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Asked: 2026-05-18T09:43:29+00:00

My css file present in css/style.css : body { background-color: #fff; margin: 40px; font-family:

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My css file present in css/style.css : 

body {
 background-color: #fff;
 margin: 40px;
 font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Sans-serif;
 font-size: 14px;
 color: #4F5155;
}

When I run the site in a browser, there is no styling to the controller page , and the path to the css file returns this: 

<html>
<head>
<title>404 Page Not Found</title>
<style type="text/css">

body {
background-color:   #fff;
margin:             40px;
font-family:        Lucida Grande, Verdana, Sans-serif;
font-size:          12px;
color:              #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="content">
    <h1>404 Page Not Found</h1>
    <p>The page you requested was not found.</p>    </div>
</body>
</html>

Any ideas on what’s going on here ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your stylesheet can’t be found, most likely because it isn’t on the path you think it is.

    Things to check:

    • What do you think your stylesheet’s path is (i.e. what did you type in the browser to get that 404 error?)

    • Where is the file in the filesystem in relation to your CodeIgniter root?

    • Are you using a .htaccess file? If so, what’s in it? The .htaccess redirection done in CodeIgniter can confuse you.

    The “standard” setup for CodeIgniter css files is this:

    • Save your css file in a “css” directory in the root of your CodeIgniter install, i.e. alongside the top-level index.php and .htaccss.

    • Make sure your .htaccess rewrite excludes the css directory, e.g.:
      RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt|css) <– note “css” is among the patterns to avoid rewrites for here. Otherwise CodeIgniter will think that “css” is a controller, not the actual directory on disk.

    • Include your CSS file in your HTML file using something like: <link rel="stylesheet" href='<?php echo base_url()?>css/style.css' type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />.

    • Obviously, make sure that your base_url is set correctly in your application’s config\config.php file.

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