poetscollective

I understood from the Codex that it should be removed after the site was working correctly. As I said, though, it made no difference with or without it. It’s not an URL that anyone else has access to anyhow, but I’m removing all files for now. I appreciate your efforts to help, but I don’t think I’m going to be able to do this the way I had planned. I have plenty of time to make the move, so will just do it the normal way after I’ve tweaked the site to satisfaction in its current location.

Thanks for responding. Yes, I hardcoded the temp URL into the wp-config file both places, with no trailing slash. There is no .htaccess file yet. (I used a new copy of WordPress.) Should I create a fresh one manually? I’ve tried the one in use on the live site, but get the same result either way.