Troubleshooting

I just imported a skin but when I try to use it, no images, formatting, css or styles show on my page!

Scenario:
"I just imported a skin from the Skins site but when I change the skin of my blog to something other than the default skin, my page just has black text without any pretty images, css, formating or styles!"

Solution:

1. Check that you have uploaded everything in the skins package you have downloaded, especially any image files or .css files. Note that you must upload everything exactly as it is in the skin folder (i.e. /skinname/) to the /skins/ directory. For example, if you are trying to install the Libra skin, make sure you have uploaded the entire /libra/ folder, not just everything in the folder.
2. View the source of your page in your browser [ In Firefox: View > Page Source (Ctrl + U); in Internet Explorer 6: View > Source; in Internet Explorer 7: Page > Source ] and check that the URL your browser is accessing for the .css file is where the file actually is! For example, the .css file for the official Nucleus CMS website is at http://nucleuscms.org/styles/skins/nucleus/style.css. If your .css file is being called from http://yourdomain.com/directory/style.css, check there actually is a file called style.css in the directory /directory/.
3. Check that when you have unzipped the skin package (skinname_skin.zip) you have only uploaded the folder skinname. Some unzipping software will unzip the skin package into a folder with the same name as the skin package (e.g. skinname_skin with a subfolder skinname). Do not upload this folder! Open the folder and upload the folder skinname inside the first folder.

Original forum thread (thanks, echinacea!):
http://forum.nucleuscms.org/viewtopic.php?t=15880