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I broke something. Having a little panic attack here. It started out that I wanted to try to make a buffer around an image. I found a thread in which someone suggested inserting code in the settings css, so I found that and inserted the code. When it didn’t work I tried to take it out and apparently left something in that shouldn’t be there or deleted something that needs to be there. I’m getting this message:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in /home/sagcty/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/vantage/inc/settings.php on line 25
The worst part is, it won’t let me get back to the spot where the problem is. No matter what I click on, I get the error message and can’t continue. please help me!

URL: http://wordpress.sagcounty.com

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  1. 10 years, 14 days ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Hi Lauren

    Sorry to hear about this.

    Occasionally we discuss child themes on the forum which involve some PHP a programming language but on the whole the most advanced items we send out are Custom CSS snippets. Those get inserted under Appearance > Custom CSS. Was there perhaps a mix up in this regard? As a rule theme files shouldn’t ever get edited unless contained a child theme.

    Not to worry though, you can resolve this!

    In your order confirmation email was a link to download the Vantage Premium ZIP file. Download that to your desktop and then follow these steps to delete the theme and re-install it:

    https://siteorigin.com/basics/updating-theme-from-zip/

    That should get everything back to normal without losing any settings or data.

  2. 10 years, 14 days ago Lauren Haven

    Yes! Thank you so much! I’m up and running again. – This was just a dumb
    mistake on my part. I thought I had clicked on “custom CSS”, but had actually clicked on
    “Editor”. Yikes! I know just enough to break stuff, I’m afraid. Thanks again for your help!

  3. 10 years, 14 days ago Andrew Misplon
    Hi, I Work Here

    Really glad to hear you got this resolved. The Editor is a powerful part of WordPress for sure.

    All the best with your website.

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