Images and css files not loading on live server

Why not try and share example codes

As this is my first post please forgive me if I have not submitted it correctly.
The code I am using is as supplied during the install with the news code added in as per the examples provided in the manual therefore adding it here did not seem relevant.
This is my second reply to this post, the first one is still in moderation.
My first reply does discuss that I have resolved the image display problem and how I resolved it to help others.
 I am still struggling to understand what is stopping my css from working on the live server especially when it is working fine on my local server?
This would seem to indicate that there is a setting wrong somewhere but after a full day of searching and trying everything I can think of I am still unable to get the css working.
Any helpful suggestions would be warmly received.
Thank you.