If you only have FTP access, then you won't be able to set up Zope very easily. You really need either A) a server that's running Zope already, or B) a server where you have enough control to install Zope yourself _and_ permission from the server administrator (assuming that's not you). - Am

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This site must be able to run as a .com on a foreign server we dont have access to except via ftp. We as yet dont know what OS its running or what server software its running.