Title: total lock out Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # total lock out * [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/) * “I added a line of code to the functions.php section of the themes editor, not realizing what it would do (I was trying, incorrectly, to add a flavicon–wrong spot). Now my site is completely locked down. I can’t log in to my WordPress. org account or my web site–when I try either one, the only message that shows up on the page is as follows: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in D:\ Hosting\[the number is here]\html\wp-content\themes\default\functions.php on line 37 Any ideas? I’m not even sure where to begin. I will remove the line of code as soon as I can access my account, but I don’t know how to get back into the account since I seem to have messed up the theme that would show my dashboard.” A previous post * I am fresh to Word
Press and have a similar problem. My message is: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in/home/taehwang/magpiestudioarts.com/wp-content/ themes/barthelme/functions.php on line 7 How do I use my ftp client, to upload a fresh unedited copy of your current theme’s function.php? Where do I get a fresh unedited copy ? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1519852) * Where did you get the theme from in the first place? You haven’t even mentioned what theme you’re using. * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1519871) * Sorry Esmi, * I am totally new to this. * I am using barthelme, one of the preloaded options I picked through the dashboard. It was working just fine until I began monkeying with it. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1519874) * Download a fresh copy of the theme to your computer from [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/barthelme](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/barthelme) and unpack the archive file. * Then upload the functions.php file to your wp-content/themes/barthelme folder using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) (or whatever file management application your host provides). * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1519989) * Thanks! * I tried this and it still does not work. Should I delete the functions.php files on my site and try again? * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1519990) * I tried deleting the file and uploading the new one and it still does not work. Any other suggestions? * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520034) * The entire barthelme theme has been replaced. Any clues as to why it is still not working? * [threestyler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threestyler/) * (@threestyler) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520036) * post the full contents of your functions.php in here. * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520037) * [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/) or in the pastebin preferably, per forum rules…. [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)( the functions.php is a bit long) * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520041) * This is the new functions.php file that was freshly downloaded yesterday: [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/hAH9kRWf](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/hAH9kRWf) * I had no troubles with the theme before I started cutting and pasting code. I had been attempting to add a photo to my home page, by pasting the photo html directly into the php files. When I pasted to line 7 and uploaded the total lock out occurred. * Yesterday I went into my site files and removed the entire Barthelme theme and replaced each file with the originals. * Thanks for helping me. * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520042) * so, if you totally delete the Barthelme theme, that should set you back to the default theme when you try to get back into your site. * Did you try that at all? If that doesn’t work, your problems run deeper * Because in your original post, you also have an error code referencing the default theme…..did you mess with that too? If so, you need to upload a fresh copy of the default theme as well…. * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520043) * Yes. I totally deleted Barthelme. * I dont think I changed the default theme but I may have? Where do I find a replacement default theme? It would not hurt to replace it just in case * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520045) * [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/) * download all of WP to your computer….if you unzip the download and go to wp-content- >themes, the default theme will be in there * with the Barthelme theme totally gone, when you try to access your WP, do you get error messages? * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520046) * The Barthelme theme is not gone it has been replaced. I will try just deleting it and seeing what happens before changing the default theme. * This is the error message: * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/taehwang/magpiestudioarts. com/wp-content/themes/barthelme/functions.php on line 7 * [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/) * (@rvoodoo) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520047) * Yeah, I would try totally killing that theme first, get back to default. * Then we can make sure your install is still working, and everything is good. * After that, we can try reinstalling a new theme….. * Thread Starter [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * (@melinda-rose) * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/#post-1520048) * Barthelme is gone now and I still get the same error message. I will change the default now and see if that fixes the prob. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘total lock out’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 21 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [melinda-rose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melinda-rose/) * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/total-lock-out/page/2/#post-1520057) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics