Thanks for the reply. I havent had any luck with those instructions. Ive inputted the lines on the console, rebooted, forwarded the port, rebooted, put in the commands again, restarted.
Please post a screenshot of your wallet for me and then go into debug console and type "getpeerinfo" and "checkwallet" for me. If getpeerinfo returns a bunch of different IPs and specs, you should be syncing. Sometimes the sync bar on the bottom of the GUI doesn't appear properly.