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Posted by Justin Esders
Justin Esders
9,154 Points

Transferring WordPress from localhost to Server

So I have watched bunches of videos on how to do this. It is pretty straight forward, but the problem I am running into is the server is located on a school server. We have no access to import the database to this server. Does anyone know how this can be achieved, or can it?

3 Answers

qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points
qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points

If you don't have access to the production server you can tell someone who has access to create the necessary database and credentials for you. Once you do you can use WP Migrate DB Pro to sync you local with production: http://css-tricks.com/wp-migrate-db-pro/

Justin Esders
Justin Esders
9,154 Points
Justin Esders
Justin Esders
9,154 Points

Well I have access to the server but no way to upload the db files. So therefore I can upload wordpress to the server but just not the db.

qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points
qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points

I have more experience with Linux servers but if you can login to a control panel (i.e. cPanel/Plesk) you can create an new database/user than import your local database (be sure to update database creds) using a utility like phpMyAdmin. If you just have FTP access (not SSH) you can't create a database. This is why i'm going to try the no-db-needed jekyllrb.com for a blog.