thanks lhungil.
My original shop is sitting in the root directory right now - I've migrated shops from subdir to main domain before - if I remember right, the config files are what need to be updated - I've rebuilt 1.5.1 from scratch while upgrading my original database (as a new database - the original one is still tied to the original shop). Unfortunately my hand got forced as I received notice from my host that they were updating the PHP software version and that broke my original cart as it was on legacy 1.3.0.2 version of zencart.
I'll be testing things again once i make the migration.
I suspect asking why www .domainname.com and domainname.com are different is a tangent - i'll go see what google has to offer :) (I'm not a web developer by trade so I always presumed they were equivalent!)
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