Template Broken – Help!

Replace the code that calls your css with ‘wp-layout.css’ instead.
Make it a direct path from index.php to the css, not using the url call instead.
This may pose some problems later, but it’ll fix it right now.

<style type="text/css" media="screen">
@import url( 'wp-layout.css' );
</style>

Thanks for the quick reply.
For some reason when I turned off Zonealarm, the website started working with pretty CSS. I have enabled it again and it still works. But I am unable to activate the plugins without the message “Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.” I have tried shutting down Zonealarm as well and cleared my Internet cache. I remember I had this problem before and was unable to solve this, but one time it worked miraculously without explanation. I am in need of this miraculous help again :-/. I have Zonealarm 5.5 and would like to know the proper settings to enable referrers in this firewall and IE.
Thanks!

I can’t help with ZA – I had so many problems trying to get that program to play nice that I dumped it and went with Sygate. The Kerio product also gets good reviews in the freeware newsgroups.

can anyone help with ZA Pro 5.5? I’ve turned off the firewall, put all privacy and other settings in low/off and in IE, i put all the security, privacy, etc. tabs to its lowest levels. Still I get the message when trying to activate plugins: “Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers, for this feature to work.” Also, my site has reverted back to its non pretty state (I think the CSS is not called properly). Can anyone help? Please! :-@

I also added ganesh.myftp.org and my https://123.123.123.123:8888/ in the trusted sites in IE options. Still, my CSS is broken and I cannot enable referrers to activate plugins. Can anyone help????? I am a complete newbie, stuck and lost. :’-(

As an additional note, I also have ad aware, zonealarm 5.5, spybot search and destroy installed on my PC. Do these software impact WP in any way?

Here is a line of thought. From the environment you specify I understand you have installed locally, albeit with an IP address. I do not know anything about your familiarity with web servers or Apache. If I am off base I apologise but it may be useful to some other folks. Here is the thing: When Apache is running on your own machine it is perfectly possible to open an html file in your browser but that is not enough. The server needs to be running and the page delivered by the server using the local url otherwise it will break. This affects the url you needto use and it can certainly be disturbed by a firewall. HTH

Thanks for your comments about the server environment. I do realize that it isn’t enough to just open it locally through localhost. I have to be able to see it through the IP address in a browser. I still have problems enabling referrers in IE to activate my plugins. I have tried disabling Zonealarm, lowering all/turning off all IE privacy and security settings. Because my ip address is dynamic, I am not sure how to add my own IP to the trusted sites in IE. Is there a fix or a way to disable this ‘enable sending referrers’ in WP or a way to enable sending referrers in IE like the 1 to 0 setting in Firefox (see boards for details)?
As read earlier, I still have CSS problems in the admin panels and in the main page. The CSS is broken and all the contents are laid out in a single column as opposed to multiple columns (two in the default layout). I am not sure how to fix this either. Any help or advice to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
Lastly, I would like to know a good place for a webhost and domain name at a cheap price with mySQL, CGI, and PHP support.
Thanks again for all the help with your links and advice. WP is great, and my website (still under construction and has only default layout stuff) is located here: https://ganesh.myftp.org
Much appreciated if someone can provide assistance.