domain_here/
   wp-admin` and change the theme to another one (default would be a good choice).

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 * [log in error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/log-in-error/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/serious-problem-here-folks/#post-1286101)
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