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  rubykensington · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 4:12 am

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  I was trying to edit my blog, on the theme functions.php and this error popped up.
  Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘?’ in /home1/toxicsavvy/public_html/wp-content/themes/edge/functions.php on line 281

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  geoffreyshilling · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 12:02 pm

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  It looks like you are working with a self-hosted WordPress.org site instead of the WordPress.com-hosted version supported here.

  Learn more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  I would recommend searching on the WordPress.org support forums for similar issues. If you cannot find anything that works, you can start your own thread. The forums are completely separate from each other, so you will need to register an account there if you haven’t done so already.

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  rubykensington · Member · Jan 2, 2017 at 4:19 pm

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  Thank you for your reply geoffreyshilling. I thought I was on word press.com. I guess I need to learn the differences. Thanks again.

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  geoffreyshilling · Member · Jan 3, 2017 at 11:47 am

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  No worries! It can be a bit confusing until you understand there are different versions of WordPress and then what each one offers.

  An easy way to think about it is if you pay anybody other than WordPress.com for hosting, then you have a self-hosted site.