Tried to add HTML above community event but now have error

[Gisela Nilsson]

Hi, I am a complete beginner and attempted to add some html code to the function.php file and now I can’t access admin in WP anymore. I know what to remove but I don’t know how to get into the file again to remove it.

I wanted to add instruction above the form for Community events and found this article:
https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/add-html-above-community-events-submission-form/

I added the html at the very end in function.php which I realize was wrong…

I get this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘Event’ (T_STRING), expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /home/gisnil/guidetovintage.com/wp-content/themes/sugar-and-spice/functions.php on line 314

What should I do to get back into Admin and remove the html I added? Please be very very detailed as I am a complete novice.

As I know what the issue is, I have not deactivated any plugins or reverted the theme. My site is not launched yet.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

[Geoff]

Hi guidegirl, thanks for getting in touch and welcome to the forums!

Sorry for the trouble here. It looks like you may just need to try pasting that snippet into you functions.php file a little differently.

Are you able to try pasting it again right after the opening <?php tag at the top of the file? Does that change anything for you?

Otherwise, you can try pasting it at the very bottom of the file, but try wrapping in in PHP tags:

<?php // Adds HTML above Community Events form
add_action('tribe_events_community_form_before_template', 'my_custom_text'); function my_custom_text() { echo "

Here are some instructions for filling out this form:

"; echo "</pre>
<ol>
<li>Step 1</li>
<li>Step 2</li>
<li>Step 3</li>
<li>Step 4</li>
</ol>
<pre>"; }
?>

Let’s start there and see what we find. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

[Gisela Nilsson]

Hi Geoff,

thank you for the quick response. I had a friend help me out so the issue is solved.

Glad to know you guys are there in case I mess up again.

Thank you,
Gisela

[Geoff]

Sweet, I’m glad things got sorted out! We’re definitely here for you, so please feel free to hit us back up with a new thread if any other questions pop up and we’d be happy to help. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

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