Ice you are a star that worked.

My htaccess had the directory index at the bottom (that's what it said in install.php) I moved it to the top and works great - many thanks

Hi Ice

It is listed as .htaccess

The old phpBB portal worked fine maybe i messed up something when I switched over - basically I uploaded the files for this one and did the edits - i never undid the edits for the old portal tho - could that be it?

Hi great portal :)

I was running phpBB3 Portal and decided that this one was better :)

I have went through and uploaded/edited all the files but when I navigate to the main page it just shows up the forums.

in order to view the portal I have to manually type portal.php after the main address. My ...