Home Page does not link to the CSS directory : Fresh Installation of vBulletin™ Version 5

[ahwebdesign]

Greetings:

I recently installed the vBullentin. after following the online manual the outcome isn't what i expected. I believe there's a css directory path issue.
Please review the reference image (http://cl.ly/image/1o3P1v080J3L).

Give thanks in advance

[Zachery]

You haven't uploaded the htaccess file, its included in the /upload/ folder, however Mac Computers are setup to ignore/hide those files.

You can create a htaccess.txt file on your computer, upload it to the server, and rename it, here are the contents.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 
 #In some cases where you have other mod_rewrite rules, you may need to comment out the following line
 #and change it to match your folder name. This resets the other mod_rewrite rules for just this directory
 #If your site was www.example.com/forum, the setting would be /forum/
 RewriteBase /

 # Send css calls directly to the correct file VBV-7807
 RewriteRule ^css.php$ core/css.php [NC,L]

 # Redirect old install path to core.
 RewriteRule ^install/ core/install/ [NC,L]

 # Main Redirect
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|css)$
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?routestring=$1 [L,QSA]

 # Because admincp is an actual directory.
 RewriteRule ^(admincp/)$ index.php?routestring=$1 [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
                          text/javascript \
                          application/javascript \
                          application/json \
                          application/rss+xml \
                          application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
                          application/x-font-ttf \
                          application/xhtml+xml \
                          application/xml \
                          font/opentype \
                          image/svg+xml \
                          image/x-icon \
                          text/css \
                          text/html \
                          text/plain \
                          text/x-component \
                          text/xml
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
 ExpiresActive On
 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A1209600
 ExpiresByType text/javascript A1209600
 ExpiresByType application/javascript A1209600
 ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
 ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
 ExpiresByType image/icon A2592000
 ExpiresByType application/x-ico A2592000
 ExpiresByType application/ico A2592000
 ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
 ExpiresByType image/jpeg A1209600
 ExpiresByType image/jpg A1209600
 ExpiresByType image/png A1209600
 ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A1209600
 ExpiresByType font/ttf A2592000
 ExpiresByType font/otf A2592000
 ExpiresByType font/x-woff A2592000
 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A2592000
 ExpiresByType font/truetype A2592000
 ExpiresByType font/opentype A2592000
 ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff A2592000
 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A2592000
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Connection keep-alive
 <filesmatch "\.(ico|flv|gif|swf|eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
 </filesmatch>
 <filesmatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png)$">
  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, public"
 </filesmatch>
 <filesmatch "\.(eot|woff|otf|ttf|svg)$">
  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
 </filesmatch>
 # css and js should use private for proxy caching https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/caching#LeverageProxyCaching
 <filesmatch "\.(css)$">
  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, private"
 </filesmatch>
 <filesmatch "\.(js)$">
  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1209600, private"
 </filesmatch>
</IfModule>

[ahwebdesign]

This is what i get when following your instructions. (http://cl.ly/image/0K0E3b0r0U38)

[Zachery]

IT appears as if your webserver doesn't support the mod_rewrite, either all or part. Contact your webhost for more help.