Title: Theme Styling Not Displaying Correctly
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Theme Styling Not Displaying Correctly

 *  [2truths](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2truths/)
 * (@2truths)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/)
 * This is killing me.
 * So, every wordpress theme I attempt to use displays as if the styling is somehow
   broken; sample images do not display, borders are missing and the front page 
   shows just the standard post list, not the theme example front page. This occurs
   with previews of all themes and those that I install.
 * example, using the Twenty Sixteen theme: [http://www.alluna.at](http://www.alluna.at)
 * I’m using a server running Ubuntu 14.04 and Apache2, also with virtual hosts 
   to other sites, one of which is WordPress and also experiencing the same issue.
 * I **won’t** offer to buy a beer for the person that helps me as there’s rules
   against that but I would be incredibly grateful. What do you need to know?
 * Thanks,
 * Michael.

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 *  Thread Starter [2truths](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2truths/)
 * (@2truths)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538095)
 * Forgot to disable the ‘coming soon’ plugin. The page is now viewable. Please…
   help.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538100)
 * themes often come ’empty’, i.e. without sample images etc.
 * start adding your own images etc for example by using the ‘appearance – customize’
   section or any available theme options.
 *  Thread Starter [2truths](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2truths/)
 * (@2truths)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538139)
 * Hi Michael – thanks for the advice but unfortunately this isn’t the issue. Even
   the preview of the themes display without any images (only when I view them through
   the wordpress installation, on the wordpress website they display normally).
 * Any other ideas?
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538141)
 * > on the wordpress website they display normally
 * are you referring to a WordPress.com theme site, or to a theme website for .org
   themes?
 * can you post some example links?
 *  [luisguzman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luisguzman/)
 * (@luisguzman)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538142)
 * The site [http://www.alluna.at](http://www.alluna.at) looks normal for a theme
   without any content.
 * So maybe what you need is to fill the website with some content and images.
 * Then, you start customizing the theme with CSS & HTML
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538143)
 * If you go to the [TwentySixteen page](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentysixteen/)
   and click the Preview button, you will see a picture of a boat and a number of
   different sections that show different styling. That preview, however, is not
   going to display what the actual layout of the theme is going to look like, it’s
   just going to give you an idea as to what the different font styles are going
   to be. That’s going to be true of most of the themes in the [WordPress theme repository](https://wordpress.org/themes/browse/featured/),
   most of the previews are going to look very similar (a picture of a boat and 
   similar sections that show font styles). The only way to really know what a theme
   is going to look like is to install it on your site.

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 * Last reply from: [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-styling-not-displaying-correctly/#post-7538143)
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