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Posted by TJ Littlejohn
TJ Littlejohn
2,471 Points

When I woke up this morning, my whole website changed.

My basic website went back to plain even though all my code is the same, what happened?

9 Answers

Brett Anthony
Brett Anthony
4,289 Points
Brett Anthony
Brett Anthony
4,289 Points

Hi, TJ Littlejohn, it sounds like your CSS file might not be linked,

If you post you code, then we can have a look and help you out!

Sher K
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Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points
Sher K
Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points

Re upload your CSS files. OR check the link tag within your html if it's still there. Most likely your css was not saved or deleted or the tag is missing within your html. I hope this helps!

Sher K
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Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points
Sher K
Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points

Brett already answered the question. Thanks Brett.

TJ Littlejohn
TJ Littlejohn
2,471 Points
TJ Littlejohn
TJ Littlejohn
2,471 Points

http://codepen.io/TJ-Littlejohn/pen/dtmfA Everything css wise looks good on code pen and even the layout is back but when i try to do it on my computer it is not formatted the same and there is no css

TJ Littlejohn
TJ Littlejohn
2,471 Points
TJ Littlejohn
TJ Littlejohn
2,471 Points

The images obviously don't work on code pen since they are on my computer

Sher K
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Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points
Sher K
Sher K
Courses Plus Student 1,316 Points

Did you miss any grid? try loading it on your PC and see if that fixes anything?

Rafael Youakeem
Rafael Youakeem
3,018 Points
Rafael Youakeem
Rafael Youakeem
3,018 Points

have you tried to debug your css ?! using firebug or chrome dev tools ?! It should help you understand the problem.

Mike Morales
Mike Morales
19,833 Points
Mike Morales
Mike Morales
19,833 Points

Hi TJ,

Try running both of your HTML and your CSS files thru the Validator at w3.org. Here are the two links you can use to help you find any errors that you may have on your files. First link is for your HTML file, and the second link is for your CSS file.

  1. http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input
  2. http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_input
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

Sometimes it can be a missing or an extra tag in the CSS or HTML. If it is a WordPress site, there is a phenomenon called "the White Screen of Death", which you can Google.

Is there a link to your actual site you can provide?