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Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? No
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Joomla! version: (unknown)
PHP version: (unknown)
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Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: (unknown)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: (unknown)

Description of my issue:

That was it.

The $live_site variable in configuration.php

Sometimes you might be getting URL errors. For example, the first page might display but clicking on any link returns a 404 error, while some other times the first page displays very weird, like the CSS and images are not loading. Both of those issues have nothing to do with the restoration itself, but your server setup and a clash with how Joomla! works. The easiest way to work around it is using the $live_site variable in your configuration.php file, if you haven't already set it up in ABI's Site Setup page. Edit the configuration.php file in the root of your site and modify it so that the line starting with var $live_site looks like this:

var $live_site = "http://www.mysite.com";

or (if you have installed in a subdirectory):

var $live_site = "http://www.mysite.com/mypath";

This will let Joomla! figure out the correct URLs to your site's CSS files, images and links and these errors will go away.

If you restored to a server which required the $live_site hack, next time do yourself a favour: use ABI's feature for changing the $live_site variable. It is available in the second to last step of the restoration procedure, just under the text boxes where you define your site's name and email details.

Well, I thought that was it. I went into the confi file and added live site "rent.cablecenter.org" and it actually came up. When I logged into the admin system it was messed up so I reinstalled doing exactly the same thing and it didn't come up this time. It can't find the CSS.

I'm installing a new version of the site from a backup on another server with a different database.

It's being hosted on a server in-house. Both sites are on the same server.

Is it possible that this is a PHP version issue? If so, where could it be that my older version of PHP is causing this? I can't upgrade.
Akeeba keeps upgrading. I'm still at PHP Version 5.2.17

My question is then: should I download an older version of Akeeba Backup and Kickstart? If so, what version to avoid these issues until I can upgrade.

Thanks,