Michael,
> I am unsure if the installation has been successful
> as no notification is received to indicate the install
> has completed i.e. run the install script and page
> returned is blank.
>
> I am unsure whether:
>
> 1. A message should be received upon completion of
> the install?
> 2. Should an email be sent to the specified email
> indicating success? If yes, none has been received.
>
Yes to #1 and No to #2. If you didn't get a "Successful Installation"
message or whatever, then something went wrong for sure.
--Joao