CSS doesn't load after migration of magento website
Solution 1
Sounds like an issue with your .htaccess
file. Minification rewrites are handled there. If you haven't already, make sure your .htaccess
file came over in the transfer, and make the appropriate changes if directories or anything else has been changed.
Solution 2
In my case, the problem was a missing Slash "/" at the end of the domain.
Use the following to get both rows:
SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';
Then update them manually and make sure the domain has it's final "/", otherwise it will merge the domain name with the following folder name.
You can check whether this is your condition if when doing inspect, you see a wrong path to CSS and JS.
Correct Config:
Incorrect Config Results in:
- Remember to clear the var/cache folder.
Solution 3
I'm going to assume you cleared your cache out. If "not having CSS" makes this hard to do via the admin, just delete the
var/cache
folder.
Sometimes giving the CSS (or Javascript) merge settings a quick toggle from on, to off, to on again will force Magento to recalculate the paths.
System -> Developer -> CSS Settings
If you can't access this in the Admin, change the value manually in the database table core_config_data
(identified by the path column having the value dev/css/merge_css_files
), clear your cache and reload your page
Solution 4
I solved the issue, by changing the merge css options in the backend to no
It was a bit difficult to navigate through backend without css but managed to get there!
System > Configuration > Developer > CSS Settings
Solution 5
Thanks its helped me i just forget to place / in the end of the path.
Before:
Base URL http://mywebsitename.com
After:
Base URL http://mywebsitename.com/
Its solved all skin/css and admin problem. Cheeers
Comments
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Rafa over 3 years
I migrated my magento website to a different server, following the steps described here. Everything went smoothly, except for the fact that when I load the page, the CSS won't load, and I just get the page in plain text.
I used firebug and noticed that the path the system is using to get to the CSS file doesn't exist in the FTP server. It starts with the 'minify' folder, which makes me think that something might be cached from the previous server.
An example:
my_site_url/minify/1281335374/skin/frontend/default/hellouno/css/styles.css
This path doesn't exist, not even in the previous server, so I'm thinking maybe these files are supposed to be generated on the fly? I'm really confused, any help will be very appreciated!