Actually can you check that they are published, you might have forgot to set them to be published
Thanks for offering help.
Yes I remove comments from .htaccess and yes I published "css" dir and "style.css" file.
I had to comment out 2 "gzip"-related lines from htaccess though as 1and1 does not support this.
Gleb
ok got the answer from another post put this in the .htaccess file
#php_flag zlib.output_compression On
#php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5
# Rewrite directives here for SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URLs
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
Straty - thanks so much for your help!
RewriteBase / did the trick!
Every hosting is different so I guess 1and1 setup needed that adjustment.
Gleb