.htaccess file needs to be altered...how?

My store showed up just words, no format, background, or anything.

I did some searching in the FAQ section and tried the advice for renaming the .htaccess file in the /includes/ folder temporarily.

Now I have format and backgrounds... not in the color scheme I'd want (everything is different colors) but I just created a new template so I'd imagine I have a lot of tweaking to do in that area (and I do that from my stylesheet in my custom template folder right?)

Anyway. what is my .htaccess file, can I leave it renamed so my site works or how do I alter it so I can put it back to it's real name and use my site as normal? I use a unix server I believe. File permissions appear to be fine.

stormysar:

My store showed up just words, no format, background, or anything.

I did some searching in the FAQ section and tried the advice for renaming the .htaccess file in the /includes/ folder temporarily.

Now I have format and backgrounds... not in the color scheme I'd want (everything is different colors) but I just created a new template so I'd imagine I have a lot of tweaking to do in that area (and I do that from my stylesheet in my custom template folder right?)

Anyway. what is my .htaccess file, can I leave it renamed so my site works or how do I alter it so I can put it back to it's real name and use my site as normal? I use a unix server I believe. File permissions appear to be fine.

can you list the contents of the .htaccess here please? also its relative path

it is a file which sets configuration directives for your site. for instance, it tells a visitor weather they have access to the folder in question. you can password protect directories with it. lots of stuff. As for the stylesheet customization, yes that is the correct file, the one in YOUR_TEMPLATE:

/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/stylesheet.css

if there is none then copy/make one. (that may be your problem, it may be using the stylesheet from /includes/templates/template_default/stylesheet.css