by Rick Jerz.
Lyn, do you have a Godaddy Hosted Server or VPS? Is it Linux or Windows? What versions of PHP and mySQL do you have.
I have Moodle 2.7 running on both my experimental GoDaddy Hosted Server and on a VPS, so I know it works. But I would need to have answers to the above questions before I can proceed helping you.
It appears that you are familiar with FTP and the mySQL tools. Are you familiar with SSH?