Hi all thanks for the help.
It says ready, phpmyadmin does connect and all the information in config is 100% correct.
I have now tried the htaccess file and put in root – still no joy. Just to double check, the root directory IS where you typically have the index page, right? I know that’s a daft question.
Becoming increasingly stressed – I hate 1&1 and no point asking them for help as they just tell you the info is wrong, despite it being right. I’ve even gone as far as directly copying and pasting the info given to me and it still doesn’t work.