How do I transfer a local Magento install onto my live server?

Question

Uploading a Magento install

I have spent a long time building a store with Magento on my local development PC.

Answer 1

If you want to move your installation form directory to top domain or one domain to another , you need to follow this setps.

1) Delete the content of the folder /var

2) Change the values of the file /app/etc/local.xml There you can find your connection string data (database user, host and name).

3) Once you got your database uploaded, you need to make some changes.

Run this query:

SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';

You gonna get something like this:

+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| config_id | scope   | scope_id | path                  | value                                |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
|         2 | default |        0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
|         3 | default |        0 | web/secure/base_url   | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+

Now, change that values for your new url.

UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.tudominio.com.ar/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';

If you run the first query, now you gonna get something like this:

+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| config_id | scope   | scope_id | path                  | value                        |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
|         2 | default |        0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
|         3 | default |        0 | web/secure/base_url   | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+

That’s all.

For more info visit : http://webdesignergeeks.com/cms/magento/move-magento-from-local-server-to-live-server-without-fresh-installation/