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Thanks got it, was a paypal link in the sidebar that was grabbing the code in the footer. Removed it and all is solved.

Thanks that worked but I still have the problem that links in the footer are attached to Pay Pal for some reason, that is what I was trying to remove when things went bad the first time.

I know that I can’t log on https://recipesbymike.com/wp-login.php – Not unless I change this code

// define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
// define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

I will try to deactivate the plug ins and remove any code in the css that I was using for some of the plug ins, not sure what I know about the .htaccesse file or what I need to be looking for there.

Update – after doing the above it did allow me to work on my website but I found no text widgets in the sidebar, it also shut down 5 other websites on the same server as mine since those are also my websites it was obvious that taking that code out is not going to fix the problem. Not sure what to try next, maybe going back in and taking the text code out of the header and deleting all comments this would leave no text errors possible, maybe upgraded or deactivate all the plug ins.

// define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
// define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

I put a /* before and after the above code each line, this allowed the site to come back and I was able to log onto it, now do I still need this code and what is it for?

What does the above two lines of code do anyway?

I can’t log on to the wordpress site to edit anything, I can get into my FTP account but have no idea how to delete these lines

// define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
// define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

That file won’t let me edit anything, I have had problems with code before but never anything that wouldn’t let me log onto the wp site to edit code there. I know why I hate to update WordPress, I have no idea what to try next, if this is just a text widget problem I could fix it easily if I had access to the admin panel.

Still need help if anyone can help……

Use this log in https://youwebsite.com/wp-login.php

Put your old website url in there and it will give you the log in and let you back into the dashboard and you can just change the url back to the old one.

Thanks that was great information I also changed the width code to get the nav bar to be even on the sides now, anyway to get the black bar under the nav bar back or will I need to create a new header image?

#navmenu {
margin: 0px;
text-align: center;
height: 80px;
width: 98.75%;
background: url(‘images/navbarbg.jpg’);