Moodle in English

ok so from reading the forums I added a sessions folder chmod 777 and now i get to main page with brackets around all text and saying:

Could not add a new course module to the course ''
 
Could not find or create a main news forum for the site

config.php is as follows:
<?php 

    unset ( $CFG );

    $CFG->dbtype    = 'mysql';
    $CFG->dbhost    = 'localhost';
    $CFG->dbname    = 'gtgsol_mdle1';
    $CFG->dbuser    = 'XXXXXXXXX';
    $CFG->dbpass    = 'XXXXXXXXX';
    $CFG->dbpersist =  false;
    $CFG->prefix    = 'mdl_';
    $CFG->wwwroot   = 'http://gtgweb.com/training';
    $CFG->dirroot   = '/home/gtgsol/public_html/training';
    $CFG->dataroot  = '/home/gtgsol/public_html/training/uploaddata';
    $CFG->admin     = 'admin';

    $CFG->directorypermissions = 00777;

    require_once ( "$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php" );

any ideas or should i post any config files for review? Thanks!!

http://gtgweb.com/training