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Just got this message on my front page:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/slugger/public_html/index.php on line 54

Any ideas on how to fix it?

A new version of EE (1.6.1) came out last night.  Try updating and see if that changes things for you Mick, I suspect it might.  If not, can you post lines 50 through 58 of your index.php for us?

I think it’s in here Derek:

{exp:weblog:category_heading weblog="{master_weblog_name}"}
<div class="pagemenu">
<h2 class="title">Archive for: {category_name}</h2>
{if category_description}
{category_description}
{/if}
</div>
{/exp:weblog:category_heading}

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" orderby="date" sort="desc" limit="25"}

{date_heading}
<h4 class="date">{entry_date format=' %l, %F %d, %Y '}</h4>
{/date_heading}

<div class="blog">
<h3 class="title"><a href="http://{url_title_path=" title="Permalink for {title}">{title}</a></h3>

{body}

Did you update yet Mick?

Also, I mean literally the index.php file, not the index template.  Sorry, I should have been more clear.  Also, does this happen on every page of your site or just your front page?  If its just your front page, do you have PHP enabled for your index template?

Okay, I will try to update (it always fills me with trepidation). All pages controlled by EE have this error message. I have some static pages that were created originally under MT that are stable.

OK, let me know how it goes, and remember to backup!

Not so good. I’m getting a “Site Error: Unable to Load Site Preferences; No Preferences Found” when I go to clear the cache in EE untilities…

To be honest EE terrifies me. I’m a real novice, left with a site running on software that’s clearly way beyond my simple ken.

No worries- we can get it squared away.  What version did you update from?  And when you went through the update.php page- did you get a success message at the end, telling you you’d been updated to 1.6.1?

No, I’ve got:

Welcome!

You are currently running ExpressionEngine: Version 1.5.2

If you have followed the Update Instructions and are ready to update your system, please click the link below

But with no link to hit below…

OK- let’s step through things.  Have you backed up your database as well as your system/config.php and path.php files?  And made sure config.php is writable- generally chmod 666?  And you uploaded both the update.php file to your system folder as well as the updates folder to the system folder?

ETA- and you haven’t started updating anything- right?  You started with 1.5.2 and have no visible link to start the upgrade?

The database I backed up, but not the config and path files. under config.php all I can see is -rw-rw-rw-. And I’ve definitely done the last two.

UPDATE: no I haven’t done the last two… sorry, my confusion.

OK- download a copy of your config.php and path.php.  Then- delete system/update.php and system/updates/ - upload fresh copies from your 1.6.1 download.  See if that gets us a link.

That looks like it has worked…

Except that I still have the parse error…

A qualified ‘yay’?  Change the name of your current index.php to index_bk.php and upload a fresh index.php from the 1.6 download.  Let’s see if that does it.