thanks all.

these are indeed 1.2 templates. i did not contact them for a 1.3 version (though i should have). rather, i just built the site with 1.2.6d. I have several others still running 1.2 just fine.

As for hiring out to have a template built, maybe next time. But my client really liked the one from algozone. So, I make due ;)

As for my original question, I never got any clarification from anyone. So, i just bit my cheek and uploaded the .sql file via godaddy's interface and it loaded fine