Quote Originally Posted by stevesh View Post
Any chance there's a file named index.html in the root directory of your store ? If so, delete it.
Thanks Steve - there was a file index.php in the root (not index.html) and I deleted it but alas it hasn't solved the problem in fact it brought up a 404 error when I then tried to access the site from admin.

That index file was there in the root previously without causing any issues so I reinstated it and now can get to the site again via admin

I am not a developer but wondered could it be to do with auto-loaders? Anyway I will leave it to your expertise to come up with some suggestions.

I again thank you for your assistance.

cheers,
Mike