So i downloaded the source zip for the framework and lithium just now. I unpacked the lithium zip into the correct directory(all this is on a windows machine) and then used filezilla to upload to my host as a test.
The lithium page shows up fine, but it's not styled.
The folder structure is
I didn't make any changes to the files at all.
Replicated the problem in development environment.
Error in firebug is:
"NetworkError: 404 Not Found - http://localhost/sample/css/debug.css"
I think this is a hint that path rewriting is not working. Do you use Apache? If so, you need to enable mod_rewrite
on my server, this is the right command:
sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load
You can also check out my installation instructions for my browser game based on lithium up until to the Chapter "Creating a user" its pretty generic Lithium setup
https://github.com/BitAlchemists/Elenears-Erben/wiki/Installation