В общем ошибка такого рода: в файле index.html содержится отсылка на файлы стилей css, Заключённая в noscript
<noscript>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/skel.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style-wide.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style-normal.css" />
</noscript>
браузер - хром.
если открыть этот файл на компьютере, то всё красиво и как надо.
если же открываешь на сайте - стили не применяются.
я конечно ещё тот чайник, но удалив noscript, проблему решил.
Теперь хочу разобраться почему так вышло - не должен noscript вроде как влиять на исполнение css.
Вот целиковый код
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<!--
Big Picture by HTML5 UP
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Free for personal and commercial use under the CCA 3.0 license (html5up.net/license)
-->
<html>
<head>
<BASE href="http://***.ru">
<title>Big Picture by HTML5 UP</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]><script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/ie/html5shiv.js"></script><![endif]-->
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/jquery.poptrox.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/jquery.scrolly.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/jquery.scrollgress.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/skel.min.js"></script>
<script src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/js/init.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/skel.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style-wide.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/style-normal.css" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/css/ie/v8.css" /><![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<!-- Header -->
<header id="header">
<!-- Logo -->
<h1 id="logo">Big Picture</h1>
<!-- Nav -->
<nav id="nav">
<ul>
<li><a href="#intro">Intro</a></li>
<li><a href="#one">What I Do</a></li>
<li><a href="#two">Who I Am</a></li>
<li><a href="#work">My Work</a></li>
<li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<!-- Intro -->
<section id="intro" class="main style1 dark fullscreen">
<div class="content container small">
<header>
<h2>Hey.</h2>
</header>
<p>Welcome to <strong>Big Picture</strong> a responsive site template designed
by <a href="
http://html5up.net">HTML5 UP</a>, built on <strong>skel</strong>,
and released for free under the <a href="
http://html5up.net/license">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license</a>.</p>
<footer>
<a href="#one" class="button style2 down">More</a>
</footer>
</div>
</section>
<!-- One -->
<section id="one" class="main style2 right dark fullscreen">
<div class="content box style2">
<header>
<h2>What I Do</h2>
</header>
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id varius justo euismod in. Curabitur egestas consectetur magna.</p>
</div>
<a href="#two" class="button style2 down anchored">Next</a>
</section>
<!-- Two -->
<section id="two" class="main style2 left dark fullscreen">
<div class="content box style2">
<header>
<h2>Who I Am</h2>
</header>
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Fusce blandit ultrices sapien, in accumsan orci rhoncus eu. Sed sodales venenatis arcu,
id varius justo euismod in. Curabitur egestas consectetur magna.</p>
</div>
<a href="#work" class="button style2 down anchored">Next</a>
</section>
<!-- Work -->
<section id="work" class="main style3 primary">
<div class="content container">
<header>
<h2>My Work</h2>
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Fusce blandit ultrices sapien, in accumsan orci rhoncus eu. Sed sodales venenatis
arcu, id varius justo euismod in. Curabitur egestas consectetur magna vitae.</p>
</header>
<!-- Lightbox Gallery -->
<div class="container small gallery">
<div class="row flush images">
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/01.jpg" class="image fit from-left"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/01.jpg" title="The Anonymous Red" alt="" /></a></div>
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/02.jpg" class="image fit from-right"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/02.jpg" title="Airchitecture II" alt="" /></a></div>
</div>
<div class="row flush images">
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/03.jpg" class="image fit from-left"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/03.jpg" title="Air Lounge" alt="" /></a></div>
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/04.jpg" class="image fit from-right"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/04.jpg" title="Carry on" alt="" /></a></div>
</div>
<div class="row flush images">
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/05.jpg" class="image fit from-left"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/05.jpg" title="The sparkling shell" alt="" /></a></div>
<div class="6u"><a href="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/fulls/06.jpg" class="image fit from-right"><img src="/assets/templates/bigpicture/images/thumbs/06.jpg" title="Bent IX" alt="" /></a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- Contact -->
<section id="contact" class="main style3 secondary">
<div class="content container">
<header>
<h2>Say Hello.</h2>
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</header>
<div class="box container small">
<!-- Contact Form -->
<form method="post" action="#">
<div class="row half">
<div class="6u"><input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name" /></div>
<div class="6u"><input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Email" /></div>
</div>
<div class="row half">
<div class="12u"><textarea name="message" placeholder="Message" rows="6"></textarea></div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="12u">
<ul class="actions">
<li><input type="submit" value="Send Message" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- Footer -->
<footer id="footer">
<!-- Icons -->
<ul class="actions">
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-twitter"><span class="label">Twitter</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-facebook"><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-google-plus"><span class="label">Google+</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-dribbble"><span class="label">Dribbble</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#" class="icon fa-pinterest"><span class="label">Pinterest</span></a></li>
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</ul>
<!-- Menu -->
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</body>
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