I edited the SiteURL in the wp-config.php file and achieved redirection to the root directory of the web server. Unfortunately, although I was able to access the site, the site formatting was lost. I then deleted the “define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’…); line from the wp-config.php file. After doing this I was unable to connect to the wordpress application on the server.
I’m making some progress and hope to solve this soon. I appreciate all of your comments and support.