Try re-uploading all files & folders from a fresh download of WordPress.
Have done so m8 at least 3 times
Try checking your server’s error logs.
Looks like your site is throwing 500 errors. Do you any .htaccess files on the domain?
Did you try installing the wordpress from c-panel ..
Check your file permissions. Typically, I see 500 errors when there is a file permissions/ ownership issue. Keep in mind, 500 errors are generic in nature. You really got to look in the server’s error logs to find the error that’s causing it. I hope this helps!
I have tried installing from the controll panel and manually uploading the files. As to file permissions at no stage of the install has it asked me to alter any file permissions…. Which ones do i need to alter.
Hard to say. It’s not usual to have to alter file or folder permissions at this stage. As Tim S suggested, go right through your server’s error logs. There are likely to be more pertinent errors in there that might help you.
Here’s the codex article on it:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
WordPress wont have you alter the file permissions during installation. It really depends on how your server is set up. Typically, it’s the first thing I check. If it’s not file perms then you need to check the server’s error log.
There is a .htaccess in the root dir. i have had a look at it with notepad2 and it seems to be a blank file. is this normal
WordPress uses an htaccess once you use permalinks. But until then, if my memory serves me right, it remains blank.
