[eluser]NateL[/eluser]
[quote author="Phil Sturgeon" date="1259901360"]Could you show me some screenshots and some source? There was no change that should have disabled styles for the backend. If you see the styles showing in source and they are linked to successfully, then something more strange must be going on.[/quote]
ah but of course... this whole time it was my .htaccess file.
Haven't exactly pinpointed what is wrong in the .htaccess file, but I know that now that I'm tinking with it, I'm seeing the Admin backend as it should appear.