Thanks Karen, I am aware of the complexities of organising and administering a forum identical to the one I am attempting to install. The need is to have full control over it and not be under the present control of another provider having to request any modifications to be made for me.

I have either the documentation you refer to or a similar one from phpBB.

All I am attempting to do is get the files from my computer to the VodaHOst site. Only then can I begin to follow the PhpBB lnstruictuions. The relevant one being

[having downloaded and unzipped the files]
From here you must FTP ALL the files it contains (being sure to retain the directory structure and filenames) to your host.

It also warns me not to alter any of the file names nor force any of them to lower case.


OOps. I have just seen a similar problem and the reply to it
Does that mean if I do upload the phpBB from Fantastico it will save me the bother, but in fact be a full version as I am using now and am trying to load across?