Title: Help with broken css Last modified: February 11, 2018 --- # Help with broken css * Resolved [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/) * Hi, can anyone help me solve this problem. My site is not displaying properly after making a few changes in cpanel. I have spoke to tech on my hosting and they say it’s a css problem in wordpress. I decided to go back to my main theme and then it said child theme broken. I put everything back the way it was originally was in cpanel. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhelp-with-broken-css%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/2/?output_format=md) * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962327) * Nothing to worry! do you have any backups with you? if so extract the backup look for main.css up there and upload to your cpanel using filemanager. * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962339) * I have tried backing up from db backup and it didn’t change. * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962344) * did you see main.css file? or css file up in the backup? * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962347) * Got any other backup? * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962351) * No not that I’m aware of * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962354) * do you have the original theme file with you? - This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/). * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962357) * I have the latest copy of the them on my desktop but it won’t upload. * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962359) * okay cool ! can you extract the theme files in your desktop. Now, look for main. css file or file with the following extension .css. * If you got trouble in it, share me the theme file via Dropbox or google drive, will take a look into it and mail you the CSS file. * all you have to do is , upload the CSS file once again and the problem would be solved * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962360) * I tried renaming theme in cpanel to prevent the dir already exists. Then it gave me file too big * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962367) * I will have a look. How do I share via dropbox? * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962370) * is this it ‘Gadgetine Theme: main-stylesheet.css’ * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962371) * 1)Create a Dropbox account first. [https://www.dropbox.com/](https://www.dropbox.com/) * 2)Go to my files. * 3)u would see an option to upload the file * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962373) * is this it ‘Gadgetine Theme: main-stylesheet.css’ * yup!! now upload that file to your cpanel. * Thread Starter [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * (@karenw10) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/#post-9962375) * How do I do that. Save it text file in notepad then upload. This could be the corrupt file though. * [knowjoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knowjoby/) * (@knowjoby) * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/2/#post-9962379) * No just copy the entire file from the theme folder and keep it on your desktop. Now look for all .css files in that theme folder. Copy all the files with following extension – .css Now upload those files as .css to your cpanel. * CSS – are style sheets, they give the add look to website. They should be with. css extension itself. * hope this helps!! Joby John Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 33 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/2/?output_format=md) [3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/3/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Help with broken css’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 33 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [karenw10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karenw10/) * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-broken-css/page/3/#post-9962555) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics