Is this a theme coding issue or something in WP????
Neither, its your error!!!!
You uploaded the theme to the wrong directory. Themes get uploaded to wp-content/themes/ not to the root of WordPress install (thats where your wp-config.php is).
You need to delete the theme files that you just uploaded, and put back the correct index.php with a fresh copy out of the WordPress zip.
Then, you need to upload the theme to the correct directory.
And for future reference, when in doubt, read:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Adding_New_Themes
Thread Starter
eltel
(@eltel)
You were right whooami – it was my error!!!!
Many thanks for the prompt solution.
Much appreciated
Terry