Joomla opting out "~username/", so CSS, images, etc. are pointed in the wrong spot. Please help

I've made a clean install of Jooml开发者_开发百科a and all settings were done correctly. However I'm not using a domain, instead I'm using a temp URL (http://IP.ADDRESS/~username/) with Joomla installed in the root public_html directory. But when I visit, no images or styles show up... and I noticed in the source all URL's are trying to use JUST http://IP.ADDRESS without the /~username/ ... so nothing is pointed in the right place.

How can I fix this?

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Open configuration.php located in the web root. Find the row that says var $live_site = '';

If the var is not empty, try making it so and save it. If it's already empty, try typing in http://ip.address/~username/