transferring wordpress site from xampp to tsohost (help)

[ColdAsIce]

Hello,

I have been building a website using xampp as the testing ground and I now want to transfer this over to tsohost. Am I right in saying that it isn't just a case of uploading the wordpress files and that I need to also re-create the mySql datebases too?

 

[daz]

Upload all of your Wordpress files to your web space
Export your database from your local system (to a .sql file)
Create a database on your web host's side - use PHP MyAdmin to import your .sql file
Update your wp-config.php file as necessary with the new connection information

You may also need to change a couple of values in the database (e.g. the site URL) for Wordpress to work - you can do this by editing the values in the wp_options table in your database in PHP MyAdmin.