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Garrett Lovell
Garrett Lovell
5,527 Points
Posted by Garrett Lovell
Garrett Lovell
5,527 Points

Convert Blog Listing and Single Post Templates

The problem that I have happens around the 4:40 mark. I get this

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'else' (T_ELSE) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/allisongrayce.com/wp-content/themes/wpportfolio/content-post.php on line 19

Yet my code is exactly the same as the code shown in the video.

I've checked my code over and over for my content-type.php file. What am I missing?

<div class="clearfix">
    <header class="title">
        <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
    </header>
        <ul class="info">
        <li>Posted in: <?php the_category(', '); ?></li>
        <li>Written by: <a href="<?php bloginfo('siteurl') ;?>/about/"><?php the_author(); ?></a></li>
        <li>On: <?php the_time('F j, Y'); ?></li>
    </ul>
        <div class="excerpt">
                <?php if(is_single()); ?>
                        <?php the_content(); ?>
            <?php comments_template(); ?>
                <?php else; ?>
                        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
            <p><a class="post-link" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p>
        <?php endif; ?>
    </div>
</div>

1 Answer

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points
eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

Try this:

<div class="excerpt">
    <?php if(is_single()) : ?>
        <?php the_content(); ?>
        <?php comments_template(); ?>
    <?php else : ?>
        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
         <p><a class="post-link" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p>
    <?php endif; ?>

I switched out the semicolons after the first if and after the else statement, and indented correctly.

Garrett Lovell
Garrett Lovell
5,527 Points
Garrett Lovell
Garrett Lovell
5,527 Points

That did it. Being a beginner, I'm still trying to wrap my head around all this stuff. Thanks, man!

eirikvaa
eirikvaa
18,015 Points

Yeah, but that's the beauty of it - there's so much to learn. Glad to help!