Not to worry. I started working on the live site instead and I guess this isn’t really a WordPress support question anyway. I just wanted a local install because I thought it would take time to get the hang of the templates and themes for wordpress.
As it turns out, 2 hours later I’ve pretty much got the blog skinned.
Much respect to the devs – you’ve come up with something that’s marvellously flexible and simple to work with. Thanks 🙂
