Laravel GET http://www.website.com/css/animate.css net::ERR_ABORTED

Hello Guys,

Ya'all are my last chance to somehow solve this issue that's been stalling me for the past 2 weeks and I have not managed to find an answer.

I have my website hosted on Hostinger with Laravel 5.1 installed.

I'm trying to link my css files from the public/css folder but I always get net::ERR_ABORTED error when it's trying to load the files.

My /public/.htaccess file is as follows:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ / [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^(css|js|images)/(.*)$ public// [L,NC]
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

The one from the root is as follows

Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On
    
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/ [L]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ / [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
    
    RewriteRule ^(css|js|images)/(.*)$ public// [L,NC]
</IfModule>

I've tried linking the css files with all of these ways

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{!! asset('/css/style.css') !!}">

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('/css/style.css') }}">

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{!! asset('css/style.css') !!}">

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('css/style.css') }}">

{!! Html::style('css/style.css') !!}

{!! Html::style('/css/style.css') !!}

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css">

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">

None has proved to work and I honestly see no other way to actually link and use the css files I have. I'm stuck on this and I'm actually desperate to find a way to make it work.

All of the css/js files are in /public/css/ or /public/js/

Help a coder out 'cuz I feel like just quitting this. I don't know if the .htaccess files are somehow restricting the acces or what is happening.

Cheers, G.