White Screen after PHP Coding

  • Resolved yoderluke78

    (@yoderluke78)


    11 years, 11 months ago

    I am using Simple Catch. I am not an expert by any means, but I have done some coding over the last three months. Today, I was trying to make the Featured Image Slider appear on all pages, and I messed up.

    The problem is that I overwrote this line: && $page_for_posts != $page_id ) in the simplecatchfunctions.php and now I only have access to a white screen and I can’t even access my dashboard to replace the code.

    Is there anything I can do?

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  • Dave Naylor

    (@wpranger)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    You need to access your website via SSH, FTP or your hosts panel software. People seem most comfortable with FTP. A good client to use is FileZilla:

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla

    Once you’ve read that page and downloaded the software, you need to navigate to your hosting environment and correct your error in that file.

    jon

    (@adiant)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    Your host’s control panel may also have a File Manager or equivalent. If so, that will be even easier.

    The easiest way to solve this is to delete the Simple Catch theme’s folder in /wp-content/themes/. That will automatically revert you to the default Theme and WordPress will be working.

    Dave Naylor

    (@wpranger)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    The easiest way to solve this is to delete the Simple Catch theme’s folder in /wp-content/themes/. That will automatically revert you to the default Theme and WordPress will be working.

    Trouble is, it sounds as though the OP has edited his theme. If so, all his edits will be gone if the original theme is deleted.

    It’s worth pointing out that you should never edit a file on a live website. You’re absolutely asking for trouble. At the very minimum, edit a backed up copy.

    Thread Starter yoderluke78

    (@yoderluke78)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    Dave: You’re right, I’ve heavily edited my theme, so I’d like to keep my edits. But I’ve downloaded Filezilla and have navigated to my site: would you have any idea the name of the directory the simplecatchfunctions.php would be under? I’ve searched but I can’t find it.

    You’ve really helped me out so far, too!

    barnez

    (@pidengmor)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    You should find the functions.php file in: wp-content/themes/your_theme_name/

    Thread Starter yoderluke78

    (@yoderluke78)

    11 years, 11 months ago

    Resolved! Thank you guys so much!

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