# Invalid theme folder: \_sass no change on theme addition

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114 "2020-03-23T11:27:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![KonVas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@KonVas](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/KonVas)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/1 "2020-03-23T11:27:13Z")

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I am sorry if this issue has been under ad nauseam discussions but I am building my first site with Jekyll (placed in Github pages), and I have stumbled on this problem, which I can’t seem to find the solution after significant time of debugging reading and trying some modifications on the code. The problem is that even trying both installation of locally added themes and remote there is no change, the site simply keeps its plain HMTL apperance. Some more info that I suspect that might be related here: `Invalid theme folder: _sass Remote Theme: Using theme mmistakes/so-simple-theme Jekyll`. Obviously, I am trying to use the remote way of this theme but no luck.

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/2 "2020-03-23T16:22:10Z")

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The issue is actually in your layout:

```auto
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/styles.scss">
    </head>

```

Browsers cannot load `.scss` files.  
So should load the compiled CSS file instead:

```auto
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/styles.css">

```

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**Author:** ![KonVas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@KonVas](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/KonVas)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/3 "2020-03-23T17:12:27Z")

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Hi,  
I hope that was the problem alas my file in `./_layouts/default.html` is pointing to the CSS file as you mention:

```
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    {% include navigation.html %}
    {{ content }}
  </body>
</html>

```

BTW, I should have said before probably, I built the site by following the _step-by-step_ tutorial in Jekyll’s page.

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**Author:** ![KonVas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@KonVas](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/KonVas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/4 "2020-03-25T12:23:38Z")

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I don’t know if this [fix](https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Pages/Page-not-showing-the-theme/td-p/5545) is related to my issue, but it seems to add the theme alas I am missing my navigation layout.

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/5 "2020-03-25T12:38:10Z")

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So, has the issue resolved now?

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**Author:** ![KonVas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@KonVas](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/KonVas)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/6 "2020-03-25T13:02:08Z")

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No, it only resolves in the Home page, not the entire website.

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/invalid-theme-folder-sass-no-change-on-theme-addition/4114/7 "2020-03-25T14:04:00Z")

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Can you post an URL each, to resolved page and to non-resolved page…?