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That seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your help!

Ok, I have finally discovered the problem! I was using a plugin called Script Compressor, which was adding some code to the .htaccess file. I don’t understand why, but using anything other than the default permalink structure interfered with the plugin, and the CSS file would not load. I deleted the .htaccess file, deleted the plugin and then changed the permalink structure from default to /%postname%/ like I wanted. It appears that everything is working smoothly now!

As much as I enjoy learning new things, I wish every change I made to my site wasn’t such an adventure. Thanks again, samboll, for your help!

Thank you, deleting the .htaccess and reverting to default permalinks has at least fixed the website. Actually, the css loaded correctly as soon as .htaccess was wiped out, but of course none of the links worked.

I am still perplexed as to why this is happening. Switching to any of the other permalink options will break the site again. I had not made any changes prior to switching the permalink structure. I am working on SEO, and was really hoping to switch the permalink format, but at this point I will leave it alone until I can figure out what is causing this. Apparently my server doesn’t like something about the .htaccess file?

I am having the exact same issue. Latest version of WordPress, using IE8. I hope they fix it soon. This plugin is just what I was looking for, and I love its professional appearance.