I'm trying to install Wordpress on my temporary URL- the one Lunarpages gave me in my Critical Account Info email. I was told by my salesperson that this was possible. While I was able to install WP in the root, all the other pages (including /wp-admin) get redirected to another URL- my existing site, hosted with another company. My idea was to build the beta site on Lunar's temporary URL, then redirect the nameservers from my existing host when it's ready to go live. But is this even possible?

Thanks,
braaad

Wordpress stores the URL it uses in several places in the database. You need to change the URL in the database and change it back when you want to use the original domain. However, normally the temp URL will not work with PHP scripts because we run it as suPHP. You may see an Internal Server Error.

A simpler way to test without changing the URLs is to use your hosts file to switch the address for your domain for yourself only. See http://www.lunarforums.com/forum/index.php?topic=20444.msg150792#msg150792

Did updating the host file with the IP and domain name work?  I just tried this and received the dreaded Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage error. I tried also in FF and received: The connection has timed out.  The server at <<domain name>> is taking too long to respond.

# The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
    moments.

#   If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
    connection.

#   If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
    that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Any advice?