Title: LAN Users can not access wordpress theme correctly?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# LAN Users can not access wordpress theme correctly?

 *  [blackoffee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackoffee/)
 * (@blackoffee)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lan-users-can-not-access-wordpress-theme-correctly/)
 * Hi guys,
 * I’m running my WordPress site locally on XP machine, install, configured properly(
   as I think), I’m using XAMPP as a webserver control, I can upload themes, browse
   and see the website properly with all formatting and layouts on the PC from which
   the site is running, but when I try to access it from the LAN computers running
   XP Pro. it doesn’t show any formatting nor layout ..only weird text that is all
   left aligned. Why I’m getting this behaviour of website, no images , no theme,
   nothing but text???
 * Sorry but please as If I forgot to mention anything that is required.
 * TIA
    Cheers

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 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lan-users-can-not-access-wordpress-theme-correctly/#post-1154124)
 * That’s proberly because throughout the theme and WordPress install links are 
   being referred to as …
    `localhost`
 * Localhost on the other lan PCs will refer to those PC’s and not the remote PC,
   so the paths will not be correct…
 * I think anyway…. i’ve never bothered to try and figure it out…
 * Look at the source from one of the lan PCs…
 * If paths are [http://localhost/](http://localhost/) anything it’s going to think
   all links refer to the local machine you’re viewing on…
 *  Thread Starter [blackoffee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackoffee/)
 * (@blackoffee)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lan-users-can-not-access-wordpress-theme-correctly/#post-1154204)
 * Hi t31os_
    thanks for yout reply, yes you are right, only the first page (index.
   php) opens but without formatting, no backgroun and not any images…and rest of
   the links are referred to as localhost.
 * what should I do to eliminate this?
 * TIA
    Cheers
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lan-users-can-not-access-wordpress-theme-correctly/#post-1154205)
 * Change the wordpress URL to something else, something that will resolve to the
   lan PCs.
 * Like i said, i’ve not had any concern about this behaviour because i personally
   don’t need it.
 * I wish i could offer a suggestion or solution but i don’t personally know of 
   one to suggest.
 * In theory you should be able to use your local IP, eg. 192.168.1.7 etc…

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## Tags

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 * [LAN](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lan/)
 * [users](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/users/)

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 * Last reply from: [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lan-users-can-not-access-wordpress-theme-correctly/#post-1154205)
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