Title: Basic theme does not work on other computers
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Basic theme does not work on other computers

 *  [TheMw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themw/)
 * (@themw)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-does-not-work-on-other-computers/)
 * I’m new to wordpress, having an LEMP webserver at home. The site perfectly works
   from any browsers inside my server, but nowhere else; not even within my local
   network. Only words and links can be seen. What could cause the problem?
    Things
   I have recently checked: -PHP is working outside too -My files and directories
   all seem to have the proper permissions (644 and 755), though it was configured
   automatically.

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-does-not-work-on-other-computers/#post-5021520)
 * Use FireBug and see what files are not being loaded on the remote PC’s.
 * I’ll bet that you’re not loading your sites CSS, JavaScript, etc files. The loss
   of the styling pretty much tells me that.
 * The reason for this is that a WordPress site works on one URL only, so if you
   develpo using `http://localhost` and you try to access the site from `http://
   198.162.0.100` (for example) the site will still try to load all of the resource
   files from localhost. You’ll need to change the URL’s sitewide to have it work,
   but remember that you’ll always need to access it from the same single URL/IP
   address.
 *  [Sarathlal N](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarathlal/)
 * (@sarathlal)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-does-not-work-on-other-computers/#post-5021536)
 * Try to replace `localhost` with your IP address in settings->> General->> WordPress
   address & site address.
 * Then access your WordPress installation like `http://your_ip_address/your_installation_directory/`.
 *  Thread Starter [TheMw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themw/)
 * (@themw)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-does-not-work-on-other-computers/#post-5021673)
 * Thank you for the support, I managed to make it based on your suggestions.
    Had
   to set both my WP address and the site address from localhost only to my domain
   address.
 * Also, I had to configure my nginx sites-available file to point to the proper
   direction, and changed localhost to the domain as well. 🙂
 *  [Sarathlal N](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarathlal/)
 * (@sarathlal)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-theme-does-not-work-on-other-computers/#post-5021686)
 * Sorry,
    I can’t understand your question.
 * Can you solve the first problem by changing `localhost` with your `IP address`?
 * Also I’m not familiar with `nginx` servers. Some others will help you. Else search
   your problem or ask a new question about `ngnix` server.

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