Control Panel is Unstyled¶

Troubleshooting Control Panel CSS¶

If the control panel appears without styling, first check to make sure that the themes folder exists and contains a complete cp_themes folder. You may wish to re-upload the themes/cp_themes folder to ensure it is complete.

If all themes files are present, the server that ExpressionEngine is installed on may have PHP running with an open_basedir restriction. In these cases, that restriction prevents PHP script files from accessing anything that resides in directories above its path. The solution is to move the cp_themes folder into the system folder. Do not move the entire themes folder, just the cp_themes folder. ExpressionEngine will automatically discover it, and the Control Panel will then be styled properly.