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Asked: 2026-06-14T09:10:02+00:00

My directory is set up like this: app.js views home.html css style.css My home

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My directory is set up like this:

app.js
views     
  home.html
  css
    style.css

My home file is like this:

<html>
<head>
  <title></title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

My app is like this:

var io   = require('socket.io'),
    url  = require('url'),
    sys  = require('sys'),
    express = require('express'),
    http=require('http');

var app = express();
var server = http.createServer(app);
var socket = io.listen(server);

app.engine('.html', require('ejs').__express);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'html');

app.get('/', function(req, res){
    res.render('home');
});

app.listen(4000);
sys.puts('server running ' + 'now ' + Date.now());

The problem is that when I run the app, the CSS file can not be loaded.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Since .css files are static files you have to serve them to the clients. However, you do not serve static files as a express middleware. Add the following middleware to your express app and move the css folder under the public directory (you should create a public directory)

    app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

    So your final directory structure should look like this

    app.js
views
  home.html
public
  css
    style.css

    And do not forget to require path module

     var path = require('path')
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