Title: Lost formatting/CSS on site
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Lost formatting/CSS on site

 *  Resolved [haolekukini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haolekukini/)
 * (@haolekukini)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-formattingcss-on-site/)
 * [http://www.zerogravitygym.com](http://www.zerogravitygym.com)
 * I tried to set up a child theme so I could do some customization on my site (
   which has been perfectly stable for the month-plus since I built it) but when
   I activated it, suddenly all the formatting was gone. Not knowing what was happening,
   I reactivated the theme I’d been using…but when I did so there wasn’t any formatting
   STILL.
 * The theme I use is unsupported here, so I tried activating twenty twelve, just
   to troubleshoot. Same issue. No formatting. My page now begins with */ and then
   proceeds with all the unformatted content, no matter what theme I choose.
 * Here’s what I did today:
 * 1) I used my FTP client to add a directory for a child theme.
    2) I added a style.
   css file to the child theme directory. 3) I saw my theme but it was broken and
   missing a template. 4) I uploaded template.css to the child theme directory. 
   5) I realized it was supposed to be the php file, so did the silly simple thing
   and simply resaved my local css file as a php and replaced it in the child theme
   directory. 6) The child theme was available to me, so I activated it. 7) I viewed
   the site and the formatting was gone. 8) While troubleshooting, I reactivated
   my original theme, but the formatting was still gone.
 * What I didn’t do was modify any files in any directories other than the new child
   theme, with one exception. I overwrote the style.css file in my main theme, just
   in case it had somehow become corrupted. I’ve triple checked and the correct 
   file is up there.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-formattingcss-on-site/#post-3990189)
 * Can you switch to the default Twenty Twelve theme with all plugins deactivated?
 *  Thread Starter [haolekukini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haolekukini/)
 * (@haolekukini)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-formattingcss-on-site/#post-3990191)
 * Ok, did that and deactivating the plugins restored formatting. I’m going to experiment
   with my main theme and activate the plugins one at a time…
 *  Thread Starter [haolekukini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haolekukini/)
 * (@haolekukini)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-formattingcss-on-site/#post-3990195)
 * …and there’s my answer. The NextGEN Gallery by Photocrati plug in is the culprit.
   All was perfect till I activated it and then it fouled again. I deactivated it
   and poof, all better.
 * Thank you so much for the help.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [haolekukini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/haolekukini/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-formattingcss-on-site/#post-3990195)
 * Status: resolved

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