Hi I am not sure why you have said the following:
If your server requires using htdocs_secure in order to serve SSL content, you're going to have numerous headaches.
As stated previously SSL certificate arrives Monday (tomorrow) but I wanted to get a start on developing the site this weekend. I was under the impression that if you are going to use an SSL certificate you upload the file structure to https docs?

Also I was under the impression that you could enable the SSL certificate later in the development process?

Hosting company and SSL provider are awesome. Never a problem with them. Problem is with my misunderstanding?

Should I have uploaded file structure to http docs? Thanks for your patience.