Mentis,
If you have received any information about how to do this, please share it. I, too, have been trying to do a separate install, avoiding the Aplus.net control panel version of WordPress, but to no avail.
I have another WordPress installation on Bluehost, but dread having to move this particular domain to a new home due to a number of email accounts that I’d prefer not to disrupt. However, if Aplus.net is going to make this impossible, I’ll have to move on. It’s too bad — they’ve otherwise been a great host for several years.
Thanks!
Susan