Title: Website stopped working, function.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Website stopped working, function.php

 *  [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/)
 * I was trying to figure out how to turn off the “posted by admin” text in my function.
   php file but now my page wont work and I cant even get to my dashboard, i just
   get this message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘*’ in /home2/acer/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/spun/functions.php on line 336. I need to get my site back 
   up.

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910214)
 * Using an FTP client such as FileZilla or your host provided File Management Tool,
   rename the existing functions.php file to old-functions.php and upload an unedited
   version. You can then download and review what went wrong with the original one.
   I discourage folks from ever using the WP theme editor for this very reason. 
   Use FTP and keep an unedited copy.
 *  Thread Starter [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910368)
 * Still didnt work for me, same message
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910370)
 * Are you using a child theme or a custom css plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910372)
 * I am using the spun theme
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910373)
 * Are you using a child theme or a custom css plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910375)
 * I believe I am just using a child theme
 *  [nazzgotswagg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nazzgotswagg/)
 * (@nazzgotswagg)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910377)
 * I had the same problem today except i was just getting a white page. If you know
   what you changed in the funtions.php file, try to just undo it through FTP and
   delete all cache. That’s what did it for me, good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910378)
 * How do I delete the cache
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910379)
 * You cannot do that without having access to your dashboard – not relevant as 
   the same error still exists on your site.
 * So now, using FTP, rename the spun theme folder –
 *     ```
       wordpress
           wp-content
               themes
                  spunOLD (change the name on this folder)
       ```
   
 * If you have a spun child theme folder, change the name on that one too.
 *  Thread Starter [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * (@acerdesigngroup)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910380)
 * ended up retrying to upload the functions folder and it worked, thank you so 
   much

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 * Last reply from: [acerdesigngroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acerdesigngroup/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-stopped-working-functionphp/#post-3910380)
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